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Sleepy Hollow is a 1999 American gothic fantasy and mystery film directed by Tim Burton. The screenplay was written by Andrew Kevin Walker, based on a work by Washington Irving. The cast includes Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, and Michael Gambon. Production was led by Scott Rudin, Kevin Yagher, and Francis Ford Coppola, with Danny Elfman composing the score. The film was produced by American Zoetrope, Paramount Pictures, British Film Institute, and Mandalay Pictures.
The movie has a runtime of 105 minutes and was released on November 19, 1999. It was distributed by Netflix and carries an R rating. The film received an Academy Award for Best Production Design and was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design. It has a Metascore of 65 and an IMDb rating of 7.3.
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7.2Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.
Cast
- Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane
- Christina Ricci as Katrina Van Tassel
- Miranda Richardson as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
- Michael Gambon as Baltus Van Tassel
- Casper Van Dien as Brom Van Brunt
- Jeffrey Jones as Reverend Steenwyck
Themes
- small town
- police detective
- gothic
- new york state
- skeptic
- autumn
- 19th century
- headless horseman
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
406,254 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
71%
Metacritic
65/100
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 28 wins & 44 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Main subject
- rationality
- Director
- Tim Burton
- Screenwriter
- Andrew Kevin Walker
- Cast member
- Philip Martin Brown
- Composer
- Danny Elfman
- Producer
- Kevin Yagher
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Emmanuel Lubezki
- Narrative location
- Sleepy Hollow
- Filming location
- Shepperton Studios
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 575519
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- film editor
- Chris Lebenzon
- title
- Sleepy Hollow
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Production Design
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Rick Heinrichs
- after a work by
- Washington Irving
- executive producer
- Francis Ford Coppola
- costume designer
- Colleen Atwood
- capital cost
- 100000000
- box office
- 206071502
- set in period
- 1799
- review score
- 7.3/10
- characters
- Headless Horseman
- publication date
- 2000-02-24
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Encyclopedic overview
Sleepy Hollow is a 1999 Gothic horror film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker. Co-produced by Paramount Pictures, Mandalay Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, American Zoetrope, and Tim Burton Productions, it is based on Washington Irving's 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", and stars Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci, with Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, and Jeffrey Jones in supporting roles. The plot follows New York City police constable Ichabod Crane (Depp), who is sent to investigate a series of brutal murders in the upstate village of Sleepy Hollow, where he becomes romantically involved with Katrina Van Tassel (Ricci), the daughter of the richest resident of the town (Gambon).
Sleepy Hollow began development in 1993 at Paramount Pictures, with Kevin Yagher originally set to direct Andrew Kevin Walker's script as a low-budget slasher film. Disagreements with Paramount resulted in Yagher being demoted to prosthetic makeup designer, and Burton was hired to direct in June 1998. Filming took place from November 1998 to May 1999. The film was an international co-production between Germany and the United States.
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