Sleepy Hollow (film)
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| Directed by | Tim Burton |
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| Screenplay by | Andrew Kevin Walker |
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| Based on | "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving |
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| Music by | Danny Elfman |
| Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki |
| Edited by | Chris Lebenzon |
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105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $100 million |
| Box office | $206.1 million |
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| Soundtrack album by Danny Elfman | |
| Released | November 16, 1999 |
| Length | 67:52 |
| Label | Hollywood Records |
Sleepy Hollow is a 1999 American gothic horror film directed by Tim Burton. It is a film adaptation loosely inspired by the 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving and stars Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci, with Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, and Jeffrey Jones in supporting roles. The plot follows police constable Ichabod Crane (Depp) sent from New York City to investigate a series of murders in the village of Sleepy Hollow by a mysterious Headless Horseman.
Development began 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, and the film was released to generally favorable reviews from critics, and grossed approximately $206 million worldwide. Sleepy Hollow won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
In 1799, New York City police constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is deployed to the Westchester County hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, which has been plagued by a series of brutal slayings in which the victims are found decapitated: Peter Van Garrett (Martin Landau), a wealthy farmer; his son Dirk; and the widow Emily Winship. Crane learns that locals believe the killer is the undead apparition of a headless Hessian mercenary from the American Revolutionary War who rides a black steed in search of his missing head.
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