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Sleepy Hollow Movie Review & Film Summary (1. Tim Burton's . It is one thing to see a frightened lawyer being taken for a ride in a carriage by a driver who has lost his head along the way. It is another to see the carriage bouncing down roads that have been modeled on paintings from the Hudson River School. This is the best- looking horror film since Coppola's . No power on earth could persuade me to reread the original and find out. What it depends upon is Burton's gift for bizarre and eccentric special effects, and a superb performance by Johnny Depp, who discards everything we may ever have learned or thought about Ichabod Crane and starts from scratch. Advertisement. Depp plays Crane at the . It is time to discard the barbaric torture of the past, he believes, and bring the legal system up to date with improved methods of investigation and justice. He sees himself as a detective of the new order, and a New York judge, impatient with his constant interruptions, banishes him to the upstate hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, where there has been an outbreak of decapitations. Let him practice forensics there. As Crane journeys north, the movie casts its visual spell. This is among other things an absolutely lovely film, with production design, art direction and cinematography that create a distinctive place for the imagination. Not a real place- -hardly a shot looks realistic, and some look cheerfully contrived- -but a place in the mind. I loved the shot where mist extinguishes the torches that have been lit by the night watch. Burton's Sleepy Hollow is a dour place, the houses leaning together for support, the shutters slammed against newcomers. There is never a sunny day here. The faces of the village fathers are permanently frozen into disapproval. And the body count is mounting, while the head count stays at zero. The Horseman, it appears, not only decapitates his victims, but takes their skulls with him. By the Headless Horseman! Old Baltus Van Tassel (Michael Gambon), richest of the burghers. His comely daughter Katrina (Christina Ricci) and her shapely stepmother Lady Van Tassel (Miranda Richardson). And other local citizens, including one played by Jeffrey Jones, who always seems to be regarding us dubiously from above, at an oblique angle. The magistrate (Richard Griffiths) seems to know a good deal, at one point whispering to Crane that there are . He comes equipped with cases full of bizarre instruments of his own invention, including a set of eyepieces that make him look like the optometrist from hell. It becomes clear fairly quickly, however, that Ichabod is stronger on theory than practice, and has not much stomach for disinterring bodies, performing autopsies or examining wounds. The locals explain that the Horseman's sword was forged in the fires below. Johnny Depp is an actor able to disappear into characters, never more readily than in one of Burton's films. Together they created Edward Scissorhands and Ed Wood, and now here is an Ichabod Crane who is all posture and carefully learned mannerism, attitude and fastidiousness. It's as if the Horseman gallops ahead in a traditional horror film, and Depp and Burton gallop right behind him in a satire. There's a lot of gore (the movie deserves its R rating), but it's not mean gore, if you know what I mean- -it's gore dictated by the sad fate of the Headless Horseman. Advertisement. The ending is perhaps too traditional. We know the requirements of the genre absolutely insist on struggle between Crane and the Horseman, followed by an explanation for his strange rides, and harsh justice for those who deserve it. Burton at least does not linger over these episodes, or exploit them; he's too much in love with his moody setup to ruin the fun with final overkill. The most astonishing thing for me about the movie wasn't the Horseman anyway, but the fact that I actually found myself drawn into this old Classics Illustrated material- -enthralled by a time and place so well evoked that the Horseman almost seemed natural there. Note: No power on earth could drag from me the identity of the unbilled actor who plays the Horseman when he has a head. But you will agree he is the only logical choice. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England, . Along with Irving's companion piece . A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere. Sleepy Hollow is renowned for its ghosts and the haunting atmosphere that pervades the imaginations of its inhabitants and visitors. Some residents say this town was bewitched during the early days of the Dutch settlement. Other residents say an old Native American chief, the wizard of his tribe, held his powwows here before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson. The most infamous spectre in the Hollow is the Headless Horseman, said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper that had his head shot off by a stray cannonball during . Crane, a Yankee and an outsider, sees marriage to Katrina as a means of procuring Van Tassel's extravagant wealth. Bones, the local hero, vies with Ichabod for Katrina's hand, playing a series of pranks on the jittery schoolmaster, and the fate of Sleepy Hollow's fortune weighs in the balance for some time. The tension between the three is soon brought to a head. On a placid autumn night, the ambitious Crane attends a harvest party at the Van Tassels' homestead. He dances, partakes in the feast, and listens to ghostly legends told by Brom and the locals, but his true aim is to propose to Katrina after the guests leave. His intentions, however, are ill- fated. After having failed to secure Katrina's hand, Ichabod rides home . As he passes several purportedly haunted spots, his active imagination is engorged by the ghost stories told at Baltus' harvest party. After nervously passing under a lightning- stricken tulip tree purportedly haunted by the ghost of British spy Major Andr. Unsettled by his fellow traveler's eerie size and silence, the teacher is horrified to discover that his companion's head is not on his shoulders, but on his saddle. In a frenzied race to the bridge adjacent to the Old Dutch Burying Ground, where the Hessian is said to . However, to Crane's horror, the ghoul clambers over the bridge, rears his horse, and hurls his severed head into Ichabod's terrified face. The next morning, Ichabod has mysteriously disappeared from town, leaving Katrina to marry Brom Bones, who was said . Although the nature of the Headless Horseman is left open to interpretation, the story implies that the ghost was really Brom (an agile stunt rider) in disguise. Irving's narrator concludes, however, by stating that the old Dutch wives continue to promote the belief that Ichabod was . Headless horsemen were staples of Northern European storytelling, featuring in German, Irish (e. Dullahan), Scandinavian (e. Wild Hunt), and English legends, and were included in Robert Burns's poem . Usually viewed as omens of ill- fortune for those who chose to disregard their apparitions, these specters found their victims in proud, scheming persons and characters with hubris and arrogance. The British and American line had run near it during the war; it had, therefore, been the scene of marauding, and infested with refugees, cow- boys, and all kinds of border chivalry. The Americans were fortified north of Peekskill, leaving Westchester County a 3. Besides droves of Loyalist rangers and British light infantry, Hessian J. Tompkins, met an army captain named Ichabod Crane in Sackets Harbor, New York during an inspection tour of fortifications in 1. Irving may have patterned the character in . The story was the longest one published as part of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Both stories are often paired together in books and other representations, and both are included in surveys of early American literature and Romanticism. It was filmed on location in New York's Hudson River Valley. The Headless Horseman (1. Comi. Color Cartoon short produced by Ub Iwerks. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1. 94. 9), an animated cartoon adaptation of the story directed by James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, and Jack Kinney, produced by Walt Disney Productions, and narrated by Bing Crosby. Later the Sleepy Hollow portion of the film was separated from the companion film and shown separately as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1. Produced by Air Programs International (API)A short animated version produced in 1. John Carradine and shown in theaters a year later with Charlotte's Web (1. A CBS special titled Once Upon A Midnight Dreary featured an adaptation of the story, narrated by Vincent Price, featuring Rene Auberjonois as Ichabod Crane, Guy Boyd as Brom Bones, Pamela Brown as Katrina Van Tassell, and Robert Foster as the Headless Horseman. Executive producer Charles Sellier was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the movie. It was produced and hosted by Shelley Duvall. In 1. 98. 8, PBS and Rabbit Ears Productions produced a multi- award winning animated adaptation and a subsequent book depicting the story. The production was illustrated, directed, and adapted by Robert Van Nutt, composed by Tim Story, and narrated by Glenn Close. An episode of The Real Ghostbusters, which featured a descendant of Ichabod Crane's, cursed by a headless apparition on a motorcycle who viciously pursues men to whom she is attracted. The . In this episode a boy named Ian Matthews moves to Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he develops a crush on Katie. One night after the Halloween dance, they see the ghost of Ichabod Crane and send him over the bridge that the Headless Horseman cannot cross, unintentionally prompting the Headless Horseman to pursue them instead of Crane. In Wishbone's imagination, he is scared off by the Headless Horseman. Like the original story, the episode strongly implies that Brom is the Headless Horseman when his horse's collar resembles the Horseman's horse collar. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1. Canadian television film starring Brent Carver and Rachelle Lefevre. It was filmed in Montreal and directed by Pierre Gang. Sleepy Hollow (1. Tim Burton which takes many liberties with the plot and characters, changing Crane from the local schoolmaster into a police constable sent from New York City to investigate recent murders, and the Horseman is used as a weapon against the local landowners. Johnny Depp stars as Ichabod Crane, Christopher Walken plays the Headless Horseman, Christina Ricci plays Katrina, and Casper Van Dien plays Brom. The Night of the Headless Horseman (1. FOX TV special utilizing motion capture. Sleepy Hollow High (2. B- rated, direct to video VHS and DVD horror film, in which a group of teenagers is sent to Sleepy Hollow Park Grounds to clean up vandalism and graffiti. They soon realize that someone is taking the Legend of Sleepy Hollow too far. The Haunted Pumpkin of Sleepy Hollow (2. Porch. Light Entertainment. The Hollow (2. 00. TV movie that premiered on the ABC Family Channel, starring Kevin Zegers and Kaley Cuoco that focuses on a teenage descendant of Ichabod Crane. In the series, Ichabod Crane is reimagined as an English professor and turncoat during the American Revolutionary War, who awakens in the 2. Headless Horseman, a felled mercenary Crane had decapitated 2. Crane teams up with Abbie Mills, a lieutenant in the town of Sleepy Hollow's sheriff's department, and together they try to stop the murderous Horseman (who is purportedly Death), and uncover a conspiracy involving supernatural forces. It lasted 1. 2 performances. It premiered at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah on October 3. Book by Hunter Foster, music & lyrics by Matt Conner, directed by Matt Gardiner; premiered at Signature Theatre in Washington, DC (Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director). Pickwick Records, Pickwick SPC 5. Ronald Colman was the host and narrator for a radio adaptation on NBC's Favorite Story on July 2, 1. Walter Huston as that actor's favorite story). An adaptation was broadcast on September 1. NBC University of the Air: American Novels. The program was released on audiocassette by Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd in 1. DH Audio catalog and its . Produced by The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air and released by Blackstone Audio. Faithfully adapted from the book by Washington Irving, this production has an elaborate music score by Jeffrey Gage, sound effects, and a full cast. Originally released as a . The book was dramatized, produced and directed by Jerry Robbins. On Halloween 2. 00. XM Radio's Sonic Theater, and repeated the following year. It continues to be one of Colonial's most popular titles in release. BBC Radio 7 (and later BBC Radio 4 Extra) has repeatedly broadcast a three- part reading of the story with Martin Jarvis as the Narrator. Historic Hudson Valley. Parent's Choice gave it the Silver award in 2. While remaining true to Irving. Thompson and produced by Marshal Latham on the Journey Intopodcast. Tom Mison, who plays Ichabod Crane in the television series Sleepy Hollow, was the narrator for a 2. Audible Studios. Its high school teams are named . There is also a Sleepy Hollow Park and Sleepy Hollow Bath & Racquet Club. Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Sleepy Hollow Road. Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, Sleepy Hollow Lane. Spinnerstown, Pennsylvania, Sleepy Hollow Road. Hampden Township, Pennsylvania, . The school's sports teams are called . The wings in the junior high school are also named for characters and places, such as Katrina Van Tassel and Sleepy Hollow. Sleepy Hollow Elementary. Orinda, California, has Washington Lane, Sleepy Hollow Lane, Tarry Lane, Van Ripper Lane, Van Tassel Lane, Tappan Lane, and Crane Court. Pinson, Alabama's Sleepy Hollow Subdivision has Sleepy Hollow Drive. See also. Famous Ghost Stories: Legends and Lore. The War of Independence and the Transformation of American Society. Legends and Lore of Sleepy Hollow & the Hudson Valley. Life and Letters of Washington Irving. Find A Grave Memorial. Retrieved February 1. Find A Grave Memorial. Retrieved February 1. Freepages. genealogy. Retrieved February 1. The Original Knickerbocker: The Life of Washington Irving. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 9. 78- 0- 4. Retrieved February 2, 2. Retrieved September 1.
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