sleepy hollow https://bmysteriousworld.runboard.com/t316 Runboard| sleepy hollow en-us Fri, 29 Mar 2024 06:54:54 +0000 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 06:54:54 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 sleepy hollowhttps://bmysteriousworld.runboard.com/p823,from=rss#post823https://bmysteriousworld.runboard.com/p823,from=rss#post823 Sleepy Hollow is a 1999 period horror film directed by Tim Burton, interpreting the legend of The Headless Horseman and based upon the Washington Irving story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The third film collaboration between Johnny Depp and Burton, the film also features Christina Ricci, Sir Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Gough, Richard Griffiths and Christopher Walken. The story centers on police constable Ichabod Crane sent from New York City to investigate a series of murders in the village Sleepy Hollow by a mysterious Headless Horseman. The style and themes of the story take inspirations from the late Hammer Film Productions. Sleepy Hollow had been in development since 1994 and was originally intended to be directed by Kevin Yagher. The film labored into development far enough for Burton to direct, who had unsuccessfully worked on Superman Lives. Filming took place entirely on location in England where the crew built an entire soundstage. Sleepy Hollow would be released with box office success and critical acclaim, grossing roughly $206 million worldwide and scoring a 73 percent approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Plot In 1799, New York City police constable Ichabod Crane is dispatched by his superiors to the upstate hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, to investigate a series of brutal slayings in which the victims have been found decapitated. A frequent user of new, though so far unproven investigative techniques such as finger-printing and autopsies, Crane arrives in Sleepy Hollow armed with his bag of scientific tools only to be informed by the town's elders that the murderer is not of flesh and blood, rather a headless supernatural warrior from beyond the grave who rides at night on a massive black steed. Crane does not believe them and begins his own investigation, until he comes face to "face" with the Headless Horseman. Boarding a room at the home of the town's richest family, the Van Tassels, Crane develops an attraction to their daughter, the mysterious Katrina, even as he's plagued by nightmares of his mother's horrific torture when he was a child. Delving further into the mystery with the aid of the orphaned Young Masbeth, whose father was a victim of the Horseman, Crane discovers within the Western Woods both the Horseman's entry point between this world and the beyond, the gnarled Tree of the Dead, and his grave. He finds the Horseman's skull is missing though the murders continue until Crane uncovers a murky plot revolving around revenge and land rights with the Horseman controlled by Katrina's stepmother, Lady Van Tassel, who sends the killer after her. Following a fight in the local windmill and a stagecoach chase through the woods, Crane eventually thwarts Lady Van Tassel by returning the skull to the Horseman, who regains his head and heads back to Hell along with her. His job in Sleepy Hollow over, Crane, Katrina and Young Masbeth return to New York, in time for the new century. Directed by Tim Burton Produced by Scott Rudin Adam Schroeder Francis Ford Coppola Larry J. Franco Written by Washington Irving (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) Kevin Yagher (screen story) Andrew Kevin Walker (screen story and screenplay) Tom Stoppard (uncredited) Starring Johnny Depp Christina Ricci Miranda Richardson Michael Gambon Casper Van Dien Jeffrey Jones Richard Griffiths Ian McDiarmid Michael Gough Christopher Walken Music by Danny Elfman Cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki Editing by Chris Lebenzon Joel Negron Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date(s) November 19, 1999 Running time 105 min. Country United States Language English Budget $80,000,000[1] Gross revenue $206,071,502 nondisclosed_email@example.com (MaTTsWoRld)Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:07:28 +0000