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Sleepy Hollow

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Original title: Sleepy Hollow
Year: 1999
Running time: 105 min.
Country: United States
Director: Tim Burton
Screenwriter: Andrew Kevin Walker. Novel: Washington Irving
Music: Danny Elfman
Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Marc Pickering, Richard Griffiths, Ian McDiarmid, Jeffrey Jones, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough, Steven Waddington, Lisa Marie, Christopher Lee, Alun Armstrong, Claire Skinner, Martin LandauSee 4 More
Producer: Mandalay Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, American Zoetrope
Genre: Mystery. Adventure. Horror. Fantasy | Witchcraft. Ghosts. Supernatural. 18th Century
Movie Groups: Washington Irving Adaptations
Synopsis: Near the end of the 18th Century. Constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) earns the disfavour of the courts in New York City for insisting that scientific methods be used to solve crimes rather than guilt by assumption. In reproach, he is assigned to solve a series of beheadings in the remote village of Sleepy Hollow. Crane dismisses the villagers notion that the murders are being conducted by the ghost of a headless Hessian horseman and is insistent there must be a mundane explanation. However an encounter with the Headless Horseman convinces him of its supernatural existence. But as he investigates further, Crane realizes someone in the village has the Horseman’s head and is raising the ghost to do their bidding.

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#19 Supernatural Horror Ranking
#86 Best Horror Movies

Awards: 1999: Oscar: Best Art Direction. 3 Nominations

1999: 2 BAFTA Awards: Best Costume and Production Design. 3 Nominations

1999: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Cinematography

1999: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Production Design

1999: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Best Cinematography

1999: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Cinematography

Critics' reviews

"Even when the narrative stalls from too many detours and decapitations, Sleepy Hollow is gorgeous filmmaking that brims over with fun-house thrills and ravishing romance"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"As beautifully crafted a film as anyone could ever hope to see, Tim Burton’s 'Sleepy Hollow' is an entertainingly eccentric horror tale that envelopes the audience in a dreamy and bloody nightmare."

Todd McCarthy: Variety
"The wobbly plot might not have mattered if the film’s macabre visual lyricism were more startling"

Owen Gleiberman: Entertainment Weekly
"History will recognize the rich imagination and secret tenderness of Burton's best films"

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"It doesn't feel like the work of an artist in any way (...) It's a film with no theatrical core and no integrity in the writing, acting or storytelling. The jokes aren't funny. The tone is uncertain"

Mick LaSalle: SFGATE
"An exquisitely mounted effort (...) The film gets creepier and creepier as it goes on and Burton, doing what he does best, relentlessly cranks up the volume on the weirdness"

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
"What it depends upon is Burton's gift for bizarre and eccentric special effects, and a superb performance by Johnny Depp (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
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