Sleepy Hollow (DVD)

The Film ----------- The film was written by Andrew Kevin Walker and is based on the fairy tale of 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' by Washington Irving. Filming took place in London, although some parts were filmed in New York, close to the actual town of Sleepy Hollow. My initial thoughts of a fairly tale with the words… 'Sleepy', 'Hollow' couldn't have been further from the truth…this is definitely a film not to be missed! The Plot ----------- The film takes place in the late 1700's, in New York. Constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is sent to investigate a series of gruesome murders in a nearby town called Sleepy Hollow. Ichabold is told ...  Read the complete review

It is 1799. In a quiet country backwater, something evil is afoot. The residents of Sleepy Hollow are living in fear of a ghostly headless horseman, who has suddenly risen from the dead to cause havoc amidst the townspeople. On his enormous black steed, he appears from the misty cornfields, finds his human prey and slices its head from its body. Although three bodies have already been found, the heads have never been seen again. In New York, a young police constable named Ichabold Crane struggles to cope with the system, of which he is an integral part. All around him, he sees incompetence and injustice, but he is one very quiet voice in a very loud crowd, and ...  Read the complete review

As actress Christina Ricci explains on the DVD's special features, Washington Irving's 'the Legend of Sleepy Hollow' is one of America's few fairy tales and concerns the plight of a village falling victim to a Headless Horseman. The Horseman in the film is played by Christopher Walken, veteran of a number of films including Burton's previous works, while his good 'adversary' is played excellently by Johnny Depp; a true Tim Burton film veteran who played the title role in Edward Scissorhands. Christina Ricci, an actress who will hopefully escape one day from the 'Wednesday from the Addams Family movies' label, plays the young and innocent spellbook-dabbler Katrina Van ...  Read the complete review

Based on Washington Irving's book, 'Sleepy Hollow' is given the big screen treatment by Tim Burton. Burton's distinctive, often gothic, style seen in other films such as Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands is once more palpable in this very enjoyable horror/mystery movie. Burton has developed an amazing sense of entwining the semblance's of reality and fantasy and this offering is no exception. Having never read Irving's book I can only comment on the film version and cannot say whether it is faithful to the book. The story follows 1799 New York police constable Icabod Crane to the New England town of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a ...  Read the complete review

Sleepy Hollow Released: 1999 Director: Tim Burton (Ed Wood, Batman, Batman Returns, Beetlejuice, Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands) Executive Producer: Francis Ford Coppola Stars: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Michael Gambon, Christopher Walken, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gough, Jeffery Jones, Richard Griffiths. Runtime: 105 mins Available from Amazon.co.uk for £3.98 plus p&p. **************************************************** Sleepy Hollow has to be one of my all time favourite films, it is a visually stunning picture and i never get tired of watching it. Based on the ...  Read the complete review