Sleepy Hollow

Year:

1999

Duration:

105 min

Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery

IMDB rate:

7.4

Director:

Tim Burton

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 25 wins & 37 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1999-11-19

Filming Locations: Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Earnings

Budget: $100,000,000

Opening Weekend: $30,060,467 (USA) (21 November 1999)

Gross: $101,068,340 (USA) (7 May 2000)

Cast

Actor

Character

Johnny Depp

Ichabod Crane

Christina Ricci

Katrina Van Tassel

Miranda Richardson

Lady Van Tassel

Michael Gambon

Baltus Van Tassel

Casper Van Dien

Brom Van Brunt

Jeffrey Jones

Reverend Steenwyck

Richard Griffiths

Magistrate Philipse

Ian McDiarmid

Doctor Lancaster

Michael Gough

Notary Hardenbrook

Christopher Walken

Hessian Horseman

Marc Pickering

Young Masbath

Lisa Marie

Lady Crane

Steven Waddington

Killian

Claire Skinner

Beth Killian

Christopher Lee

Burgomaster

Alun Armstrong

High Constable

Mark Spalding

Jonathan Masbath

Jessica Oyelowo

Sarah

Tony Maudsley

Van Ripper

Peter Guinness

Lord Crane

Nicholas Hewetson

Glenn

Orlando Seale

Theodore

Sean Stephens

Thomas Killian

Gabrielle Lloyd

Doctor Lancaster's Wife

Robert Sella

Dirk Van Garrett

Michael Feast

Spotty Man

Jamie Foreman

Thuggish Constable

Philip Martin Brown

Constable One

Sam Fior

Young Ichabod

Tessa Allen-Ridge

Young Lady Van Tassel

Cassandra Farndale

Young Crone

Lily Phillips

Girl 2

Bianca Nicholas

Little Girl

Paul Brightwell

Rifleman

Layla Alexander

Widow (uncredited)

Kelley Costigan

Townswoman (uncredited)

Sean Cronin

Prisoner (uncredited)

Kevin Hudson

New Yorker (uncredited)

Martin Landau

Peter Van Garrett

Nic Main

Red Coat (uncredited)

João Costa Menezes

Aristocrat (uncredited)

Stuart Walker

Townsman (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Christopher Walken often talked about Sleepy Hollow as his first movie with a kissing scene. This is incorrect as he already had some in The Deer Hunter (1978), The Dead Zone (1983), and A View to a Kill (1985).

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The Windmill was too large to be constructed on a sound stage because it was over five stories high. The sails alone weighed over 2 tons.

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Ichabod Crane faints a total of five times during the movie. He is induced into unconsciousness by Katrina's medicine after his violent meeting with the Horseman. Katrina, by comparison, faints only twice.

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Goofs

Ichabod, Katrina, and young Masbath bar the door of the windmill with a shovel and put two sacks on the left side of the door and one on the right. However, when Ichabod says "To the roof; I've got an idea!", there is only one sack on the left side of the door. When the horseman cuts the shovel with his sword, there are again two sacks on the left side of the door.

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In the opening scene, when the little boy is lighting his candle to see the figures on the wall, he sits very close to the candle. So the light from the figures should be visible not only on the wall behind the boy, but also on the boy himself. This does not happen.

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When Ichabod Crane is examining Jonathon Masbath, he leans over and puts on glasses. When he straightens, the telescopic lens is extended. The shot cuts away and then back at which point Crane extends the lens.

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Quotes

Ichabod Crane: You have moved the body?

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The Burgomaster: Constable Crane! This is a song we have heard from you more than once. Now, there are two courses open to me. The first, is to let you cool your heels in the cells until you learn respect for the dignity of my office...

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Katrina Anne Van Tassel: I think you have no heart. And I had a mind once to give you mine.

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Faq

Q

What is a Hessian?

A

German leaders lent out their auxiliaries, conscripts and regiments to the British fighting force that was set against the American Revolutionary War of 1775-1783. Called Hessian for more than half were from the region of Hesse-Kassel / Hesse-Cassel.

Q

Does Christopher Walken play the Horseman in every scene?

A

No. Rob Inch plays the horseman in scenes where he is "headless" and on the horse, and Ray Park plays the headless horseman when he's off the horse.

Q

What was Lady Van Tassel's plan?

A

She used the Horseman to kill every person who was an obstacle between her and the Van Garret's legacy: She had old man van Garrett killed for his money and possessions, but also out of revenge, because he had forced her family out of their house when she was young. Widow Winship and her unborn child were killed because the child was van Garrett's. Van Garrett had changed his will to make his unborn child the beneficiary of his inheritance. This new will disappeared with van Garrett's death, so van Garrett's son from an earlier marriage remained his heir. When Van Garrett's son was killed, this made Baltus van Tessel the next in line to receive van Garrett's legacy. So he was beheaded too. This made Katrina van Tassel next in line, so she was the next target. Had the Horseman succeeded, then Lady van Tassel would have been the final beneficiary of the legacy, being Baltus van Tassel's wife. Everyone who had any knowledge of the unborn child and van Garrett's changed will was a possible liability, and had to disappear too. Jonathan Masbath had to die because he signed the new will as witness. Magistrate Philipse had to be killed because he had helped widow Winship with the legal issues concerning her child and its rights. Midwife Killian and her family were killed because they knew that widow Winship was pregnant with van Garrett's child. The other people who knew about the child or the will were silenced in other ways. Notary Hardenbrook was too scared to talk and hanged himself; Reverend Steenwyck was kept silent because Lady van Tassel had seductive power over him; and Doctor Lancaster was blackmailed by Lady van tassel because he had fornicated with the housemaid.

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