Sleepy Hollow
Production:
- Directed by Tim Burton
- Written by Andrew Kevin Walker, Kevin Yagher, based on the story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
- Produced by Francis Coppola, Larry J. Franco, Scott Rudin, Adam Schroeder, Kevin Yagher
- Original music by Danny Elfman
- Cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki
- Film Editing by Chris Lebenzon
Cast:
- Johnny Depp .... Ichabod Crane
- Christina Ricci .... Katrina Van Tassel
- Casper Van Dien .... Brom Van Brunt
- Miranda Richardson .... Lady Van Tassel
- Michael Gambon .... Baltus Van Tassel
- Marc Pickering .... Young Masbeth
- Christopher Walken .... Headless Horseman
- Michael Gough .... Hardenbrook
- Christopher Lee .... Burgomaster
- Jeffrey Jones .... Steenwyck
- Lisa Marie .... Lady Crane
- Richard Griffiths .... Phillipse
- Ian McDiarmid .... Doc Lancaster
- Steven Waddington .... Killian
Notes:
A covered bridge in a 1799 New York town?
Links:
- Credits from the IMDB for the title Sleepy Hollow
- Official site
- See the original story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving in the Alex Catalog
- Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow New York, founded by the carpenter Frederick Philipse in 1693, but lost by the family at the end of the Revolution because his descendants were Loyalists and fled to England. The Manor includes the water-powered Gristmill that was run by the master flour miller Caesar who was an African slave
History Department | Filmnotes | revised 11/20/99 by Schoenherr