Sleepy Hollow
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Tim Burton
Johnny Depp
Christina Ricci
Miranda Richardson
Casper Van Dien
Christopher Walken
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Ichabod Crane, a discredited professor is exiled to Sleepy Hollow because of his outrageous theories. Once there he learns of a local myth and uncovers a headless horseman, who has killed four people in search of a suitable replacement for his own missing head.
Cast
Johnny Depp
Christina Ricci
Miranda Richardson
Casper Van Dien
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Christopher Walken
Tessa Allen-ridge
Orlando Seale
Michael Gambon
Michael Feast
Steven Waddington
Lily Phillips
Tony Maudsley
Marc Pickering
Ian Mcdiarmid
Peter Guinness
Lisa Marie
Philip Martin Brown
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Michael Gough
Nicholas Hewetson
Richard Griffiths
Sam Fior
Cassandra Farndale
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Jeffrey Jones
Sean Stephens
Robert Sella
Jamie Foreman
Mark Spalding
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Claire Skinner
Bianca Nicholas
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Christopher Lee
Gabrielle Lloyd
Paul Brightwell
Philip C. Canfield
Jessica Oyelowo
Alun Armstrong
Crew
Eric Acosta
Tony Acosta
Glenn Allen
David Allum
Shadi Almassizadeh
Gary Alper
Richard L Anderson
Jonathan Angell
Meredith Apel
Steve Aplin
Terry Apsey
Riky Ash
Julian Ashby
James Ashwill
Colleen Atwood
Trang Bach
Ken Bacon
Declan Baldwin
Ravi Bansal
Bob Baron
Steve Bartek
Chris Bayz
Randall K Bean
Craig Berkey
Barry Best
Brian Best
Stephen Bettles
Samantha Helen Black
Rob Blue
Sue Bodnar
Bill Boes
Mauro Borrelli
David Boulton
Daniel Boxer
Evan Brainard
Mariko Braswell
Julian Bratolyubov
Barbara Brennan
Edward Brett
Joanna Brett
Adam Brockbank
Anthony Brookman
Andy Brown
John Brown
Sarah Brunsdon
Kate Bryden
Simon Burgess
Cathy Burrow
Colleen Callaghan
Patrick Capone
Lawrence Carroll
Tami Carter
Marc Cass
Lanny Cermak
Martin Charles
Kyle Clark
Richard Clarke
Grady Cofer
John A. Cohen
Matt Cooke
Natasha Coombs
Clive Coote
Francis Ford Coppola
Theresa Corrao
Tony Costanzo
Celia D. Costas
Mitchell Coughlin
Ken Court
Tony Cridlin
Jill Crosby
Allan B Croucher
John Cucci
Mike Cullin
Gail Currey
Scott Curtis
Pamela Cveticanin
Zachariah Cveticanin
Julie D'antoni
Danielle Da Costa
Peter Daulton
Scott David
Eben Davidson
Matt Davies
Shirley Davis
Tony Dawe
Michael Dawson
Robert Dawson
Adrian De Wet
Claire Jane Deacon
Tabitha Dean
Robert Dehaan
Christi Dembrowski
Kelly Dent
Steve Dent
John E. Dexter
Ramona Diaz-sanchez
Lee Dichter
Michael Dicomo
Frank Diettinger
Stephen Dobric
Brandon Donnison
Tamsin Dorling
David Dresher
Michael Dressel
Lou Durkin
Deb Dyer
Paddy Eason
Kevin Edland
Manex Efrem
Danny Elfman
Morgan Elliott
Gene Engels
Raul Essig
Ben Famiglietti
James Fanning
Tammy Fearing
Sarah Feinberg
Tom Fejes
Ian Fellows
Lorraine Fennell
John Ferguson
Robert Fernandez
Chris Fielder
Susie Figgis
Rebecca Fisher
Heather Fishlock
Dave Flynch
Jan Foster
Sarah Franzl
Kevin Fraser
Vic Fraser
Derek Frey
Richard Friedlander
Rodney Fuller
Sean Garnhart
Howard Gersh
Brian Gibbs
Nick Gillard
Carmila Gittens
Kenneth Gittens
Adam Glasman
Dan Glass
Lavinia Glynn-jones
Edward Goemans
Susan Goldsmith
Lewis Goldstein
Philip Goldworthy
Paul Gooch
Caroleen Green
Darrel Griffin
Isobel Griffiths
Chris Grottick
Chris Gurney
Conrad W. Hall
Conrad Hall
Rob Hall
Tamzine Hanks
Peter Hannan
Jonathan Harb
Robin Harlan
Matthew Harrison
Shaune Harrison
Vicki Harvey-piper
Alix Harwood
Keith Hatcher
Brian Hathaway
Libby Hazell
Paul Hearn
Rick Heinrichs
Paul Herbert
Ruth Hernandez
Christophe Hery
Jeff Hewitt-davis
Kela Hicks
Harry Higgins
John Higgins
Graham High
Kate Hill
Robert Hill
William Hines
Andrea Hochgatterer-rowland
Jan Hogevold
Bradford L Hohle
Sy Hollands
John Holmes
Nathan Holmes
Tracey Holmes
Richard Hooper
Mark N Hopkins
John Horn
David Horsley
Mathew Horton
Christopher Horvath
Ben Howarth
James Hunt
Rob Inch
Polly Ing
Rowley Irlam
Washington Irving
Michael Anthony Jackson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Set Decoration
Award Nominations
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Emmanuel Lubeski was nominated in the feature film category for the 1999 Outstanding Achievement Award sponsored by the American Society of Cinematographers.
Winner of four 1999 Golden Satellites, including Best Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki), Best Original Score (Danny Elfman), Best Costume Design (Colleen Atwood) and Best Art Direction (Rick Heinrichs, Ken Court, John Dexter, Andrew Nicolson and Leslie Tomkins) from the International Press Academy.
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki) from the Boston Society of Film Critics.
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki) from the Online Film Critics Society.
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Production Design from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
Winner of the 1999 award for Excellence in Period/Fantasy Costume Design for Film by the Costume Designers Guild (CDG).
Released in United States Fall November 19, 1999
Re-released in United States March 10, 2000
Released in United States on Video May 23, 2000
Released in United States on Video May 26, 2000
Released in United States 2000
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Closing Night) January 26 - February 6, 2000.
Tom Stoppard did a rewrite but went uncredited. Kevin Yagher was previously attached to direct this project.
Washington Irving's story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" has been adapted numerous times for television and for the screen. The film adaptations include director Edward D. Venturini's "The Headless Horseman" (USA/1922) starring Will Rogers.
Completed shooting May 10, 1999.
Began shooting November 27, 1998.
Released in United States Fall November 19, 1999
Re-released in United States March 10, 2000
Released in United States on Video May 23, 2000
Released in United States on Video May 26, 2000
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Closing Night) January 26 - February 6, 2000.)