Sleepy Hollow (1999)

In Tim Burton's stylish, creepy retelling of the classic Washington Irving story, SLEEPY HOLLOW, Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is a squeamish, bookish 18th century New York City investigator sent to a small town in lower Westchester county to look into three mysterious decapitations. When the always rational Crane arrives at the little Dutch village, he finds that most of the townsfolk believe the culprit to be the Headless Horseman, the ghost of a monstrous Hessian soldier (Christopher Walken), who seems to be mysteriously tied in to one of the town's most prominent families. Burton's natural instincts for campy h...
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umor, combined with the hauntingly gorgeous technical work (Emmanuel Lubezki's cinematography and Danny Elfman's score included), collide to create a work of exhilarating entertainment and poetic storytelling. Miranda Richardson, Casper Van Dien and Christina Ricci help make up an ensemble cast that, combined with the historically accurate village sets and dreamlike magic of the haunted Western Woods--created on the largest sound stage in film history--makes SLEEPY HOLLOW a visually stunning, gripping, and, at times, chilling film.
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Washington Irving's tale of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman gets a few new twists in a screen adaptation directed by Tim Burton. In this version, Ichabod (Johnny Depp) is a New York City detective whose unorthodox techniques and penchant for gadgets make him unpopular with is colleagues. He is sent to the remote town of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of bizarre murders, in which a number of people have been found dead in the woods, with their heads cut off. Local legend has it that a Hessian ghost rides through the woods on horseback, lopping off the heads of the unsuspecting and unbelieving. Icha...
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bod refuses to believe in this legend, convinced that there must be a logical explanation for the murders. In time, Ichabod becomes smitten with a local lass, Katrina Van Tassel (Christina Ricci), who is the sweetheart of the burly Brom Bones (Casper Van Dien), and he becomes determined to capture the murderer to prove his bravery and win her heart. Christopher Walken, Jeffrey Jones, and Christopher Lee highlight the supporting cast; Lee's appearance is particularly apt, since Burton has cited the Hammer films of the 1960s as a major influence in making this film. Andrew Kevin Walker and Tom Stoppard contributed to the screenplay.
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Het jaar is 1799 en we maken kennis met het buitenbeentje Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp). Hij kijkt volop uit naar de nieuwe eeuw en probeert zijn werk als New Yorks agent objectief en wetenschappelijk uit te voeren. De 'moderne' middelen die hij gebruikt, vallen echter niet in goede aarde bij de rechter Burgomaster (Christopher Lee). Om van hem verlost te zijn, stuurt hij Crane naar Sleepy Hollow, een vreemd stadje dat vooral door ingeweken Nederlanders bevolkt wordt, en de laatste tijd geplaagd wordt door een schijnbaar onoverwinbare ruiter zonder hoofd. Die laat zijn zwaard duchtig in het rond slingeren en heeft ...
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bij Cranes aankomst al drie mensen onthoofd. De vraag is nu of Crane's alternatieve aanpak het mysterie kan oplossen.
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