Sleepy Hollow (1999 film)

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Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) is a gothic horror mystery directed by Tim Burton that reimagines Washington Irving’s classic tale with a darker, stylized vision centered on Ichabod Crane’s investigation of supernatural murders.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
gothic horror film
mystery film
artDirectionOscarCategory Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
award Academy Award for Best Art Direction
basedOn The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
basedOnAuthor Washington Irving
boxOfficeGrossWorldwide approximately $206 million
cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Tim Burton
distributor Paramount Pictures
editor Chris Lebenzon
genre horror
mystery
supernatural
language English
mainAntagonist Headless Horseman
mainCharacter Ichabod Crane
Katrina Van Tassel
musicBy Danny Elfman
plotSummary Ichabod Crane
surface form: Ichabod Crane is sent from New York City to investigate a series of decapitations in the village of Sleepy Hollow.
producer Adam Schroeder
Francis Ford Coppola
Scott Rudin
productionCompany Mandalay Pictures
Paramount Pictures Studios
surface form: Paramount Pictures
ratingMPAA R
releaseDate November 19, 1999
releaseYear 1999
runtimeMinutes 105
screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker
Kevin Yagher
setting Sleepy Hollow, New York
starring Casper Van Dien
Christina Ricci
Christopher Lee
Christopher Walken
Ian McDiarmid
Jeffrey Jones
Johnny Depp
Michael Gambon
Michael Gough
Miranda Richardson
Richard Griffiths
theme corruption and power
rationalism versus superstition
timePeriodSetting 1799
visualStyle expressionistic
gothic

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