Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow
by Tim Burton

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Actor: Casper Van Dien, Christina Ricci, Johnny Depp, Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson
Director: Tim Burton
Brand: DEPP,JOHNNY
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-05-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount Home Video

DVD Reviews of Sleepy Hollow

DVD Review: The legend brought to life.
Summary: 5 Stars

Johnny Depp delivers his usual quirky, awe inspiring performance.
Tim Burton gives us his dark vision of the fairy tale and succeeds brilliantly.
The script, the fx, the acting, pretty much everything is first rate.
A tad bloody but it's not that bad.
The music is good too.
What's bad about this movie?
Absolutely NOTHING!!!!!!!
A brilliant masterpiece that deserves to be seen.
Another Burton must have/must see.

DVD Review: One of the scariest movies I've ever seen.
Summary: 5 Stars

It's one of the scariest movies I've ever seen. The scenes look scary. The acting and action are good. It's suspenseful from the beginning till the end.

DVD Review: Just ok.
Summary: 3 Stars

The transfer to HD DVD on this is just ok. My advice would be to buy the regular dvd. I know that its the way it was shot its suppose to look grainy. But when it comes to HD its just not worth it for Grainy movies unless you just buy it for the sound.
Best bet, Go find the dvd for 4.99

DVD Review: Not for those looking for Irving's classic
Summary: 1 Stars

If you're just looking to watch a Johnny Depp movie and don't really care whether it's made up or supposedly based on something then this movie is fine to watch. Unfortunately, if you're looking to watch a movie based on Washington Irving's classic story then this movie isn't really for you. Yes, it can claim to be based on Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" but only very loosely. Only the names of less than a handful main characters and where the story takes place comes from Irving's story. The rest of Sleepy Hollow is so extremely far from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" that if it were not for the Galloping Hessian of the Hollow (in otherwords the Headless Horseman) the names of the characters and location could be changed and still tell the same exact story without anyone suspecting any link to Washington Irving.

I saw this expecting the usual Hollywood adaptation of a book (or in this case short story), which is to say it's based on the book but things are altered. I was more than extremely disappointed to find out it really couldn't claim much in the way of being based on a story I love. Ichabod Crane is a school teacher from Connecticut, not some constable from New York City sent out to investigate things. Katrinia van Tassel doesn't practice witchcraft. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" isn't some kind of horror laden murder mystery. It's more about Ichabod's intrest in winning the heart of the young Katrina as much out of greed for inheirting her father's fortune (Baltus van Tassel was, after all, a wealthy farmer) as his actual genuine intrest in her. And as much as it was a bit of a love story it was also a ghost story. Those who have never read "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" won't know that Brom Bones (Abraham van Brunt) is suspected to know to much about what happened the night the Horseman chased his rival for Katrina's affections away (nor will they know Katrina turned down Ichabod's affections with her and may have actually been toying with him all along), Irving seems to suggest the horseman that night was Bones at one moment then at the next reveals that the good Dutch housewives of that part of New York know it was really the ghost of the Hessian soldier. They won't know how Ichabod delighted in reading a book by Cotton Mather on Witchcraft in New England even though it terrified him so at night. They'll be likely to believe that if they watch "Sleepy Hollow" they'll know what "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is about.

This movie isn't for those looking for "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Disney's animated classic is much closer to Irving's story than this. I've seen a couple others, one starring Jeff Goldblum from around the early eighties and one more recently aired on Halmark Channel that are more closely based on the story than this movie should even be allowed to claim. If you don't care about it, then this movie may appeal to you. But if you really want to see a half-way decent adaptation, then do yourself a favor and steer clear of this movie.

DVD Review: Sleepy Hollow
Summary: 1 Stars

Great movie, wrong format. HD is dead and stinkin'. I returned the two HD movies I bought because I thought they were Blu-Ray. I did not realize that HD movie format DVD's were being unloaded on the public who is dumb enough to buy them (like me),when HD is gone the way of the Do Do Bird. Got any Beta format movies? How about some 8 track tapes?

Description of Sleepy Hollow

An eccentric investigator is sent to the small New York town of Sleepy Hollow to find out who is committing grisly murders there.
Genre: Horror
Rating: R
Release Date: 29-DEC-2004
Media Type: DVD

The films of Tim Burton shine through the muck like a jack-o-lantern on a foggy October night. After such successes as The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands, it should come as no surprise that Sleepy Hollow is a dazzling film, a delicious reworking of Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Dark and moody, the film is a thrilling ride back to the turn of the 19th century. Johnny Depp stars as Ichabod Crane, a seemingly hapless constable from New York City who is sent to the small town of Sleepy Hollow to solve the mystery of the decapitations that are plaguing the town. Crane is a bumbling sort, with a tremendous faith in science over mysticism, and he comes up against town secrets, bewitching women, and a number of bodies missing heads. Christina Ricci, as beautiful as ever, is Katrina Van Tassel, the offbeat love interest who alternately charms and frightens Crane.

The film, while occasionally gory (as one should expect from a movie about a headless horseman), is not terribly frightening, although it is suspenseful. Both Depp and Ricci are convincing, and the art direction and production values give the village its harsh feel. Toward the end, once the secrets are revealed, the film does slow down; however, this stylistic horror film provides many tricks and even more treats. --Jenny Brown

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