
Sleepy Hollow is a movie directed by Tim Burton in 1999 and based on the book The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, first published in 1820. The movie features Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, and others.
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Storyline
In 1799, New York City police constable Ichabod Crane is dispatched to the upstate Dutch hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, which has been plagued by a series of brutal decapitations: a wealthy father and son, and a widow. He, Young Masbath and Katrina, venture into the Western Woods, where a crone living in a cave reveals the location of the Horseman’s grave at the Tree of the Dead.
Movie vs Book

Year
1999
Minutes
105
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb

Year
1820
Pages
108
Book Rate
7.46
S: Goodreads
Book
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Author: Washington Irving
Country: USA
First published in: 1820
Length: 108 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Series by Phillip Iscove, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
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