Throwback Thursday - Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Hey guys, Chuck here. It's Throwback Thursday, and this week, I'll be discussing Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow.

        The film takes a different approach to Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and actually changes the backgrounds of a few characters. For example, Ichabod Crane, played by Johnny Depp, is a police detective from New York City sent to investigate a series of murders in Sleepy Hollow. The Headless Horseman, played by Christopher Walken, is set up as a Hessian mercenary who was killed, and is now a specter going about chopping off heads until his own is restored.

      This movie has a great number of talented performers, including Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, and Christopher Walken. Also on the list of actors in this movie include some truly great British thespians, including Richard Griffiths, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Gough, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, and Christopher Lee. Tim Burton really put together a lot of high caliber performers to be a part of this movie.

      What is most interesting, however, is that the film itself, in terms of tone and appearance, is actually paying homage to the old Hammer horror films, such as the Dracula movies with Christopher Lee. Hammer horror movies all had a color palate of mostly black, brown, and grey, but the blood was always bright red, to the point that it was practically neon red. "Sleepy Hollow" also appears as such.

      Honestly, I can't recommend this movie enough. This is easily one of my all-time favorite Tim Burton films. In addition, one of the producers of the film is, in fact, Francis Ford Coppola. Yes, the director of "The Godfather," Apocalypse Now," and "Dracula" was an executive producer on "Sleepy Hollow." I give Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow" a rating of 5/5.

                                                                              This is Chuck signing off. See you next time.

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