The legend of Sleepy Hollow is one of America’s best-known folk tales. The story of meek schoolteacher Ichabod Crane, who is haunted by a mysterious headless horseman, is a staple of American literature. What better pairing for an update of one of America’s most beloved tales than with one of the world’s most beloved filmmakers, Tim Burton, and the (until recently) long underrated actor Johnny Depp? Tim Burton’s 1999 film, “Sleepy Hollow,” is a retelling of the classic legend with a revisionist’s takes on the character of Ichabod, now Constable Crane, a squeamish detective out to prove his theories on forensics in a town living in fear of a mysterious force that goes around randomly beheading its victims…
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