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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 31, 1980

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Horror, Comedy, TV Movie

User Score

69%

Original Title

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Production Companies

Schick Sunn Classics, Jensen Farley Pictures, Sunn Classic Pictures

Director

Henning Schellerup

Description

A TV adaptation of Washington Irving's classic ghost story. Humor is the drawing card in this version, with Jeff Goldblum a nerdish Ichabod Crane, Dick Butkus an appropriately nasty Brom Bones, and Meg Foster as spirited Katrina van Tassel. Angered that Katrina has grown fond of schoolmaster Crane, Brom Bones determines to scare off the interloper by filling his head with spooky tales of a Headless Horseman. Crane pooh-poohs the legends, until one fateful ride home in the dark of night.