The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

• Directors: James L. Conway; Henning Schellerup
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• Genre: Children's/Family
• Movie Type: Fantasy Comedy
• Release Year: 1979
• Country: US
• Run Time: 100 minutes

Plot

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a 1979 made-for-TV adaptation of Washington Irving's classic ghost story. Humor is the drawing card in this version, with Jeff Goldblum a delightfully 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. Filmed not in Upstate New York but in Park City, Utah, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow premiered on October 31, 1980. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Dick Butkus - Brom Bones; Meg Foster; Jeff Goldblum - Ichabod Crane; James Griffith; Paul Sand; John Sylvester White; Laura Campbell

Credit

John David Peters - Art Director, James L. Conway - Director, Henning Schellerup - Director, Michael Spence - Editor, Charles E. Sellier, Jr. - Executive Producer, Bob Summers - Composer (Music Score), Paul Staheli - Production Designer, Paul Hipp - Cinematographer, James L. Conway - Producer, Charles E. Sellier, Jr. - Producer, Tom Chapman - Screenwriter, Jack Jacobs - Screenwriter, Marvin Wald - Screenwriter, Washington Irving - Short Story Author