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starring: Clancy Brown, Tia Carrere, Mark Hamill, William H. Macy, Luke Perry directed by: Shane Williams EAN: 0024543004042 Format: Color, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Release Date: September 05, 2000 Running Time: 63 minutes Sales Rank: 21494 Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: October 28, 1999 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: In this classic tale based on 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,' Ichabod Crane (William H. Macey, 'Fargo'), the town's new schoolmaster, is instantly enamored with Katrina Van Tassel (Tia Carrere, 'Wayne's World'), but he must compete for her love with Brom Bones (Luke Perry, TV's 'Beverly Hills, 90210'), who will stop at nothing to win her. Ichabod thinks that Brom is his biggest obstacle, but to his surprise, there is someone -- or something -- else out there who will change his life forever. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Some Deviations From the Book But...The biggest complaint about this movie seems to be that the stick figures overact. (The way I see it is that it was just a different form of art.) While this does not exactly follow the book, it is interesting. A young Washington Irving (obviously the character who will write the story eventually) is receiving a visit from a strange guest who tells the story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman. For those of you who don't know the story, Ichabod comes to Sleepy Hollow as a new ... Read More Rating:  - It Was Visually Flawed and the Flaw Looks Even Bigger Today "The Night of the Headless Horseman" is the 3D animated version of Washington Irving's famous story, and this made-for-TV film follows the original story pretty faithfully. It also has interesting voice cast - William H. Macy as Ichabod Crane, Luke Perry as Brom Bones, Tia Carrere as Katrina Van Tassel, Mark Hamill as Van Ripper and Clancy Brown as Hessian Trooper, or the titular horseman. However, you might find the film's visuals disappointing by the standard of today (I means, 2007). ... Read More Rating: - Not a Bad Version As far as I know this only played on TV one time, back in 1999 and never played again. At least I don't remember it being on again. I picked this up on clearance at MediaPlay last year for $2.99 and it was well worth that. It is, of course a retelling of Washington Irving's first, great American Ghost story but updated with CGI computer animation. You know it isn't a kiddie movie when the Horseman attacks a poor night traveler right at the beginning which leaves and ever-expanding pool of blood. ... Read More Rating: - Pretty good computer generated versionIf you are reading this, you probably know there are almost a dozen versions of this story on film. There are 4 fairly modern live action versions, a old silent film, about 4 that are traditional animation, 2 that are pictures from storybooks or paintings with narration, and this one that is 3 dimensional computer generated animation. This version was made as a television special. Fans of the original Washington Irving short story know the story very well, and grade it on a number of levels including ... Read More Rating:  - An Annual Halloween Favorite!I've got a soft spot for this 1999 made-for-TV animated special. The atmosphere is creepy, especially for a computer-generated film, the musical score is effective and the voices, including William H. Macy as Ichabod Crane, are dead-on. Normally I can't stand motion-capture animation (where sensors re-create the exact movements of actors on a sound stage), but here the herky-jerky movement of the characters only adds to the eerie marionette feel of the film. Not perfect, and not nearly as good as "Sleepy ... Read More |
