![]() ![]() The most high-profile of these was the Tim Burton Sleepy Hollow (1999), which is also the most variant telling. The Washington Irving story has been filmed several times before – in 1912, 1922 and as an episode of the Disney animation anthology The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad (1949), the modernised The Hollow (2004) and the low-budget Headless Horseman (2007). Brom responded by playing a prank on Ichabod, scaring him with a faked appearance of the local legend of the Headless Horseman, which served to drive Ichabod out of town. Ichabod attracts the ire of Brom Brunt with his attraction to Katrina Van Tassel. ![]() The story centres around the superstitious schoolteacher Ichabod Crane who takes up a position in the New York town of Sleepy Hollow. A creation of Washington Irving (1783-1859), who was also the author of Rip Van Winkle (1819), the story first appeared in a children’s book. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1849) is one of the classic American horror stories. ![]() ![]() Ichabod develops an attraction to Katrina Von Tassel but this raises the ire of Bram Bones who believes that Katrina should marry him. The locals see Ichabod as an eligible bachelor and invite him to dine in an effort to match him up with local girls. He finds the locals to be very superstitious, including believing in the legend of a Headless Horseman. Ichabod Crane arrives in the town of Sleepy Hollow to take up a position as the local schoolmaster. ![]()
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