![]() ![]() It really was a very cool fact to learn that they were able to use something so old that was still in good condition. They took the horse and turned it into Daredevil. To create the horsemen’s horse Daredevil, they got the mechanical horse Elizabeth Taylor used in National Velvet. There are two more special effects I loved, and they each involve transportation. They also had to create a digital collar that would match the movements of the stuntman as he would turn and things like that. They took a blue hood and placed it over the stuntman which then showed on the computer as a black screen to give the illusion that the horsemen had no head. Not only did they have to do this, but they also had to create body’s that would have crumpling knees for them to fall to the ground once they were killed.Īnother special effect I found interesting was how they were able to create the headless horsemen once he no longer had a head. Then after all of the details were done, they would take them and place them on a platform to spin because Tim Burton wanted a head spinning motion each time the horseman sliced someone’s head off. ![]() To create the horseman’s victims, the special effects team took plaster molds of the cast members to make their decapitated heads. Who doesn’t love special effects? Sleepy Hollow is filled with them. Those blue contacts, the razor-sharp teeth, and his ability to kill indiscriminately was just scary. On the outside, he appears to be this confident man but inside, he’s just as scared as the next person.Īnother actor who deserves his props would have to be Christopher Walken as the headless horsemen. In interviews he had said that he wanted to do the whole prosthetic nose and all that to get the Ichabod look we know from Disney, but Tim Burton thought it worked better to just showcase Ichabod’s awkwardness through Johnny’s body language etc. I’ve said it before and I will say it again, Johnny Depp has an amazing power to transport in any and every role he takes on.Īs Ichabod he really brought something to the character. Yes, I know there is a lot of drama surrounding Johnny Depp right now, but nobody can deny that he is an incredibly talented actor. Sleepy Hollow is filled with talented cast members, but my main draws were Christina Ricci and Johnny Depp, but mainly Johnny whom I have always been a big fan of ( See my previous installments of A-Z Movie Reviews). In the midst of all of this, Ichabod is also falling for Katrina Van Tassel ( Christina Ricci) the daughter of wealthy businessman Baltus Van Tassel ( Michael Gambon). As he works on the case, he then discovers that the horsemen is being controlled by someone and the murders are targeted not random. He changes his tune after he has a run-in with the horsemen. Ichabod is skeptical of course because the killer couldn’t possibly be a supernatural one. They tell him the man behind the murders is a former Hessian mercenary who himself was decapitated and buried. The people of Sleepy Hollow inform Ichabod that what he is chasing is pure evil. He is reluctant to go and when he arrives, he learns that he is not searching for a human criminal but a supernatural one. He is sent upstate to the town of Sleepy Hollow to solve several murders that involve the victims being decapitated. He is smart and unlike the people he works with, he believes in using your brain to solve a case. Ichabod ( Depp) is a constable living and working in New York. I think we all know the story of Sleepy Hollow, but we do not know the Tim Burton version. I think he’s such a creative genius and what he comes up with when he creates films is incredible to watch on screen. Ichabod Crane ( Johnny Depp) is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people, with the culprit being the legendary apparition, The Headless Horseman. Anyway, I loved the cartoon, and it was scary to me so I knew that the live action film Sleepy Hollow, would be just as scary. Some of you may or may not be familiar with it, if not, in 1949, Disney released an animated version of the headless horsemen which was titled “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Now, I did not see the film in 1949. All I remember is I was young, and it was the Disney version. The first time I watched a story about the headless horseman was when I was a kid. Now I realize there are many ways to alphabetize a film collection, but this is mine so don’t judge me. How it works is, I will be reviewing movies in alphabetical order until I get to the letter Z (Yes, I do have a film that ends in Z). Every Sunday, for the next several months, I will be posting a review of a film in my home movie collection. ![]()
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