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Sleepy Hollow, lively thriller By KATIE McMAHON Hessian soldier during the Katrina and Ichabod get closer Aquinas Copy Editor Revolutionary War. This to the truth, Ichabod begins to Hessian soldier (Christopher believe that what the villagers Sleepy Hollow is based on Walken) was known for being a· have told him is true. Washington Irving's "The ruthless and bloodthirsty sol­ The ending of the movie is Legend of Sleepy Hollow;" dier. When the American sol­ sqmewhat surprising, and also however, this. movie is nothing diers finally caught up with the . quite unbelievable. Believing like the novel. This version of Hessian; they killed him and the idea of a headless horseman Sleepy Hollow is in true Tim removed his head as he had who commits muroers and Burton fashion. done with many of his victims. takes heads to replace his lost The movie·begins with the The villagers Qf Sleepy· one, takes a vivid imagination. murder of two citizens of the Hollow clai.n:qhat this Headless Overall, Sleepy Hollow is a small village of Sleepy Hollow Horsema~ has come back from typical Tim Burton film, fol­ in upstate New York. At the the dead because his head has lowing in the footsteps of same time that these murders ·been removed from his grave. Beetlejuice and Edward occur, the lead character, The· Headless Scissorhands. The movie is lchabod Crane (Johnny Depp) dark and sinister even in the is working as a constable in light. of day. New York City. Depp, as Ichabod Crane, "is Crane, who is portrayed as one of the high points of the a contemporary investiga­ film. Depp is able to portray tor, is sent to Sleepy Crane as a totally human char­ Hollow to investigate ~/ acter who struggles to over- the murders because t . come his fears and discover he is ruffling the \t the truth about the murders. feathers of the more ;~i1. ', Ricci is also good in her old-fashioned investi- \&. ,_,,,,.,$-,,~ · depiction of Katrina Van ....}:· .. :.., gators. Crane is seen as -::\>. ·· Tassel. Ricci portrays a troublemaker and his .,_,,:·.':.};,,,.. Katrina as pure and innocent superiors think -a trip to ~,;{;;tt~t~=:;q,;-;."*"'*·=·'*''·'';,,.,... , .. ·· Horseman will and, in some ways, more brave Sleepy Hollow will get rid of ...... , ..... w.·~·· continue killing than lchabod. Overall, the him for a while. the .villagers and taking their chemistry between Depp and When Crane arrives · in heads until his own head is Ricci is subtle but definitely Sleepy Hollow, he immediately restored. there. Christopher Walken 's meets Katrina Van Tassel Ichabod Crane is skeptical to adaption .of the Hessian soldier (<;hristina Ricci). Katrina is the say the least. Crane, being a is also good. Walken is truly daughter of one of the more contemporary criminal investi­ scary and is almost unrecogniz­ prominent citizens in Sleepy gator believed that there must able in this role. Hollow. be some mortal behind the Overall, Sleepy Hollow is a As Crane begins to investi- killings and that they could not good movie because it portrays gate, he learns of the legend of be the work of a ghost. _both purity and evil at both the Headless Horseman. With the help of Katrina, extremes, but is definitely not According to the townspeople, Ichabod sets out to discover the for those without an imagina­ the Headless Horseman was· a truth about the murders. As tion.