The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980 film)

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Genre	Comedy Fantasy Horror
Based on	"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving
Written by	Malvin Wald Jack Jacobs Thomas C. Chapman
Directed by	Henning Schellerup
Starring	Jeff Goldblum Meg Foster Dick Butkus Paul Sand Laura Campbell James Griffith Michael Ruud Karin Isaacson H.E.D. Redford Tiger Thompson John Sylvester White Michael Witt Marneen Fields
Music by	Bob Summers
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Charles Sellier
Producer(s)	James L. Conway Stan Siegel (associate producer)
Cinematography	Paul Hipp
Editor(s)	Michael Spence
Running time	104 minutes
Production company(s)	Schick Sunn Classics Sunn Classic Pictures
Distributor	NBC Lucerne Media Starmaker Video VCI Home Video
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	October 31, 1980

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a 1980 television film on NBC filmed in Utah, loosely based on Washington Irving's short story. It starred Jeff Goldblum as Ichabod Crane, Meg Foster as Katrina von Tassel, and Dick Butkus as Brom Bones. The film is also known as La leggenda di Sleepy Hollow in Italy. It was directed by Henning Schellerup. Executive producer Charles Sellier was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the movie..

In a departure from the original story, the film ends with Ichabod arriving at Katrina's house and the Headless Horseman returning to the dark forest.

Cast

• Jeff Goldblum as Ichabod Crane
• Paul Sand as Frederic Dutcher
• Meg Foster as Katrina Van Tassel
• Laura Campbell as Thelma Dumkey
• Dick Butkus as Brom Bones
• James Griffith as Squire Van Tassel
• Michael Ruud as Winthrop Palmer
• H.E.D. Redford as Karl
• Tiger Thompson as Ted Dumkey
• John Sylvester White as Fritz Vanderhoof
• Michael Witt as Jan Van Tassel
• Marneen Fields as Singer #1 (uncredited)

External links

• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at the Internet Movie Database