The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980 film)
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Director Henning Schellerup Music director Bob Summers Country United States | 6.4/10 Genre Comedy, Fantasy, Horror Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date October 31, 1980 Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Childrens Program Cast Similar movies Washington Irving wrote the story for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Sleepy Hollow |
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. It also introduces an original character, widow Thelma Dumkey; while Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane are rivals for Katrina, Thelma is Katrina's rival for Brom Bones. Thelma and Brom become engaged at the end of the film.
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