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We are told that the horseman's sword cauterises the wounds it makes. Earlier on in the film, however, the cuts cause squirts of blood to fly into the air, such as when the scarecrow is sprayed with blood. See more...
Sleepy Hollow (1999) - 12 trivia entries
Directed by Tim Burton, starring Casper Van Dien, Christina Ricci, Christopher Lee, Christopher Walken, Ian McDiarmid, Jeffrey Jones, Johnny Depp, Michael Gambon, Michael Gough, Miranda Richardson, Richard Griffiths (add more)
I recognized the sword twirl that The Horseman does from somewhere, but couldn't place it. Take a look at the credits - one of the actors who plays The Horseman when he's got no head is Ray Park, ie. Darth Maul from Episode 1, who does exactly the same lightsabre twirl once or twice. And another Star Wars link - recognize one of the village elders? Senator Palpatine/The Emperor, no less.
When Crane starts chopping the Tree of the Dead and he gets blood in his face, this was a joke from the directors as they knew he wasn't expecting the blood. You can see the look of surprise on his face. It was well-known among the cast and crew that Johnny Depp (who played Crane) hated anything being sprayed in his face.
Numerous references to other Tim Burton films:a) Michael Gough, who plays the butler Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films, is in the cast as Notary James Hardenbrook.
b) The dress Katrina Anne Van Tassel wears at the end is similar to Beetlejuice's outfit.
c) Crane has various sharp scissor-like tools, which is a reference to Johnny Depp's early film "Edward Scissorhands" (1989).
d) The climb up the windmill at the end was very reminiscent of the climb up Gotham Tower at the end of "Batman" (1989).
e) The scarecrow at the beginning looks exactly like Jack from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1994).
f) The second victim (first being the stagecoach driver) in the beginning is played by Marin Landau, who played Bela Lugosi alongside Johnny Depp in "Ed Wood" (1998).
g) The characters in "Beetlejuice" (1988), the butler and the father, are both in "Sleepy Hollow."
h)The covered bridge is a lot like the bridge in "Beetlejuice."
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