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Sleepy Hollow
1999
· Movie
· 105 min
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1671
- IMDb #1397
- Google retired #1475
- Rotten Tomatoes #1993
- Metacritic #1649
- Letterboxd #1844
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2686
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1620
- Metacritic Critics #1938
- Metacritic Audience #1166
- Criticker #1591
- Kinopoisk #398
- AlloCiné #315
- Trakt #1483
Every rating
50–88
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 50, highest is Google on 88.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A constable from New York City is sent to the secluded village of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of brutal murders. The victims have been found beheaded, and the townspeople believe the killer is the legendary Headless Horseman. He must use science and reason to uncover the truth.
Details
- Director
- Tim Burton
- Writer
- Andrew Kevin Walker
- Based on
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
- Released
- 19 November 1999
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Latin
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $100.0M
- Box office
- $206.1M
- Awards
- 26 wins, 39 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 65 →2 major awards won · 26 wins from 65 nominations across 26 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Art Direction | Rick Heinrichs, Peter Young | Winner |
| Art Directors Guild 2000 | Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film | Rick Heinrichs, Les Tompkins, John Dexter, Kevin Phipps, John Wright Stevens, Ken Court, Andrew Nicholson, Bill Hoes, Julian Ashby, Gary Tompkins, Nick Navarro | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Nominee |
| BMI Film & Television Awards 2014 | BMI Film Music Award | Danny Elfman | Winner |
| International Film Music Critics Association 2012 | Best Archival Release of an Existing Score | Danny Elfman (also for Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride and Alice in Wonderland ) | Winner |
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films 2000 | Best Supporting Actress | Miranda Richardson | Nominee |
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films 2000 | Best Music | Danny Elfman | Winner |
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Academy Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Art Direction | Rick Heinrichs, Peter Young | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film | Rick Heinrichs, Les Tompkins, John Dexter, Kevin Phipps, John Wright Stevens, Ken Court, Andrew Nicholson, Bill Hoes, Julian Ashby, Gary Tompkins, Nick Navarro | Winner |
Satellite Awards
8 nominations, 5 won
| Best Art Direction | Ken Court, John Dexter, Rick Heinrichs and Andy Nicholson | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Danny Elfman | Winner |
| Best Sound | Gary Alpers, Skip Lievsay, Frank Morrone | Winner |
| Best Actor – Musical or Comedy | Johnny Depp | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Chris Lebenzon | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Jim Mitchell, Joss Williams | Nominee |
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
4 nominations, 3 won
| Favorite Actor – Horror | Johnny Depp | Winner |
| Favorite Actress – Horror | Christina Ricci | Winner |
| Favorite Supporting Actress – Horror | Miranda Richardson | Winner |
| Favorite Supporting Actor – Horror | Marc Pickering | Nominee |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
11 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Christina Ricci | Winner |
| Best Music | Danny Elfman | Winner |
| Best Actor | Johnny Depp | Nominee |
| Best Costume | Colleen Atwood | Nominee |
| Best Director | Tim Burton | Nominee |
| Best Horror Film | Scott Rudin, Adam Schroeder | Nominee |
| Best Make-up | Kevin Yagher, Peter Owen | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Jim Mitchell, Kevin Yagher, Joss Williams, Paddy Eason | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Christopher Walken | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Miranda Richardson | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Andrew Kevin Walker | Nominee |
Awards Circuit Community Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Art Direction | Rick Heinrichs | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Winner |
| Best Sound | Nominee | |
| Best Visual Effects | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Rick Heinrichs | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Jim Mitchell, Kevin Yagher, Joss Williams, Paddy Eason | Nominee |
Online Film & Television Association
9 nominations, 1 won
| Best Production Design | Rick Heinrichs, Ken Court, John Dexter, Andy Nicholson, Kevin Phipps, Leslie Tomkins, Peter Young | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Nominee |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Kevin Yagher, Peter Owen, Liz Tagg, Paul Gooch, Susan Parkinson, Bernadette Mazur, Tamsin Dorling | Nominee |
| Best Official Film Website | www.sleepyhollow.com | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Danny Elfman | Nominee |
| Best Sound Effects | Skip Lievsay | Nominee |
| Best Sound Mixing | Lee Dichter, Robert Fernandez, Skip Lievsay, Frank Morrone | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | James Mitchell, Kevin Yagher, Joss Williams, Paddy Eason | Nominee |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Production Design | Rick Heinrichs | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Nominee |
| Best Score | Danny Elfman | Nominee |
International Film Music Critics Association
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Archival Release of an Existing Score | Danny Elfman (also for Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride and Alice in Wonderland ) | Winner |
| Film Score of the Year | Danny Elfman | Nominee |
BMI Film & Television Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| BMI Film Music Award | Danny Elfman | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki | Winner |
Costume Designers Guild
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film | Colleen Atwood | Winner |
Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Character Makeup – Feature | Kevin Yagher, Peter Owen, Liz Tagg, Paul Gooch | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Production Design | Rick Heinrichs | Winner |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki | Winner |
Santa Fe Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki | Winner |
American Society of Cinematographers
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki | Nominee |
International Horror Guild
1 nomination
| Best Film | Nominee |
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Director | Tim Burton | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Villain | Christopher Walken | Nominee |
Motion Picture Sound Editors
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing – Effects & Foley | Skip Lievsay, Thomas W. Small, Sean Garnhart, Lewis Goldstein, Paul Urmson, Craig Berkey, Richard L. Anderson, John Pospisil, Michael Dressel, Scott Curtis, Matthew Harrison, Tammy Fearing | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Film – Choice Actress | Christina Ricci | Nominee |
Young Artist Award
1 nomination
| Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress | Christina Ricci | Nominee |