Sleepy Hollow Book And Feature Film Comparison

Mariselda Garza
Professor Carli
English 102 MW 7-8:15PM
March 24, 2014
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Book and Feature Film Comparison “The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of a figure on horseback without a head”
Although the feature film Sleepy Hollow is based upon the book, the legends of Sleepy Hollow, there are many differences that allow each to tell their own story of the events that take place in upstate New York. The foundations of the two stories that are told are very much the same but unfold into very different directions. Washington Irving’s short story did inspire director Tim Burton’s feature
In the feature film he is only Brom. Another difference is that in the book Brom ends up with the girl. Brom in the book also is described very differently from what Brom looks like in the feature film. “ He was broad-shouldered and double jointed, with short curly black hair, and a bluff but not unpleasant countenance, having a mingled air of fun and arrogance.”Brom in the feature film is played by Casper Van Dien. Brom in the feature film is killed by the headless horseman when he tried to take a swing at the horseman. In the feature film and the book Brom chases Ichabod Crane pretending to be the horseman and was hit both times with a fiery pumpkin.
In the feature film the story takes place around the time of the American Revolution In upstate New York. The town itself was originally called Tarrytown. Something that was completely left out in the feature film. In both the feature film and the book the people of Tarrytown are very superstitious. In the book Ichabod likes relaxing around the fire hearing the women tell scary stories about their town. That’s why in both feature film and book the people at the dinner party are very comfortable in telling the story about the Hessian mercenary. The differences in the who and why the Hessian is who he is, is
The producer of the feature film did a great job on making sure all areas were funded properly. You will sometimes have these feature films that are very low budget. You have very bad special effects that make you laugh. I saw this supposedly scary story about the Winchester mansion that absolutely made me laugh at the special effects. One of the biggest reasons certain movies have horrible special effects is because the money just was not there. Special effects are expensive. I also liked the fact that they went deep into the woods and chose a perfect location to hand build a whole town from the ground up. The colors that were used were also very good at making the whole picture that we got of this small town in the middle of nowhere seem dark and