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In a small town, a brewing romantic rivalry with a local tough and a school-teacher culminates in a terrifying ride in the night.In a small town, a brewing romantic rivalry with a local tough and a school-teacher culminates in a terrifying ride in the night.In a small town, a brewing romantic rivalry with a local tough and a school-teacher culminates in a terrifying ride in the night.
Bing Crosby
- Narrator
- (voice)
- …
Pinto Colvig
- Ichabod Crane (screaming)
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires
- Chorus
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
Clarence Nash
- Ichabod's horse
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe Headless Horseman is often cited as being, along with the Firebird in Fantasia 2000 (1999), The Horned King in The Black Cauldron (1985), and Chernabog in Fantasia (1940), as one of the scariest villains in the Disney canon. Disney still receives complaints from parents about the character frightening their children.
- GoofsWhen Ichabod is getting ready to go to the Halloween frolic, the last thing he does is to put a flower in his lapel. In the very next shot, the flower is absent and doesn't return for the rest of the picture.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a truly wonderful gem, that I personally think is underrated. Bing Crosby, a great actor and singer, narrates and sings, and I thought he was sublime, so effective and expressive. He never overdid the narration, and the narration while written simply, was well written and kids will understand it. Of course it is quite short, but it goes by so quickly, that it passes the time perfectly. The animation is lovely, very dark at times, but for telling a very dark story, that style of animation was necessary. The music is memorable and fits very well with each scene. The famous story tells of a schoolmaster called Inchabod Crane, a character who doesn't say much, but is immediately likable when you see him, who is in love with the beautiful Katrina. However, in a plot we have kind of seen before, he is rivalled by Brom Bones, a handsome tower of strength, who wastes no time in telling anybody a story that disturbs Crane greatly. Soon after, Crane meets the landmark character of the short, the Headless Horseman, a character so scary that very young kids will be terrified. Yet, because he was scary, as the legend says that he is and much worse, the Headless Horseman was very effective, and a villain that has been imitated in things like Scooby Doo, but never as well, as the very look of him had my hairs standing up on my neck. The short concludes with a suspenseful ending, that leaves us wondering what did happen to Inchabod Crane? Overall, an underrated gem, with a 9.5/10. Bethany Cox.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Jun 23, 2009
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- Легенда сонного виярку
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- Runtime34 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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