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3 | ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' is a MadeForTVMovie based on [[Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow the story of the same name]] by Creator/WashingtonIrving. Creator/JeffGoldblum plays Ichabod Crane, with Creator/MegFoster as Katrina Van Tassel, Creator/PaulSand as Frederic Dutcher, and former [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]] player Dick Butkus as Brom Bones. |
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5 | The film was originally broadcast by Creator/{{NBC}} on Halloween night in 1980 as part of the ''Classics Illustrated'' series. |
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8 | !!This film has the examples of: |
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10 | * AdaptationExpansion: There's a lot more going on than in the original story. |
11 | * AgentScully: As in [[Film/SleepyHollow1999 the later Tim Burton version]], Ichabod starts off as a sensible rationalist rather than being the superstitious dope that he was throughout the original story. |
12 | * CanonForeigner: |
13 | ** Thelma Dumkey is added as an alternative love interest for Ichabod and/or Brom. Thelma's father, Fritz Vanderhoof, is obviously also a new character. |
14 | ** Winthrop Palmer, the deceased previous schoolmaster, who comes back as a ghost. Or does he? |
15 | * CompositeCharacter: In the original story, Brom Bones had a gang of unnamed accomplices. Here, they're pared down to just one sidekick, Frederic Dutcher. |
16 | * {{Gaslighting}}: Brom Bones and Frederic Dutcher mess with Ichabod by trashing the schoolhouse and then putting it all back the way it was. |
17 | * HeadlessHorseman: It is a ''Sleepy Hollow'' adaptation, after all. |
18 | * HighTurnoverRate: Sleepy Hollow tends to go through schoolmasters very quickly, reportedly due to Brom Bones, ghosts, or possibly both. |
19 | * IWantGrandkids: Squire Van Tassel is frustrated that he doesn't have grandchildren yet, as Brom Bones has been courting Katrina for three years without marrying her. |
20 | * IndianBurialGround: It's mentioned that Ichabod's schoolhouse is built on one. |
21 | * PopculturalOsmosisFailure: When Ichabod says "[[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet parting is such sweet sorrow]]" to Thelma, she and her father compliment him on coming up with such a great line. |
22 | * RealAfterAll: It turns out the Headless Horseman was just Brom Bones pulling a ScoobyDooHoax... but then, the ''real'' Headless Horseman shows up. |
23 | * ShipperOnDeck: Fritz Vanderhoof ships Ichabod/Thelma, a pairing that neither Ichabod nor Thelma are particularly excited about. |
24 | * ShoutOut: At one point, Thelma Dumkey tells Brom Bones, "Katrina couldn't handle a big old bear like you." Dick Butkus, who plays Brom Bones, used to play for the Chicago Bears. |
25 | * TakeOffYourClothes: This occurs when Thelma tells Ichabod to take off his clothes. He's taken aback, but she just wants to mend them. |
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