sleepy hollow is a 1999 american horror movie directed by tim burton. it stars johnny depp, christina ricci, christopher walken, ian mcdiarmid, sir michael gambon, sir christopher lee, michael gough, richard griffiths, jeffrey jones, martin landau and miranda richardson. the movie is based on a book by washington irving called the legend of sleepy hollow. the story is set in 1799. it is about the murders of sleepy hollow, new york which ichabod crane (johnny depp) has to investigate and find out who is the killer. when the movie went to box office it was a success and it made roughly $207 million worldwide.