The Headless Horseman

[johnnystorm]

Is this the Hallmark version?

Amazon.com: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Brent Carver, Rachelle Lefevre, Vlasta Vrana, Kathleen Fee, Paul Lemelin, Michel Perron, Dawn Ford, Lisa Bronwyn Moore, Richard Jutras, Samuel Holden, Michael Rudder, Danette Mackay, Serge Ladouceur, Pierre Gang, Debra Karen, Dani TV

I had no idea this existed. The only other recent production I know of was I think called "The Hollow" and was a modern updating aired on Sci-Fi. So I know it's a dud.

I may have to snap this up soon before Halloween hits!

I don't suppose the old Jeff Goldblum/Dick Butkiss version is out on DVD.

Chris

Yeah, that's the one. They'll probably show it on Hallmark closer to the 31st.

[TEXASFETT]

I remember watching this in elementary on 8mm film.I was pretty stoked as a kid when I first saw this cartoon.It was close to Halloween and man has been my favorite ever seen.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Is this the Hallmark version?

Amazon.com: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Brent Carver, Rachelle Lefevre, Vlasta Vrana, Kathleen Fee, Paul Lemelin, Michel Perron, Dawn Ford, Lisa Bronwyn Moore, Richard Jutras, Samuel Holden, Michael Rudder, Danette Mackay, Serge Ladouceur, Pierre Gang, Debra Karen, Dani TV

I had no idea this existed. The only other recent production I know of was I think called "The Hollow" and was a modern updating aired on Sci-Fi. So I know it's a dud.

I may have to snap this up soon before Halloween hits!

I don't suppose the old Jeff Goldblum/Dick Butkiss version is out on DVD.

Chris

[johnnystorm]

There's a very good version on "On Demand" now. I think it's called "Sleepy Hollow" or "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But it is very much, like the way it was originally written. When I first located it, the detals said "actors not available:. I think from 1998 or so. My wife said, "we saw that!". She and I were both confusing it with the Tim Burton one. Which, I wanted to see a true Washington Irving version. And this was it. Very good version. Check it out on Comcast, On Demand.

http://za.hallmarkchannel.tv/program..._hollow_37896/

Toward the end, my wife said, "I don't like that Ichabod, he's not a very nice person". And I said, "Exactly, the kind of guy who could lose his head and you wouldn't care much!"

Tim Burton should try to do a film like this. It might just work. Not that I didn't like his version, but I prefer originals. Again, not that his version isn't original. It is. but HE didn't write the story. He reworked it. Even the Disney toon is closer to original than the Burton rewrite.

Since I'm on the topic too. I have to get Nightmare before Christmas and The Corpse Bride out to watch with the family..Truly original Burton classics!

I saw that version last year and thought it was excellent...it's the one with Washington Irving in the tavern collecting stories, right? I should see if it's on a DVd, the Hallmark Channel likes to insert commercials every 3 minutes whether there's a natural break or not, mostly ads for more HC movies (which I just don't get...if you were actually selling products to generate revenue I could see, but ads just to promote the next movie? Weird and more than a bit egotistical).

[HardyGirl]

Incase anyone is interested, here's the whole cartoon

Part-1
YouTube - Part 1 of Disney's banned Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1958

Part-2
YouTube - Part 2 of Disney's banned Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1958

Part-3
YouTube - Part 3 of Disney's banned Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1958

Part-4
YouTube - Part 4 of Disney's banned Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1958

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I remember when this used to come on TV when I was a kid! Good memories.

[kingdom warrior]

One of my Fav stories and I don't live that far from the actual town of Sleepy Hollow great place to visit during halloween......

[Earth 2 Chris]

I like Burton's movie, but it's barely the story Irving created. It's one of the few "reimaginings" that works on it's own, although I prefer the original tale as well.

I'd like to see that straight version you guys spoke of.

Chris

[hobub]

There's a very good version on "On Demand" now. I think it's called "Sleepy Hollow" or "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But it is very much, like the way it was originally written. When I first located it, the detals said "actors not available:. I think from 1998 or so. My wife said, "we saw that!". She and I were both confusing it with the Tim Burton one. Which, I wanted to see a true Washington Irving version. And this was it. Very good version. Check it out on Comcast, On Demand.

http://za.hallmarkchannel.tv/program..._hollow_37896/

Toward the end, my wife said, "I don't like that Ichabod, he's not a very nice person". And I said, "Exactly, the kind of guy who could lose his head and you wouldn't care much!"

Tim Burton should try to do a film like this. It might just work. Not that I didn't like his version, but I prefer originals. Again, not that his version isn't original. It is. but HE didn't write the story. He reworked it. Even the Disney toon is closer to original than the Burton rewrite.

Since I'm on the topic too. I have to get Nightmare before Christmas and The Corpse Bride out to watch with the family..Truly original Burton classics!

[johnnystorm]

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving is one of my favorite stories, I've read it a four or five times. I like the Bing Crosby Disney version, and there's been a number of pretty decent film adaptions (the Tim Burton-Johnny Depp movie NOT being one of them- ugh!).

I got interested in the story by one of those "Famous Classic Tales" Hanna-Barbera cartoons that ran on Saturday afternoons in the '70s. Not the best animation, but I really looked forward to seeing those. There were quite a few of them, I recall a Davy Crockett one, Christmas Carol, Three Musketeeers, Robin Hood, Ivanhoe. I think most of them are out there on those $1.00 store dvds.

[DocDrako]

as a kid I would go crazy for that every Halloween

I seem to remember occasionally seeing a short clip of the headless horseman at the beginning of something Disney related and every time I did, I'd find myself standing up in excitement. What a great animated feature. To this day, I love the character and there's even an episode of Little House on the Prairie where he makes a cameo appearance when Laura is scared. There's not enough headless action in the entertainment world.

[toys2cool]

I have this on DVD as well. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is one of my favorite "scary" stories and I'm trying to get my son into it but he's still a little afraid of the Headless Horseman. The Horseman's laugh is pretty awesome. I never cared for Ichabod and I watch the show just waiting for the Headless Horseman to show up. That's when the story gets good.

as a kid I would go crazy for that every Halloween

[Meule]

Never seen this before, but it looks cool, will have to check it out

[DocDrako]

I have this on DVD as well. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is one of my favorite "scary" stories and I'm trying to get my son into it but he's still a little afraid of the Headless Horseman. The Horseman's laugh is pretty awesome. I never cared for Ichabod and I watch the show just waiting for the Headless Horseman to show up. That's when the story gets good.

[toys2cool]

Since when is it banned? I just bought it on DVD from the Disney Club. It comes from the movie "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" but I didn't know that for years. I assumed it was a longer Disney short, since I saw it for years on the annual Disney Halloween specials. I miss those. They'd show the "Night on Bald Mountain" segment of Fantastia, the REALLY old dancing skeletons short, part of Snow White with the Queen/Witch, and a Donald cartoon with Huey, Duey and Luey and a witch.

Chris

I bought it there as well and I just saw it at a store

[Mikey]

I think youtube people write "banned" in their titles - a form of key word spamming to get people to watch