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Film 3

Answer the following questions.

1. Name the genre of the book.

2. Who is the main character? Give short description of the character.

3. One by one give a sequence of the main events.

4. Find stylistic devices which are used in the book. Name at least 10 examples.

5. Compare this book with the other you’ve read of the same genre (style, plot, main characters etc.)

“Sleepy Hollow”

The film was directed by Tim Burton in 1999. The screen version was made by make-up effects designer Kevin Yagher (screen story), a young writer Andrew Kevin Walker (screen story and screenplay) and Tom Stoppard (uncredited); based on Washington Irving (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow).

Produced by: Scott Rudin, Adam Schroeder, Francis Ford Coppola, Larry J.Franco.

Music by: Danny Elfman

Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki

Editing by: Chris Lebenzon, Joel Negron

Release date(s): November 19, 1999

Country: United States, Germany

Budget: $80,000,000[1]

Gross revenue: $206,071,502

Cast: Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane, Christina Ricci as Katrina Van Tassel, Michael Gambon as Baltus Van Tassel, Miranda Richardson as Lady Van Tassel / Crone, Casper Van Dien as Brom Van Brunt.

The film was so criticized for its amount of violence and bloodshed that Burton had to defend the film in a public interview.

Sleepy Hollow also won many awards. Art director Rick Heinrichs and set decorator Peter Young won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction at the 72nd Academy Awards, and both Heinrichs and costume designer Colleen Atwood were awarded at the BAFTAs. The film also won the Saturn Awards for Best Actress (Christina Ricci) and Best Score (Danny Elfman), five Satellite Awards, and honors from the Art Directors and Costume Designers Guilds.

Pre-stage:

Answer questions of comprehension the film.

1. What business did bring Ichabod Crane to Terry Town?(an investigation of series of murders).

2. What game was Katrina playing when Ichabod entered the drawing room?(blind man's buff)

3. Who was helping Crane in his investigation?(Young Masbeth, whose father was a victim of the Horseman)

4. What was Katrina’s special aptitude? (she was engaged in magic)

5. Who did Ichabod meet in Western Woods?(the witch who appears to be a sister of Lady Van Tessel)

6. Who did appear to Crane in his dreams?(his mother)

7. Where did the final straggle occur? (in the local windmill and a stagecoach chase through the woods)

While-stage:

1. The corpse of the forth victim is found in the forest.(2)

2. The first meeting of Ichabod with the horseman.(4)

3. Ichabod Crane appears in Van Tessel’s house.(1)

4. The meeting with the witch in Western Woods.(7)

5. Ichabod Crane unseals the graves of previous victims.(3)

6. Lady Van Tessel appears to be a commander-in-chief of the horseman.(8)

7. Ichabod is wounded by the horseman.(5)

8. Ichabod returns the scull to his master.(9)

9. Ichabod starts out to seek the grave of the horseman.(6)

Say true or false and correct the false sentences.

1. Ichabod Crane arrived in Sleepy Hollow to investigate series of murders.(T)

2. Katrina Van Tessel did not like a new comer. (F; she falls in love with him)

3. Ichabod Crane killed Brom Van Brunt who was romantically involved with Katrina, because of jealousy.(F; he is killed by the horseman)

4. All the victims were found beheaded. (T)

5. Lady Van Tessel rules the horseman by keeping his sword. (F; by keeping his scull)

6. The horseman is buried in the churchyard. (F; under the Tree of the Dead)

7. Lady Van Tessel sent the horseman to kill Katrina because of her beauty. (F; her fortune)

8. Through all investigation Ichabod Crane is accompanied by an orphan whose father was killed by the horseman.(T)

The Book “ Sleepy Hollow “

(by Washington Irving).

Pre-stage:

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