Revealing mistake: When the headless horseman's head is being dropped into his grave it bounces on the dirt like rubber.
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christopher Lee, Christopher Walken, Christina Ricci, Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson, Jeffrey Jones, Casper Van Dien, Richard Griffiths, Michael Gough, Ian McDiarmid
The headless horseman gets his head back. It was Katrina's stepmother controlling him, and he takes her back to hell with him. Ichabod takes Katrina and Young Masbath back to New York with him.
Charley
Ichabod Crane: Villainy wears many masks, none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.
Trivia: When Crane starts chopping the Tree of the Dead and he gets blood in his face, this was a joke from the directors as they knew he wasn't expecting the blood. You can see the look of surprise on his face. It was well-known among the cast and crew that Johnny Depp (who played Crane) hated anything being sprayed in his face.
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Suggested correction: It doesn't bounce off the dirt, it slightly bounces off his chest plate, as physics would dictate.
Phaneron ★