Sleepy Hollow Being the true storie of one Ichabod Crane and the ...
Sleepy Hollow Being the true storie of one Ichabod Crane and the ...
Sleepy Hollow Being the true storie of one Ichabod Crane and the ...
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<strong>Ichabod</strong> studies <strong>the</strong> ground, circling <strong>the</strong> trunk... Around <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
side, <strong>Ichabod</strong> gets to his knees...<br />
He's found <strong>the</strong> HORSEMAN'S SWORD: <strong>the</strong> grave marker, jutting out from<br />
<strong>the</strong> ground, rusted twenty years' worth, gripped by <strong>the</strong> tree trunk <strong>and</strong><br />
vines.<br />
ICHABOD (CONT'D)<br />
(touching <strong>the</strong> ground)<br />
Climb down to <strong>the</strong> Horseman's resting<br />
place...<br />
(looks to Masbath)<br />
Bring <strong>the</strong> shovel.<br />
Now he sees Katrina hugging <strong>the</strong> boy.<br />
ICHABOD (CONT'D)<br />
Forgive me... I...<br />
Young Masbath courageously recovers himself, wiping his eyes <strong>and</strong> nose<br />
on <strong>the</strong> back <strong>of</strong> his sleeve.<br />
YOUNG MASBATH<br />
Yes, sir -- <strong>the</strong> shovel... Two<br />
shovels <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> rifle, I suggest.<br />
EXT. WESTERN WOODS, TREE OF THE DEAD -- DUSK<br />
Lantern light.<br />
Young Masbath's crouched, rifle across his knees. He watches <strong>the</strong> tree,<br />
looking up...<br />
High branches swarm with BATS.<br />
Behind Masbath, <strong>Ichabod</strong> <strong>and</strong> Katrina dig up <strong>the</strong> SHALLOW GRAVE.<br />
KATRINA<br />
This ground has been disturbed, <strong>the</strong><br />
soil is loose.<br />
<strong>Ichabod</strong> throws down his Shovel.<br />
Young Masbath comes to <strong>the</strong> grave. <strong>Ichabod</strong> pulls at thick BURLAP CLOTH<br />
heavy with dirt... straining as it comes away...<br />
<strong>Ichabod</strong> drops <strong>the</strong> burlap, looking down, disbelieving...<br />
Look... !<br />
ICHABOD<br />
WE SEE: Roots have gripped <strong>the</strong> HORSEMAN'S BONES <strong>and</strong> tattered uniform.<br />
The skeleton is all <strong>the</strong>re -- except <strong>the</strong> skull.<br />
KATRINA<br />
The skull is g<strong>one</strong>. What does it<br />
mean?<br />
<strong>Ichabod</strong> jumps out from <strong>the</strong> grave, snapping his fingers.<br />
ICHABOD<br />
(energized)<br />
It means, my dear Miss Van Tassel,<br />
it means -- yes! What exactly does<br />
it mean? -- It means, unless I am<br />
mistaken... it definitely means<br />
something -- what that something is,<br />
only time will tell! But I sense<br />
that we are very close to <strong>the</strong> answer<br />
here, if only we had <strong>one</strong> more<br />
clue...<br />
<strong>Ichabod</strong> is unaware that <strong>the</strong> ground is writhing around him.<br />
<strong>Ichabod</strong>... !<br />
KATRINA (O.S.)<br />
<strong>Ichabod</strong> turns, looks...<br />
Katrina <strong>and</strong> Young Masbath back away, because... <strong>the</strong> ROOTS in <strong>the</strong> grave<br />
are ALIVE, entwining around remains.<br />
<strong>Ichabod</strong> spins to <strong>the</strong> twisted tree...<br />
The vertical SUTURE SEETHES, pulling inward... sucking Philipse's head<br />
back in <strong>and</strong> closing, bubbling.<br />
<strong>Ichabod</strong> bounds over <strong>the</strong> grave dirt pile, hastening Katrina <strong>and</strong> Young<br />
Masbath along as he flees across <strong>the</strong> field.
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