Tim Burton stating, "I basically wasted a year. A year is a long time to be working with somebody that you don't really want to be working with." "Sleepy Hollow", released in late 1999, had a supernatural setting and contained another offbeat performance by Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane, a detective with an interest in forensic science rather than the schoolteacher of Washington Irving's original tale. With "Sleepy Hollow", Burton paid homage to the horror films of the English company Hammer Films. Christopher Lee, one of Hammer's stars, was given a cameo role. A host of Burton regulars appeared in supporting roles
Do It for Johnny their quest to hand deliver the guitar and script to Johnny Depp, all the while filming their journey. Portions of this documentary were filmed in Denver, Colorado, Dallas, Texas, and Los Angeles, California. When the film debuted at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, "Variety" referred to it as a "notable premiere". The film won "best documentary" at the 2007 Rainier Independent Film Festival. Do It for Johnny Do It For Johnny is a 2007 documentary film developed by Haylar Garcia and Scott Baxendale, and directed by Garcia about how a group of indie filmmakers try to get Johnny Depp