The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The 1980 television (loose) adaption of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was actually pretty good, even though it wandered far from the original.

Starring Jeff Goldblum as Ichabod Crane, Meg Foster (she of the bewitching eyes) as Katrina Van Tassel, Dick Butkus(!) as Brom Bones and John Silvester White (Mr. Woodman from Welcome Back Kotter), the original broadcast was hosted by Steve Allen and Gary "Watchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis" Coleman.

I watched it when it aired and liked it a lot, of course I was 13 at the time and loved anything to do with Halloween.  I found a VHS copy for $1 at an estate sale a few years ago.

Apparently, the VHS release was after Goldblum gained fame for his fantastic performance in "The Fly".

Thanks to Bob over at It Came From the Mancave blog for reminding me about this gem.  While this still isn't available on DVD, the entire movie is on Youtube.  The video isn't sharable to other websites, so you'll need to right-click and select "Copy Video URL" and paste to your browser address bar.