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DGA QUARTERLY 73 PHOTOS: (TOP LEFT & BOTTOM) PHOTOFEST; (TOP RIGHT) GETTY PHOTOS: TKTKTKKT SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999), Tim Burton > After scouting locations in the Hudson Valley in Upstate New York, where the original short story by Washington Irving takes place, the fi lmmakers decided to create their own Sleepy Hollow in England instead, with sets built at both Leavesden Film Studios and Shepperton Studios. Director Tim Burton and his pro- duction designer Rick Heinrichs were go- ing for a highly expressionistic look, with the help of costume designer Colleen Atwood and decorated D.P. Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki. Its monochromatic pallet contrasts with bright swatches of blood. Burton called the tale "the fi rst American horror story." PLANET OF THE APES (1968), Franklin J. Scha ner > The theme of this 1968 hit is how mankind is its own worst enemy when it comes to har- nessing technology for destruc- tive purposes. As the movie unfolds, we're led to believe it's set on an alien planet in the far distant future, where, in a kind of reverse Darwinism, simian creatures rule and Homo sapiens are reduced to docile captives. Scha ner fi lmed in such loca- tions as Arizona's Glen Canyon and 20th Century Fox's sprawl- ing backlot in Malibu Creek State Park. The movie was such a critical and commercial smash that it spawned four sequels in the '70s, and yet another round of spino s in the new millennium. (Sleepy Hollow) is "the fi rst American horror story." — T I M B U R T O N