 James Brolin (qv) was hesitant when he was first offered the role  of George Lutz (II) (qv). He was told that there was no script and  that he must obtain a copy of Jay Anson (qv)s novel and read it  as soon as possible. Brolin started the book one evening at seven  oclock and was still reading at two oclock in the morning. He had  hung a pair of his pants up in the room earlier and at a really  "tense" part in the book, the pants fell down from wherever they had  been hanging. Brolin jumped out of his chair, nearly crashing his  head into the ceiling. It was then that Brolin said, "Theres  something to this story." He agreed to do the movie.