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THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (1979)

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THE BACK OF THE BOX
WHAT THE STUDIO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

    There's no place like home... for bloodcurdling horror! James Brolin, Margot Kidder and Academy Award winner Rod Steiger fall prey to the powers of darkness in this spine-tingling tale of a house possessed by unspeakable evil. One of the most talked about haunted-house stories of all time, The Amityville Horror will hit you where you live.
    For George and Kathy Lutz, the colonial home on the river's edge seemed ideal: quaint, spacious and amazingly affordable. Of course, six brutal murders  had taken place there just a year before, but houses don't have memories... or do they? Soon the Ltz dream house becomes a hellish nightmare, as walls begin to drip blood and satanic forces threaten to to destroy them. Now the Lutzes must try to escape or forfeit their lives - and their souls!

STARRING:

James Brolin: George Lutz
Margot Kidder: Kathy Lutz
Rod Steiger: Father Delaney

SCREENWRITER: Sandor Stern

DIRECTOR: Stuart Rosenberg

RUNNING TIME: 119 minutes

STUDIO: MGM

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: D

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS
(1 nomination and 0 wins)

Best Original Score - Lalo Schifrin
(nominated)

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GOLDEN GIGGLES

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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GOLDEN GLOBES
(1 nomination and 0 wins)

Best Original Score - Lalo Schifrin
(nominated)

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THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

• This movie is based on the book of the same name written by Jay Anson, which is itself supposed to be based on true events. After the success of his book, Anson wrote a screenplay out for the producers, who felt it was poorly written and turned it down.
• James Brolin had several friendly meetings with the real George Lutz, however stated publicly that he didn't believe his stories about the house being haunted. Margot Kidder also went on the record stating that she didn't believe in the story either.
• In 1979 attorney William Weber filed a law suit against the real Lutz's claiming he had a contract with them for rights to retelling the story in both book and film forms, and claimed that the story of the house being haunted was made up one evening over several bottles of wine.
• The studio tried to garner more interest in the film by making up stories of "strange occurrences" on the set and releasing them to the press.

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