#Susan Backlinie

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Susan Backlinie by Ralph Nelson

- Penthouse, January 1973

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R.I.P. Susan Backlinie

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Rest in peace…again.

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Steven Spielberg, Susan Backlinie and unknown crew member on location in Martha’s Vineyard for production on Jaws; July 15th, 1974. Photo by Pamela Schall.

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JAWS 1975

You're gonna need a bigger boat.

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Remembering Susan Backlinie 1946-2024

Actress and stuntwoman Susan Backlinie has died at 77. Her biggest impact on pop culture was as the first victim in the opening of Steven Spielberg's classic Jaws. Such an amazing scene and one that scared the bejeebers out of the audience for years to come.

Backlinie and Spielberg on the set of Jaws

In 2015 at the Northeast Comic Con, I met and got to talk to Ms. Backlinie. I asked what’s it been like for her to see all of the 40th anniversary [in 2015] celebrations? “Unbelievable! All the kids want to see it again and again.” I also asked what it was like working with Spielberg so early in his career? She said “Steven wanted the entire audience hiding under their chairs with their popcorn watching in between the seats.” 

Other films she did included Spielberg's 1941 as well as The Great Muppet Caper.

The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.

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(via Jaws Star Susan Backlinie Has Died)

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Jaws (1975) - REVIEW

It's been nearly 50 years since Jaws, arguably the first summer blockbuster, debuted in cinemas. I was born in the mid-1980's and I've seen Jaws more times than I can count and much like the generation who first experienced it, it's definitely affected how I feel about the water. Featuring one of the most iconic opening sequences in cinematic history that set the tone for the 120 minutes that followed, Jaws is two things; scary and consistently entertaining.

Jaws has scared generations by exploiting a very primal fear when it comes to the ocean; the fear of the unknown. The film's troubled production and in particularly the issues surrounding the mechanical sharks, put director Steven Spielberg under huge pressure and forced him to shoot many scenes from the shark's point of view rather than showing it. The resulting sequences combined with John Williams' iconic score are so effective you wonder why it wasn't considered from the start? Spielberg's nightmare making Jaws has become the stuff of legend but his decision to shoot on a real location and on the open water elevates Jaws visually.

By today's Hollywood standards, the central characters of Jaws are not what you'd expect. Martin Brody (Roy Scheider), Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and Quint (Robert Shaw) are not your typical action heroes or are inherently likeable one way or the other. That they share great chemistry and were given plenty of room to improvise their lines gives Jaws both an authenticity and levity that balances against the horror. Jaws is a terrifying film but it's also a film that has something a general audience; drama, comedy and plenty of edge of your seat set pieces. It may be considered to be the first summer blockbuster but it is still one of the very best blockbusters you could ever hope to see.

VERDICT

Despite being nearly 50 years old, this is an old classic that still looks fantastic on the big screen and is right up there, or even better, with some of todays blockbusters.

5/5

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Susan Backlinie by Ralph Nelson

- Penthouse, January 1973

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It's so interesting to think about this from a different angle! It's true that the number of deaths caused by sharks is lower than those caused by humans on sharks. The great white shark is a great example of a species that can scare us a lot, and it's sadly threatened with extinction. This is a cause for concern for us as individuals, but it doesn't have any wider impact on human numbers.

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Steven Allan Spielberg has catapulted the age-old myth of man-eating tremendously into the new age. The sailor yarn that has been told since man went to sea is still alive.

Guess what? My pop culture object is the home office shark, also known as Jaws!

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Oh wow! Isn't it a little weird with the Venus de Milo? But guess what? His first official victim was not a swimming woman!

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Susan Backlinie during production of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws in Martha’s Vineyard on July 15th, 1974. Photos by Pamela Schall.

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Jaws (12A): The utterly enthralling Spielberg classic on the big screen again.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Jaws" (1975). Spielberg's classic is utterly timeless when seen on the big screen again. 5/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Jaws�� (1975??). There are a few upsides from the 2023/24 SAG/AFRA actor’s strike. One is that – obviously – the actors have got a better deal and are not going to be ripped-off by studios using AI images of them for free. Another is that the slow-down in production means that cinemas at the moment are short on new releases such that they are coming out with…

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Jonathan Filley & Susan Backlinie as Tom Cassidy & Chrissie Watkins in:

Jaws (1975) by Steven Spielberg

Cinematography by Bill Butler