Re: TV news for May 11-18, 2024

On 5/18/24 6:28 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

On May 18, 2024 at 3:37:04 PM PDT, "Robin Miller"
<robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:
 

Susan Backlinie Dies: JAWS Actress, Who Played First Shark Victim in
Blockbuster, Was 77  (May 12)

 Some trivia: when she filmed the scene where she was yanked back and forth
through the water by the shark, it was really guys in scuba gear underwater
with those motorized jet sleds pulling her around with ropes tied around her
torso. At one point they got their signals crossed and both of them pulled her
in opposite directions, breaking two of her ribs. So those screams of terror
and pain on screen are real.

You know, I'm starting to get the impression that people making movies are incompetent! And that that hasn't changed in decades!!