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In Steven Spielberg’s 1975 spine-tingling movie, Susan’s character Chrissie rises from a beach campfire party at dusk to go skinny-dipping with a drunk companion, who comically collapses in the sand.
However, the carefree swim is soon interrupted from below as the great white shark pulls Chrissie, writhing and screaming, into the depths.to the ocean floor and pushed and pulled with ropes by the crew. But she was not warned of her initial submersion to get a more natural response,, Susan once said that Spielberg’s marching orders at the time were: “When your scene is done, I want everyone under the seats with the popcorn and bubble gum.
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