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1 FANTASTIC VOYAGE S C I E N C E M O V I E N I G H T The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 1 of 24)

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4 Fantastic Voyage film poster by Tom Chantrell Directed by Produced by Written by Starring Richard Fleischer Saul David Story: Jerome Bixby Otto Klement Screenplay: Harry Kleiner Adaptation: David Duncan Stephen Boyd Raquel Welch Edmond O'Brien Donald Pleasence Music by Cinematography Editing by Distributed by Release date(s) Running time Country Language Leonard Rosenman Ernest Laszlo William B. Murphy Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation August 24, 1966 ( ) (United States) 100 minutes United States English Budget $5,115,000 [1] Box office $12,000,000 [2] The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 4 of 24)

5 Plot THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION HAVE BOTH DEVELOPED TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN MINIATURIZE MATTER BY SHRINKING INDIVIDUAL ATOMS, BUT ONLY FOR A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME, DEPENDING ON HOW SMALL THE ITEM IS MINIATURIZED. SCIENTIST JAN BENES, WORKING BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN, HAS FIGURED OUT HOW TO MAKE THE PROCESS WORK INDEFINITELY. WITH THE HELP OF THE CIA, HE ESCAPES TO THE WEST, BUT AN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION LEAVES HIM COMATOSE WITH A BLOOD CLOT IN HIS BRAIN. The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 5 of 24)

6 In the movie To save his life, agent Charles Grant (Stephen Boyd), pilot Captain Bill Owens (William Redfield), Dr. Michaels (Donald Pleasence), surgeon Dr. Peter Duval (Arthur Kennedy) and his assistant Cora Peterson (Raquel Welch) are placed aboard a specially designed submarine at the C.M.D.F. (Combined Miniaturized Deterrent Forces) facilities. The submarine, named the Proteus, is then miniaturized and injected into Benes. The ship is reduced to one micrometer, giving the team one hour to remove the clot. After 60 minutes the submarine will begin to revert to its normal size and become vulnerable to Benes' immune system. The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 6 of 24)

7 Feature Presentation: The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 7 of 24)

8 Biological issues and accuracy A logical flaw in the film was, involving extra oxygen needed by the submarine's crew members. In the film, the submarine enters the lung and crew members pump oxygen into the submarine's storage tanks. However, the miniaturized crew members would not be able to breathe un - miniaturized oxygen molecules. The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 8 of 24)

9 There is also a flaw when the laser runs out. Grant uses it to stop the Proteus. After he fails to save Michaels, the four survivors swim for Benes' optic nerve, leaving the laser behind in Benes' head. No mention is made regarding this serious flaw, meaning the laser should have grown back, killing Benes The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 9 of 24)

10 The final swim up Benes's optic nerve to safety. Raquel Welch's character was miniaturized to approximately.1 microns, or 250,000 times smaller than her normal stature of 5'6". If the crew of the Proteus escaped by following the entire two-inch length of the optic nerve, then Welch faced the equivalent of a 520 mile swim with less than six minutes to finish before growing back to 5'6" (thus killing the patient). The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 10 of 24)

11 In movie, the crew (apart from the saboteur) manage to leave Benes's body safely before reverting to normal size, but the Proteus remains inside, as do the remains of the saboteur's body. Presumably digested by white blood cells)! This was a serious logical flaw in the plot, since the submarine (even if reduced to bits of debris) would also revert to normal size, killing Benes in the process. The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 11 of 24)

12 In movie, Benes s antibodies attack Cora. Antibodies are designed for specific pathogens. Benes had not had previous exposure to microscopic Cora and therefor should not have developed antibodies to attack Cora. The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 12 of 24)

13 How small can life be? The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 13 of 24)

14 What would happen to the trillions of cells in a human body if the whole body were shrunk to the size of just one normal cell? The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 14 of 24)

15 Would the atoms in the shrunken people be the size of normal atoms? The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 15 of 24)

16 Could normal chemical reactions take place inside them? The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 16 of 24)

17 What would happen to the density of the submarine and its occupants if its volume were shrunk but its mass remained the same? The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 17 of 24)

18 How would that affect the operation? The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 18 of 24)

19 Would the mass have to remain the same or not? If not, how would you change it? The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 19 of 24)

20 Given that the events in this movie are not technologically possible, are they theoretically possible, or do they violate the very principles (theories) of science? The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 20 of 24)

21 Down the Hatch The patient gulps down the capsule, and the digestive process begins. Over the next eight hours, the pill travels passively down the esophagus and through roughly 20 to 25 feet of intestines, where it will capture up to 870,000 images. The patient feels nothing. The copper 'tail' It s the first wireless, remote-controlled camera designed to swim through the human body controlled magnetically from outside using an MRI machine s signals. The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 21 of 24)

22 Researchers in South Korea demonstrated a microrobot moving through a structure intended to simulate the environment of a blood vessel. The microbot can move up and down (1 and 4), and wiggle through the simulated vessel in a helical motion (2, 3, 5, 6). The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 22 of 24)

23 In 1960, Stephen Abbott was diagnosed with a tumor the size of a plum that was attached to one of the major veins draining blood from his brain. Instead of cutting it out with traditional tools, Andrew Fishman, M.D., a neurotologist and cranial base surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Ill., used a penshaped carbon dioxide laser. Originally designed for the Department of Defense to deflect enemy laser beams, the fiber-optic device now allows surgeons to melt and shave off tumors. The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 23 of 24)

24 Questions Prepared by M. Morris Peer Tutor Edited by D. Leonard Learning Specialist T. Lazauski Peer Tutor The Academic Support Daytona State College The Academic Support Daytona State College (Science 88 Page 24 of 24)