Question 1

What unusual filming technique created the swimming scenes inside the human body?

Accepted Answer

Actors were suspended from acid-washed wires on dry soundstages and filmed at 50% faster speed, then played back at normal speed to simulate swimming in a resisting medium.

Question 2

How did medical schools use this film in their teaching?

Accepted Answer

Medical schools showed clips from this movie to illustrate concepts in human anatomy, physiology, and immunology, at least through the 1980s.

Question 3

What happened to one of the miniature submarine models during filming?

Accepted Answer

One of the two three-inch 'Proteus' models used in the miniaturization sequence was left by an open window and was carried off by a crow.

Question 4

What is the basic premise of Fantastic Voyage?

Accepted Answer

To save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream.

Question 5

Which actress plays Cora Peterson and was involved in a memorable antibody removal scene?

Accepted Answer

Raquel Welch plays Cora Peterson, and during an antibody removal scene, the cast's initial avoidance of her breasts created a 'Las Vegas showgirl' effect that required choreography.

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