Editing Hollywood Science (section)

== Episodes ==

=== Series 1 ===
The first series of six ten-minute episodes premiered in the Open University's Learning Zone on BBC2 at 12:30 from 10 May 2001.

Each of these episodes concentrated on the science of a single film.
* [[Shanghai Noon]]
* [[Dante's Peak]]
* [[Cool Hand Luke]]
* [[Ice Cold in Alex]]
* [[Die Hard]]
* [[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]

=== Series 2 ===
The second series consisted of four half-hour episodes. <!-- and premiered on BBC at TIME on DATE!-->

"Break-Ins"
* [[The Score (2001 film)|The Score]] – If one fills a safe with water, will an explosion produce a more powerful door-busting effect?
* [[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]] – Could a medieval [[trebuchet]] fire Robin Hood and Will Scarlet into a castle, and land them on target?
* [[The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]] – Would knocking out the air conditioning cause [[InfraRed]] cameras to become useless?

"Gross Out"
* [[Waterworld]] – Is it possible to sufficiently purify one's own urine to be able to drink it?  The team concluded that the film was portraying a [[reverse osmosis]] process with a realistic looking unit.
* [[Fight Club (film)|Fight Club]] – Can high quality soap be made from liposuction fat? The team succeeded in making soap from pig fat, but it was not top quality soap.
* [[The Great Outdoors (1988 film)|The Great Outdoors]] – Could someone eat a 96-ounce steak?  The team concluded that this amount of meat would not fit in a human stomach, and thus gave it the "least plausible" award for the episode.

"Tricky Situations"
* [[Deep Blue Sea (1999 film)|Deep Blue Sea]] – Is it possible to be surrounded by electricity and water without being electrocuted?
* [[The Last Castle]] – How far can a water cannon fire a grappling iron?
* [[A View to a Kill]] – Can one survive underwater by breathing the air from a car tyre?

"Escapes"
* [[Chain Reaction (1996 film)|Chain Reaction]] – Could a hydrogen gas cylinder move a concrete slab? The team concluded it could, but probably not enough to allow escape and with a great risk of explosion.
* [[Escape from Alcatraz (film)|Escape from Alcatraz]] – Can one braze together a spoon and some nail clippers using a US dime, and some matches? After initial failure, the team concluded they needed a pre-1960s dime for its high silver content.  Although they then succeeded in melting the dime, they failed to make a solid joint, largely due to the lack of [[Flux (metallurgy)|flux]].  They also could not generate sufficient heat from matches, the heat source portrayed in the film.
* [[Hollow Man]] – Would you be able to move a metal bolt using a hand-made electromagnet? While this may be possible with good electromagnets, the team concluded the power source used in the film (a [[defibrillator]]) would be too feeble to do the job.  This film was given the "least plausible" award of the episode.
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