Name_______________________________________Date_________Class__________ The Italian Job Introduction: Often time’s movies will show robbers stealing gold. Hollywood tends to forget the facts…that gold is very, very dense . In most movies the actors simply pick up the gold and toss it around like its nothing. However, you will see, through science, that this could not possibly be done. Directions : Answer the following questions by watching the video clips from the movie “The Italian Job .” 1. Start the movie at Chapter-3, Time (go back). Watch the get-away chase and pause the movie at Time = 14:10 and 14:34, stop the clip at Time = 15:45. a. How many gold bars are in the safe? Assume that there are only three shelves total, with an equal amount of gold bars on each self. b. What is the dimension of one gold bar in cm 3? (l* w*h) c. Look in your book, what is the density of gold? d. From parts b & c above, calculate the mass in grams of one gold bar, and then convert this into pounds. (454 g = 1 lb) e. Now using your answers from a & d above, calculate the total mass of gold in the safe, in pounds. 2. Start the movie at Chapter-5, Time = 17:30. Stop the clip at Time = 18:30 a. How much is the gold worth that they stole? b. Assume that gold cost $390/ounce. Based on your answer to part a, how many ounces of gold should they have? How many pounds does this equal? c. Now compare your answer from part 1, letter e to your answer from part 2, letter b. Are they the same? Does the movie have too much or not enough gold in the safe in the first scene? 3. Start the movie at Chapter-5, Time = 21:00. Pause and then stop the clip at Time = 21:30. a. Assume that the gold was divided equally into four crates. Divide you answer from part 1, letter e by 4. Do you believe that those two men would be able to lift and carry that crate of gold? Explain. 4. In your opinion does the “The Italian Job” do justice to the density of gold? Explain. What could the movie have done better? 5. Watch the movie from 1:22:00 – 1:25:00. Observe the truck in the clip. Is this a realistic possibility? Explain. 6. Watch the video from 1:33-1:37. Observe the mini coupes. Is this more realistic? Explain. .