Jack could have survived, says film-maker James Cameron as 'Titanic' re-releases 25 yrs on. Fans insist Jack could have survived the icy Atlantic waters after the ocean liner sank, if only he had shared an improvised raft with Kate Winslet's Rose.
We finally, sort of, get closure. After 25 years, James Cameron has admitted that both Jack and Rose could both have survived the sinking of the Titanic in his 1997 cinematic masterpiece, though there were "a lot of variables" in play.
Co-hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conducted their own experiment and concluded that both Jack and Rose could have shared the raft and survived, provided they propped their upper bodies upright and figured out how to attach Rose's life jacket underneath it to increase the buoyancy.
If Rose, at this point, gave Jack her life jacket while they're both balancing on the raft, with only their lower legs underwater, they could have lasted a few hours and survived. “Final verdict: Jack might have lived,” confesses a smirking Cameron, “but there's a lot of variables.”
Yes, he could have fit on that door, but it would not have stayed afloat. It wouldn't." Titanic: 25 Years Later With James Cameron — celebrating 25 years since the film's Best Picture victory at the 1998 Oscars — premieres Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on National Geographic, and streams the next day on Hulu.
Jack could have survived, says film-maker James Cameron as 'Titanic' re-releases 25 yrs on. Fans insist Jack could have survived the icy Atlantic waters after the ocean liner sank, if only he had shared an improvised raft with Kate Winslet's Rose.
This means that if Jack was dead when Rose pushed him under water, then he would have immediately floated back to the surface. But if he was unconscious, he would have breathed water into lungs and eventually sink, which is the case. This shows that Jack was in Stage 3, unconscious, and very much alive.
Yes, he could have fit on that door, but it would not have stayed afloat. It wouldn't.” In the second test, Cameron again fit both Jack and Rose on the raft but positioned their bodies so that their upper halves (which includes vital organs) remained out of the water.
After 25 years of denial, numerous fan debates, and a few scientific reenactments, Titanic director James Cameron has finally admitted that Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) might have been able to survive the maritime disaster — though not necessarily by climbing up alongside Rose (Kate Winslet) on the infamous door.
“The film is about death and separation; he had to die.” Cameon continued, “The answer is very simple because it says on page 147 [of the script] that Jack dies,” Cameron explained. “Very simple. … Obviously it was an artistic choice, the thing was just big enough to hold her, and not big enough to hold him …
"He got into a place where if we projected that out, he just might have made it until the lifeboat got there," admitted Cameron. "Final verdict? Jack might have lived. But there's a lot of variables."
Once they had him at 98.6° F, they submerged him in 29° water and timed how long it took him to reach deadly hypothermia. They pronounced Jack dead at 51 minutes because his body temperature dropped to below 85° F, which means he would have experienced loss of motor control and not been able to hold onto the board.
And yeah, it's going to break your heart a little. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Cameron was asked directly, "Why doesn't Rose make room for Jack on the door?" To which he replied, "And the answer is very simple because it says on page 147 [of the script] that Jack dies.
Jack's fate has aroused considerable discussion since the film's release in 1997; Rose escapes the catastrophic sinking of the ill-fated ocean liner by climbing on to a wooden panel while Jack dies of hypothermia in the freezing sea as the panel is supposedly unable to also bear his weight.
However, during the voyage she and third-class passenger Jack Dawson fell in love. The voyage came to an abrupt end when the ship struck ice and sank. Rose survived the ship's sinking, but Jack did not. She later married a man named Calvert, and had at least three children.
Who almost played Jack in Titanic? Prior to DiCaprio's casting, a whole host of stars were considered that Cameron ultimately passed on because he thought they were too old to play the 20-year-old Jack – including Chris O'Donnell, Billy Crudup, and Stephen Dorff.
Rose then throws the necklace off the Keldysh, just above the Titanic. By throwing the necklace into the Atlantic ocean, Rose finally lets go, because she is ready to make peace with Jack and the other Titanic victims; she is finally ready to move on.
Rose, who lay atop the door, survived in the end while Jack, who held on to the edge, froze to his death in the icy Atlantic waters.
And I'm thankful, Rose. I'm thankful. You must do me this honor... promise me you will survive....that you will never give up...not matter what happens...
Rose loved Jack too much to let him possibly die, so stating she wouldn't get on before Jack meant they crew would HAVE to let Jack on if they wanted Rose to live.
Titanic has a hilarious alternate ending
The alternate ending is quite different: as she stands on the railing, her daughter and Brock run down onto the stern, believing she's about to kill herself. She steps down, but tells them not to come any closer, before showing them the necklace. “I'll drop it,” she threatens.
Rose's life is spared at the end of Titanic when she survives by floating on a raft, as Jack dies in the water next to her. Fans have theorized for years that the raft was big enough to fit both of them.
For fans of MythBusters, however, this is a bit of old news: The gang famously proved that it was plausible both could have fit onto the door and lived happily ever after.
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