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Since James Cameron’s Titanic Premiering 25 years ago, one scene has been the subject of a sometimes heated debate: the demise of Leonardo DiCaprio’s floppy-haired ingenuity, Jack Dawson.
In general, fans of the actor and movie obsessives have always argued that Jack didn’t have to die — he could have easily watched over the floating door that saved his love interest, Kate Winslet’s hapless heiress, Rose DeWitt Bukater. The debate remains so fierce that Cameron, who also wrote the screenplay, wants to put an end to it.
In an interview for the premiere of Avatar: the way of the water, published By the Toronto sun, Cameron indicated that he will end the rows over Jack’s death with an upcoming documentary. “We did a scientific study to put this whole thing to rest and put a stake through his heart once and for all,” he said.
Cameron continued:
“Since then we’ve done a thorough forensic analysis with a hypothermia expert who has reproduced the raft from the movie and we’re going to do a little special on it coming out in February. We took two stuntmen who were the same body weight as Kate and Leo and we put sensors in everywhere and in them and we put them in ice water and we tested to see if they could have survived through different methods and the answer was there was no way they could have survived. Only one could survive.”
When asked if he regretted killing off DiCaprio’s character, Cameron said no, adding that Jack “had to die”.
said Cameron Titanic is “a film about love and sacrifice and mortality. Love is measured by sacrifice.”
The Sun reported that Titanic was set to hit theaters again next February. The National Geographic Nat Geo cable network will air Cameron’s documentary advocating Jack’s murder.
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