By José Antonio Castaneda
Mar 27, 2024, 7:46 PM EDT
Anything related to the Titanic, even the movie, holds a certain affection in the public. So much so that days ago the famous door in which Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) floated for several minutes together was auctioned, when the “Ship of Dreams” sank completely.
That piece of wood where only the character Rose entered has caused controversy to date, since fans of the feature film always suggested that Jack fit well in it.
Titanic was one of the highest-grossing films in film history; directed by James Cameron and released in 1997, it told through a simple and tragic love story one of the most calamitous shipwreck accidents of the 20th century.
In fact, the furor over the items that were used to make this film work broke a new record with the sale of the renowned door, worth $718,750 dollars. The famous auction house Heritage Auctions He announced this fact on his website and fans were amazed by the juicy figure.
In addition to the frame, other items that appeared in different scenes of the film and that became iconic were also sold, such as the dress that Rose wore throughout the sinking, worth $125,000, and the clothes that Jack wore for $75,000. Dollars. In total, the auction raised more than $15 million dollars.
This auction took place from March 20 to 24 through the website of the famous auction house. As specified by the company, about 70 Titanic items were sold, including masonry and costumes, such as: mirrors, cabin frames, kitchen utensils, antique tableware and toys.
James Cameron clarifies the controversy over the door
On the door, since the premiere of the feature film – and even more so with the massiveness on social networks – Titanic followers questioned Cameron’s decision not to place Jack next to Rose. That way, he too would have been saved. The director responded the same thing after the documentary that National Geographic released.
“We conducted a scientific study to put an end to all this. A thorough forensic analysis with a hypothermia expert who reproduced the raft from the film. We took two specialists who had the same body mass as Kate and Leo and put sensors all over them. We put them in ice water and tested to see if they could have survived through a variety of methods and the answer was that there was no way they could have both survived. Only one could have done it,” he told The Toronto Sun in 2022.
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