Titanic: At $718,750, the much-discussed door that saved Rose was sold, but not Jack.

James Cameron’s epic film “” when it was released in 1997 caused intense discussions to her fanatics about whether the wooden board that saved “rose”, played by Kate Winslet, in the frozen waters of the Atlantic could also save her co-star “Jack”, According to the BBC, a lucky man acquired the legendary door that saved her but not Leonardo di Caprio in the Titanic film, through the “Treasures from Planet Hollywood” auction of Heritage Auctions for $718,750. Her new owner could now if he wanted to check whether the wood track would eventually last except for Kate Winslet and di Caprio. In the film, the couple realizes that there is only room for one person on the door and “Jack” sacrifices his life in the frozen waters, in order to save his beloved “Rose”. The question whether eventually the death of the protagonist was necessary has much to do with the fans of the “Titanic”, which in 2022 James Cameron responded once and for all to the subject and even “scientific”. The director had then stated that he was analysing, with the help of an expert on hypothermia issues and a raft like that of the film. They then placed sensors on two stunts, which had the same body mass as Kate Winslet and Leonardo di Caprio and put them in frozen water. “We tried to see if they could have survived by various methods. The answer was that there was no way for them both to survive. Only one would survive” , James Cameron had made clear. Moreover, the director had invoked a less scientific logic according to which: “Jack had to die. It’s like Romeo and Juliet. It’s a film about love, sacrifice and mortality. Love is measured by sacrifice.” The elaborate piece of wood which had the most offerings among 1,600 iconic film objects was “in fact, part of the door frame located at the entrance of the first-place living room of the film’s stage. At the same auction among other things was sold for $125,000, the dress worn by Kate Winslet on the last scene of the film, Harrison Ford’s whip from “Temple of Doom” raising $525,000. Also, Jack Nicholson’s axe from “The Shining” was sold for $125,000, at the same price as the black uniform that Toby Maguire wore on Spider-Man 3. Information from BBC, Guardian