‘Titanic’ movie director to prove Jack couldn’t have survived death in the film with documentary
James Cameron, the director and screenplay writer of Titanic, is looking to end the arguments on Jack Dawson’s death in the film with a special documentary.
In a recent interview with The Toronto Sun, Cameron said that the “little special” will revolve around the particular scene that has long triggered debates on whether or not Leonardo DiCaprio’s character could have survived death by joining his love interest Rose DeWitt Bukater (portrayed by Kate Winslet) on the floating door that saved the latter’s life.
Cameron noted that the upcoming show will “put this whole thing to rest and drive a stake through its heart once and for all” with scientific evidence. He further revealed that they conducted a "thorough forensic analysis with a hypothermia expert who reproduced the raft from the movie" just for the "little special."
"We took two stunt people who were the same body mass of Kate and Leo and we put sensors all over them and inside them, and we put them in ice water and we tested to see whether they could have survived through a variety of methods," he said.
"And the answer was, there was no way they both could have survived. Only one could have survived," he continued.
Did he have regrets about killing Jack in the film? None at all, said Cameron, as he really “needed to die.” In an episode of Discovery’s MythBusters, the filmmaker explained that Titanic, after all, is "like Romeo and Juliet. It’s a movie about love and sacrifice and mortality. The love is measured by sacrifice."
According to Cameron, the aforementioned study will be the subject of a National Geographic special. It will coincide with the 25th anniversary of Titanic, which will be screened in theaters again in 4K in February 2023. Further details are yet to be revealed.