BAFTA has unveiled the longlists across all categories for its 2023 Film Awards, and Martin McDonagh’s tragicomedy The Banshees Of Inisherin and Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front lead. Scroll down for the lists in full.
18.12.2022 - 02:01 / usmagazine.com
Long after Titanic’s release, viewers are still debating if Jack and Rose could both fit on the door after fleeing the boat — including the movie’s stars.
“It’s ridiculous, isn’t it? We could have all fit on there,” Kate Winslet, who played leading lady Rose, quipped during a December 2022 appearance on The Graham Norton Show, referring to costar Leonardo DiCaprio and director James Cameron.
Comedian Jack Whitehall agreed with her logic, chiming in: “What the hell? That door could float with three people!”
The Avatar filmmaker helmed 1997’s Titanic, which was inspired by the historical sinking of the RMS Titanic. In addition to chronicling the shipwreck — which was caused by the boat hitting an iceberg — the film featured a fictional forbidden romance between Rose (Winslet) and Jack (DiCaprio). In the movie’s final act, Jack ends up saving Rose’s life by insisting she lay down on a floating door to avoid hypothermia or drowning in the ocean. The stowaway, who seemingly could not fit on the plank of wood beside his love, ended up dying in the water before a rescue team arrived.
Amid the film’s success, eagle-eyed fans have debated how much space there actually was aboard the door. The heated discussions even inspired Cameron to conduct a field experiment to solve the dispute once and for all.
“We have done a scientific study to put this whole thing to rest and drive a stake through its heart once and for all,” the acclaimed director told the Toronto Sun in December 2022. “We have since done a thorough forensic analysis with a hypothermia expert who reproduced the raft from the movie.”
He continued at the time: “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
BAFTA has unveiled the longlists across all categories for its 2023 Film Awards, and Martin McDonagh’s tragicomedy The Banshees Of Inisherin and Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front lead. Scroll down for the lists in full.
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—but that doesn't mean she doesn't have her own take on the popular movie conspiracy theory that there was enough room for Jack. Almost 25 years ago, starred in James Cameron's 1997 classic alongside . The actors , but many are convinced Rose could've and should've made room for her lover on the floating door that saved her life after the cruise ship capsized towards the end of the three-and-a-half hour movie. I'm looking at you, !This content can also be viewed on the site it from.In honor of the film's upcoming anniversary, Winslet has shared her own thoughts on the controversy.
Did Jack Dawson (as played by Leonardo DiCaprio) die needlessly in the film Titanic when he decided not to climb on the wooden door life raft with his beloved Rose (Kate Winslet)?
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