The door that played a key role in the final scenes of Titanic – and in the following years it became the subject of much debate on the Internet – it was sold at auction for a staggering $718,750.
This astronomical number shows how important this port has become in the surrounding fandom. James Cameron Hugely popular 90s drama – still the fourth biggest film in history. If it’s not the most famous door in history, it must be in second place. (The only thing that appears to be in conversation is the door that Jack Nicholson destroys with an ax before shouting “Here’s Johnny!” The shine.)
In the film, after the infamous boat sinks, lovers Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet) end up in the freezing waters of the Atlantic Ocean fighting to survive. Rose ends up in a door on the Titanic. Jack chooses to stay in the water next to her, arguing that if he goes through the door with her she will sink and they will both drown or die of hypothermia.
Rose survives, Jack dies and thus begins a debate that continues to this day. Would Jack and Rose fit through the door? Was Rose being selfish? Should they have taken turns using the door? And so on.
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The debate has become so heated in recent years that even Cameron himself weighed in and revisited the film and the life-and-death scenario. with an experiment hoping to prove once and for all whether the door would fit both Jack and Rose.
The money paid by Titanic door even eclipses the price at the same auction of Harrison Ford’s screen-used whip. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doomwhich cost US$525 thousand.
I hope whoever bought the door takes it to the Atlantic Ocean, where the Titanic sank, and finally resolves this matter once and for all. (Safely, of course.)
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