James Cameron turned to the medical examiner because of the death of the hero DiCaprio in "Titanic"
From the very day of the release of the cult movie "Titanic", disputes over the final scene have not subsided. Fans of the film are haunted by the death of Jack, played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Many people are sure that in real life the young man could survive. They blame his death... on director James Cameron, who, on his own whim, so casually disposed of the life of the main character. Over the years, Cameron got tired of this story and decided to put a fat cross on it once and for all.
To prove that Jack could not have survived the situation at the end of the film, James Cameron turned to professionals. He hired a real medical examiner to prove that the young man had no chance to escape. The director decided to conduct an extremely transparent experiment, for which he also invited two stuntmen.
In general, the scene with the improvised raft was repeated. Only the water was really icy, and the participants of the experiment were in it for a long time. The tests confirmed that in such conditions one of the people was bound to die.
James Cameron, to finally put an end to this, will show the results of the experiment in a documentary special, which will be released in February 2023.
This is not the first experiment concerning the death of Jack. 10 years ago, the question of survival in icy water was asked by the team of the popular science program "MythBusters" (MythBusters), coming out on the Discovery channel. However, at that time the conclusions were the opposite.
The hosts of the show admitted that the makeshift raft could not withstand two. But at the same time, they believe that the ingenuity of the heroine Winslet could save the hero DiCaprio. The girl only had to take off her life jacket and place it under the raft. This would increase its buoyancy, and Jack could safely climb on it and wait for help next to his beloved.
Kate Winslet herself once suggested that there would be room for two on a raft. Then Jack might have a good chance of surviving. Now Cameron has destroyed the illusions with his experiment and hopes that the fuss over the death of the young man will finally stop. In fact, how much is possible?