'Titanic' Door sold for $718,750 at Hollywood's memorabilia auction

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'Titanic' Door That Saved Kate Winslet Sells for $718,750, Beating Indy's Whip https://t.co/j37kOwdjfo
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 25, 2024
The “door” that saved Rose (Kate Winset), but couldn't apparently fit Jack (Leonardo di Caprio) in 1997's "Titanic" just sold for $718,750 during Heritage Auctions’ Treasures from Planet Hollywood

Comments

[sjpheartshim]

The door debate annoys me so much. There is literally a scene in the movie that shows him trying to get on the door with her, the door floods with water, and then he gets off and the door floats again with just Rose. So no, he could not have been saved.

[archersangel]

The Mythbusters even did a segment on it.

C&P from another comment;
They had to tie their life preservers (similar to the kind available at the time) under the wall piece to keep them afloat*. But the average person wouldn't think to do that.

*Even then they sank down in the water a few inches, which I think would add to the hypothermia danger. Although they didn't address that.

[sjpheartshim]

Ooh, I forgot they did that.

Plus the freezing cold water probably makes it hard to think rationally.

[arilicious]

they couldn't take turns?

[sjpheartshim]

[ostsiberia]

They'd both die then if they took turns.