New York, U.S.A. Jack Dawson (born 1892-1912) is the deuteragonist in Titanic and the love interest of Rose DeWitt Bukater. He dies at the end of the film from hypothermia, protecting Rose by having her float on a doorframe while he stays in the water; he was only twenty years old.
The character of Jack Dawson was created by the film's screenwriter, James Cameron, and was not based on any specific individual. However, it's possible that some aspects of Jack's character and experiences were inspired by real-life stories and events that occurred during the Titanic disaster.
Jack dies from hypothermia hanging on the door, and Rose must decide whether to call for help or stay and freeze with Jack. After a moment of hesitation, Rose tearfully pushes Jack off the door and watches him slowly sink down.
Rose changed her last name to "Dawson" to honor Jack's memory after the sinking of the Titanic. Rose completely started over and never contacted her mother and Cal again after the sinking. Rose became a successful actress in the 1920s and eventually married a man named Calvert.
The real Rose from Titanic, Beatrice Wood, led a fascinating life that features more than a few similarities to Rose. Like Rose, Beatrice was born into a privileged family which she rejected as a young adult, leaving her home and pursuing a more independent life.
We hate to disappoint but the love story between Jack and Rose is purely fictional. While there was a J. Dawson on the ship — whose first name was actually Joseph — it is merely a coincidence. Meanwhile, Cameron's inspiration for Rose was American artist Beatrice Wood, who had no connection to the Titanic.
Originally Answered: Did Jack and Rose from the Titanic have a child? No, Rose married after Jack's death and had a child. Rose's adult granddaughter is with old Rose in the beginning and end of the movie.
In the movie, she was supposed to be 17. Bodine says: "Rose DeWitt Bukater died on the Titanic. At the age of 17. If she'd've lived, she'd be over a hundred now."
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Cameron was asked directly, "Why doesn't Rose make room for Jack on the door?" To which he replied, "And the answer is very simple because it says on page 147 [of the script] that Jack dies. Very simple..." Ouch.
Consequently, Cameron discovered Jack may have survived if Rose had given him her life jacket to insulate him from the freezing waters of the Atlantic and protect his vital organs. Despite DiCaprio's character's potential survival, Cameron maintains his death was necessary for the plot of Titanic.
Dawson died, along with thousands of other people, after Titanic's tragic encounter with a North-Atlantic iceberg. His final resting place is at Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Click on the image for a better view of J. Dawson's grave marker.
The Heart of the Ocean in the Titanic film is not a real piece of jewellery, but is hugely popular nonetheless. The jewellery is, however, based on a real diamond, the 45.52-carat Hope Diamond. The Hope Diamond is one of the world's most valuable diamonds; its worth is estimated at around 350 million dollars.
Born November 11, 1974, in Los Angeles, the eternally-youthful-looking DiCaprio was 23 when "Titanic" was first released in theaters in December 1997. Winslet, on the other hand, was 22 when the film premiered. Her character Rose was 17.
Actress Gloria Stuart, who played an elderly shipwreck survivor in the film Titanic, has died at the age of 100. The blonde actress appeared in several films during the 1930s, before retiring from acting in 1946.
Old Rose : [to Brock, Lizzy, and Brock's staff] It's been 84 years, and I can still smell the fresh paint. The china had never been used. The sheets had never been slept in. Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was.
Sarah Purkey, a professor of oceanography at the University of California at San Diego, said it's a problem of buoyancy versus gravity. For both Jack and Rose to have survived, she said, the buoyancy of the wood would have to be equal to or greater than the force of gravity from the weight of the characters.
Of course, they fall in love anyway. And when the Titanic hits an iceberg and sinks to the bottom of the ocean, Jack performs one final act of love: He helps Rose onto a floating wooden board—and remains in the freezing water beside her. Rose makes it. Jack doesn't.
The most accepted interpretation, however, is that about Rose dying at the end of Titanic and arriving at the afterlife with Jack and the rest of the passengers, and if so, the white dress hints at her going to heaven with everyone else.
A few shots of the real shipwreck do appear at the beginning and end of the movie, but bringing in giant replicas — not to mention hundreds of extras — to the middle of the ocean was too ambitious of an idea even for the perfectionist director.
Characters like Rose were inspired by real-life figures, like Beatrice Wood, who shaped the film's narrative. Despite some creative liberties, Titanic stayed true to the real sinking, portraying key events like the band playing and the rescue efforts.
How old are Rose and Jack in Titanic? Rose DeWitt Bukater, played by Kate Winslet, is 17 in the movie. Jack Dawson's age is never revealed in the movie, however, Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays Jack, was 22 at the time the movie was filmed.
