-1997- — Titanic

“I love you, Jack,” she whispers through ice-crusted lips.

Then, in her stateroom, she lies down. Photographs surround her: of her as an actress, a pilot, a wife, a mother. She lived. She did everything she promised.

She swims to the whistle, blows it with her last breath, and is saved. Years later, 1996. An old woman – Rose Dawson Calvert (101) – stands on a research ship above the Titanic’s wreck. She holds a small sketchbook, perfectly preserved in her waterproof safe for 84 years. Titanic -1997-

Jack asks: “Are you ready to be a penniless artist’s wife, sleeping on park benches?”

And the screen goes to white.

As the Titanic steams away from the pier, Rose stares down at the churning water from the stern railing, overwhelmed. Jack, leaning on a lower deck, spots her. There is something in her eyes he recognizes: the look of a bird in a cage about to break its own neck. That night, at the first-class dinner, Rose is paraded like a trophy. Cal gives her a priceless diamond necklace – the “Heart of the Ocean” – as a cold promise of ownership. Later, unable to breathe, Rose flees to the stern. She climbs over the railing, ready to jump.

Young Jack Dawson turns at the top of the stairs. Young Rose walks up to him, wearing a simple white dress. He holds out his hand. They kiss. “I love you, Jack,” she whispers through ice-crusted

“Rose, no!” Cal screams.