Titanic director puts Jack’s death debate to rest

"Why didn't Rose make room for Jack on that door?"

This is one of the most asked questions in cinematic history and undoubtedly the one James Cameron is tired of answering.

"And the answer is very simple because it says on page 147 [of the script] that Jack dies," says the director.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Cameron has attempted to put the Jack-Rose-door debate to rest once and for all.

He says that Jack died not because Rose is a heartless bitch but because that was what the story called for: He died because it was in the script. “Things happen for artistic reasons, not for physics reasons,” he added.

Cameron even tested the physics himself and stands by his conviction.

"I was in the water with the piece of wood putting people on it for about two days getting it exactly buoyant enough so that it would support one person with full free-board, meaning that she wasn't immersed at all in the 28 degree water so that she could survive the three hours it took until the rescue ship got there," he told the magazine.

“Titanic” will return to theaters on December 1 for its 20th anniversary since making its debut with Kate Winslet and DiCaprio, according to global media reports.