The famous door of the “Titanic” is exposed in real life. Is there room for two?

A new permanent exhibition of memorabilia from the 1997 hit film Titanic features a projection of a famous line spoken by Rose, performed by Kate Winslet: “I’ll never let go.”

But the central point of the exhibition evokes the line’s tacit addendum: I will not shy away either.

The object in question is an 8-foot-long piece of carved balsa wood that now resides at the Titanic Museum in eastern Tennessee, which rightly bills the panel in press materials as one of the “most talked about props in Hollywood history.”

In the film, the wooden panel, commonly referred to as a door, although it is not actually a door, is a piece of debris from the sinking ship. Rose perches on the makeshift raft to avoid drowning or freezing in the icy waters of the North Atlantic, while her lover, Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio), clings to the edge as he is submerged up to his neck in the frigid waters.

A lot, a lot Viewers expressed the opinion that the famous debris was large enough to accommodate the two young lovers, thus saving a more dreamy than ever DiCaprio from the aquatic depths.

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We refuse to reopen the debate, preferring to leave the question of Titanic The relevance of the door to two people is one of the eternal mysteries of cinema, as is the question of why the car flies at the end. Fat.

For the record, the The Myth Hunters In 2012, a TV show concluded that Jack and Rose could have survived thanks to the piece of wood. The film’s director, James Cameron, disagrees.

You are free to submit the Titanic You can see the Titanic Museum Attraction, a repository of artifacts and replicas housed in a structure built to resemble the ship itself, in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, the Great Smoky Mountains town best known as home to Dolly Parton’s Dollywood theme park. (The same company that owns the Titanic Museum in Tennessee operates a sister site in Branson, Missouri, but it doesn’t have any props from the movie.)

(Wooden sign prop from the 1997 film Titanicon display at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee | Credit: Titanic Museum Attraction)

How the Titanic’s Door Ended Up in Tennessee and How You Can See It for Yourself

Previously on display in a stairwell at the Planet Hollywood restaurant at Walt Disney World’s Disney Springs in central Florida, the Titanic The sign was auctioned earlier this year among many other iconic movie props from Planet Hollywood’s collection.

THE Titanic The door fetched the highest price at auction: $718,750, more than Indiana Jones’ whip, Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates and The Brilliant.

The panel’s new owners, Herschend Family Entertainment (which also operates Dollywood), have placed the prop in a special permanent exhibit amid several costumes worn by Winslet, including a life jacket autographed by the actor, as well as other memorabilia from Cameron’s film.

The film screening is included in regular admission to the museum, which in 2024 costs $40 for adults and $15 for children ages 5 to 12. Admission is free for children ages 4 and under.

Reservations must be made in advance; for more information, visit TitanicPigeonForge.com.

If you are interested in seeing the real wood panel Titanic on which Cameron is said to have based his prop, check out the extensive permanent exhibit devoted to the disaster at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia.