My favorite scene from the movie TITANIC
Jack and Rose drift under the blazing stars. The water is
glassy, with only the faintest undulating swell. Rose can
actually see the stars reflecting on the black mirror of the
sea.
Jack squeezes the water out of her long coat, tucking it in
tightly around her legs. He rubs her arms. His face is chalk
with in the darkness. A low MOANING in the darkness around
them.
ROSE
It's getting quiet.
JACK
Just a few more minutes. It'll take
them a while to get the boats
organized...
Rose is unmoving, just staring into space. She knows the
truth. There won't be any boats. Behind Jack she sees that
Officer Wilde has stopped moving. He is slumped in his
lifejacket, looking almost asleep. He has died of exposure
already.
JACK
I don't know about you, but I intend
to write a strongly worded letter to
the White Star Line about all this.
She laughs weakly, but it sounds like a gasp of fear. Rose
finds his eyes in the dim light.
ROSE
I love you Jack.
He takes her hand.
JACK
No... don't say your good-byes, Rose.
Don't you give up. Don't do it.
ROSE
I'm so cold.
JACK
You're going to get out of this...
you're going to go on and you're
going to make babies and watch them
grow and you're going to die an old
lady, warm in your bed. Not here.
Not this night. Do you understand
me?
ROSE
I can't feel my body.
JACK
Rose, listen to me. Listen. Winning
that ticket was the best thing that
ever happened to me.
Jack is having trouble getting the breath to speak.
JACK
It brought me to you. And I'm
thankful, Rose. I'm thankful.
His voice is trembling with the cold which is working its
way to his heart. But his eyes are unwavering.
JACK
You must do me this honor... promise
me you will survive... that you will
never give up... no matter what
happens... no matter how hopeless...
promise me now, and never let go of
that promise.
ROSE
I promise.
JACK
Never let go.
ROSE
I promise. I will never let go, Jack.
I'll never let go.
She grips his hand and they lie with their heads together.
Jack and Rose drift under the blazing stars. The water is
glassy, with only the faintest undulating swell. Rose can
actually see the stars reflecting on the black mirror of the
sea.
Jack squeezes the water out of her long coat, tucking it in
tightly around her legs. He rubs her arms. His face is chalk
with in the darkness. A low MOANING in the darkness around
them.
ROSE
It's getting quiet.
JACK
Just a few more minutes. It'll take
them a while to get the boats
organized...
Rose is unmoving, just staring into space. She knows the
truth. There won't be any boats. Behind Jack she sees that
Officer Wilde has stopped moving. He is slumped in his
lifejacket, looking almost asleep. He has died of exposure
already.
JACK
I don't know about you, but I intend
to write a strongly worded letter to
the White Star Line about all this.
She laughs weakly, but it sounds like a gasp of fear. Rose
finds his eyes in the dim light.
ROSE
I love you Jack.
He takes her hand.
JACK
No... don't say your good-byes, Rose.
Don't you give up. Don't do it.
ROSE
I'm so cold.
JACK
You're going to get out of this...
you're going to go on and you're
going to make babies and watch them
grow and you're going to die an old
lady, warm in your bed. Not here.
Not this night. Do you understand
me?
ROSE
I can't feel my body.
JACK
Rose, listen to me. Listen. Winning
that ticket was the best thing that
ever happened to me.
Jack is having trouble getting the breath to speak.
JACK
It brought me to you. And I'm
thankful, Rose. I'm thankful.
His voice is trembling with the cold which is working its
way to his heart. But his eyes are unwavering.
JACK
You must do me this honor... promise
me you will survive... that you will
never give up... no matter what
happens... no matter how hopeless...
promise me now, and never let go of
that promise.
ROSE
I promise.
JACK
Never let go.
ROSE
I promise. I will never let go, Jack.
I'll never let go.
She grips his hand and they lie with their heads together.
It is quiet now, except for the lapping of the water.
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