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I can see the Statue of Liberty already!... Very small, of course.
— Titanic
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Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A joke that works because of the distance: the ship has barely left port and Fabrizio is already pretending to see New York. It captures the carefree optimism of the passengers on the first day, before anything goes wrong, and it sits in the film just before Jack's more famous shout. The film remembers him as a warm, funny sidekick, which sharpens the later loss.
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The line is spoken soon after the Titanic casts off on her maiden voyage in James Cameron's 1997 film. The ship is under way, the order goes up to take her to sea and go all ahead full, and the crew start stoking the engines. Jack Dawson's Italian friend Fabrizio is on deck, thrilled to be crossing the Atlantic, and jokes that he can already see the Statue of Liberty, adding that it is very small, of course. Jack follows with a shout that he is the king of the world.
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- Titanic (1997) script, Springfield! Springfield!departure sequenceReference checked
- Wikipedia: Titanic (1997 film), castCast and charactersReference checked
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