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Titanic
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Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is pure exhilaration from a penniless drifter who has talked his way onto the grandest ship in the world, and the film wants you to feel it before the iceberg takes it away. The line outlived the story and became a stand-in for any triumphant shout, down to Cameron's own Oscar speech. Arms out at a railing is still the pose.
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In context
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Titanic (1997) has just left Southampton. Jack Dawson, who won his third-class ticket in a poker game and only just made the sailing, stands at the bow rail with his friend Fabrizio, spreads his arms to the wind and shouts the line at the open sea. James Cameron, who wrote and directed the film, repeated the cry from the stage at the Oscars, where Titanic took 11 awards including Best Picture. The American Film Institute ranks it among the top 100 movie quotes.
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- Wikipedia: Titanic (1997 film)Cast and receptionReference checked
- Wikiquote: Titanic (1997 film)Jack DawsonReference checked
- Titanic Wiki: Jack DawsonBiographyReference checked
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