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Encyclopedia > Jack Dawson

Jack Dawson (189215 April 1912) is the fictional hero of James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster Titanic. He was played by American actor Leonardo DiCaprio. 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... James Cameron from Ghosts of the Abyss James Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a three-time Academy Award winning Canadian film director noted for his action/science fiction films, which are often extremely successful financially. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Blockbuster, as applied to film or theater, is a very popular and/or monetarily-successful production. ... For other uses, see Titanic (disambiguation). ... Leonardo DiCaprio during press conference on The Beach, 2000 Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an Academy Award-winning American actor well known for roles in blockbuster movies like Titanic (1997) and The Aviator (2004), and was famed for his far reaching global celebrity influence dubbed as Leo...


Fictional character

According to the script, Jack Dawson was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin in 1892. When he was 15, his parents died and he started to travel the world by himself. His travels took him to many places, like Los Angeles and Paris. He was an artist who drew sketches for money; one of his favorite models was a one-legged French prostitute whom he drew nude. For unknown reasons, on April 10, 1912, he and his friend Fabrizio De Rossi were in Southampton, England. It just so happened that the RMS Titanic was leaving that morning on a transatlantic journey, from there to New York City. He and Fabrizio won two tickets in a poker game, and they managed to get on shortly before the Titanic left. It was on this tremendous ship that he met the wealthy beauty Rose DeWitt Bukater, who was engaged to Caledon Hockley, an arrogant steel magnate. Rose and Jack fell in love after Jack stopped Rose from committing suicide. In return for saving his fiancee, Jack was invited to dinner in the first class dining saloon by Caledon; Margaret Brown (aka the Unsinkable Molly Brown), a companion at Rose's table, loaned Jack her son's evening clothes for the event. After dinner, Rose and Jack slipped away to the third-class general room where an Irish band was playing for the night. After having been introduced to Jack's world, it was implied that she liked being in his better than she did being in hers. Chippewa Falls is a city located on the Chippewa River in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city, as viewed from the Trocadéro This article is about the capital and largest city in France. ... Southampton is a city and major port situated on the south coast of England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... RMS Titanic was a passenger liner that became infamous for its collision with an iceberg and dramatic sinking in 1912. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World[1], Gotham [2], Metropolis Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater Rose DeWitt Bukater (1895 — 1997) is the fictional heroine of James Camerons 1997 blockbuster Titanic. ... Caledon Cal Hockley (1882 — 1929) is a fictional character, the villain of James Camerons 1997 blockbuster Titanic. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life. ... Margaret (Molly) Brown Margaret Tobin Brown (July 18, 1867 - October 26, 1932), also known as The Unsinkable Molly Brown, (although she was never known as Molly in her lifetime) was an American socialite, philanthropist and activist who became famous as one of the survivors of the sinking of the RMS...


The next morning, however, after attempting to visit her during Sunday services, Jack was forbidden to see Rose or return to the first-class section of the ship. However, he managed to steal the overcoat and hat of real-life passenger Arthur Ryerson in order to pass as a first-class passenger and confront Rose. Though she refused to have anything to do with him anymore out of obligation to her mother and Caledon, she later reunited with him on the prow of the ship. Rose took Jack back to her stateroom, presented him with the Heart of the Ocean diamond pendant that Caledon had given her as a present, and asked him to draw her wearing the diamond — and nothing else. Jack did so, and Rose put the finished portrait in the stateroom's safe. As they left, they encountered Hockley's bodyguard, Spicer Lovejoy, and fled down to the boiler room to evade him. As they were chased through the bowels of the ship by stokers and other crew members, they eventually found their way to a cargo hold where a Renault car was being stowed. They spontaneously consummated their relationship in the backseat and fled up to the forecastle of the ship after they heard two porters approaching. Spicer Lovejoy (c. ... Coition of a Hemisected Man and Woman (c. ...


Soon afterward, the Titanic hit a large iceberg in the North Atlantic, and the ship began to sink. Rose and Jack witnessed the collision and ran back to Rose's stateroom to warn her family. As they met Hockley and Lovejoy, Hockley framed Jack for the "theft" of the Heart of the Ocean by secretly putting it in Jack's pilfered coat, and he was taken away to the ship's brig on E Deck by Lovejoy. Meanwhile, the ship was sinking fast; Lovejoy eventually handcuffed Jack to a pipe and left him to drown as the brig started to flood. However, Rose refused to believe that Jack was guilty of stealing the diamond and managed to free him from the brig just as it began to overflow. After overcoming several locked gates and other obstacles in an attempt to get to the Boat Deck, Jack and Rose reunited with Hockley. Dawson and Hockley tried to get Rose to leave the ship aboard a lifeboat, but Rose jumped back on board and reunited with Jack. They were once again chased into the bowels of the ship by an enraged Hockley wielding Lovejoy's customized Colt 1911 .45, but managed to get topside once again.


After the ship sank, Rose and Jack clung onto a piece of driftwood for almost a half an hour; there was only enough room on the wood for Rose, so Jack kept most of his body immersed in the freezing cold water. Unable to keep warm, he died of hypothermia, and his body sank into the ocean. Later, a man listening to Rose's story tells her that despite their investigations, there is no records of Jack or his family at all. Rose merely states "No, there wouldn't be, would there? A woman's heart is a vast ocean of secrets, and I've never spoken of him until now, (to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert) not even to your grandfather. But now you know there was a man named Jack Dawson, and that he saved me, in a every way a person can be saved. I don't even have a picture of him. He exists now only in my memory." In the final scene, Jack and Rose are reunited at the grand staircase of the Titanic. It is unknown if the scene takes place in the afterlife or in Rose' dream, though the screenplay implies the former. Hypothermia is a medical condition in which the victims core body temperature has dropped to significantly below normal and normal metabolism begins to be impaired. ...


Jack Dawson vs J. Dawson

The gravestone carrying number 227 at Fairview Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia bears the date of the sinking and the inscription of a name: "J. Dawson." Since the film came out in 1997, this grave has frequently been mistaken for the grave of Jack Dawson, Leonardo DiCaprio's character who never existed. James Cameron, the film's director, claimed he didn't know there was a "J. Dawson" on board when he named the character. The "J." stands in fact for "Joseph", who was a crewmember on the Titanic's maiden voyage. Nevetheless, the grave has since then been visited by thousands of fans, leaving flowers, candles, cards, pictures and even hotel keys. Fairview Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is a famous Canadian cemetery. ... Motto: Template:Unhide = E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea) Logo: City Symbol: Kingfisher Location City Information Established: July 9, 1749 Area: (former city) 79. ... Leonardo DiCaprio during press conference on The Beach, 2000 Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an Academy Award-winning American actor well known for roles in blockbuster movies like Titanic (1997) and The Aviator (2004), and was famed for his far reaching global celebrity influence dubbed as Leo... James Cameron from Ghosts of the Abyss James Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a three-time Academy Award winning Canadian film director noted for his action/science fiction films, which are often extremely successful financially. ...


External links

  • The Real Jack Dawson Encyclopedia Titanica
  • Joseph Dawson: biography Encyclopedia Titanica

  Results from FactBites:
 
Mr Jack Dawson - Titanic Biographies - Encyclopedia Titanica (188 words)
Jack Dawson was a fictional character in the 1997 James Cameron feature film "Titanic".  He was portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio
Jack was born in Chippewa Falls in Wisconsin, USA around 1892.
In the film "Titanic", Jack and an Italian friend Fabrizio are in a bar conviently close to the dock where the Titanic is about to depart.
Jack Dawson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (918 words)
Jack Dawson (1892 15 April 1912) is the fictional hero of James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster Titanic.
According to the script, Jack Dawson was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin in 1892.
In return for saving his fiancee, Jack was invited to dinner in the first class dining saloon by Caledon; Margaret Brown (aka the Unsinkable Molly Brown), a companion at Rose's table, loaned Jack her son's evening clothes for the event.
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