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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Richard Roeper

‘Titanic’ at 25: No, Jack didn’t survive, but the movie sure did

The brief romance of Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet) comes to a tragic end in “Titanic.” (Paramount Pictures)

When we talk “Titanic,” the discussion inevitably leads to the 25-year debate about whether there was enough room on that floating piece of debris for both Rose and Jack, and we’ll get to that in a moment.

But first I’d like to talk about the five-card draw poker game in which Jack Dawson’s full house beat Sven Gunderson’s two pair, thus netting Jack and his best pal Fabrizio De Rossi two third-class tickets aboard the RMS Titanic, along with a pocket knife (which comes in handy later), some cash and a pocket watch.

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