Heart of The Ocean - in The Film

In The Film

In the film, treasure hunter Brock Lovett (Bill Paxton) searches for a necklace, which he believes to be within the wreck of the RMS Titanic. His hunch seems to be confirmed when his team salvages a drawing, dated the day the Titanic sank, in which a nude woman is portrayed wearing only the necklace. The necklace was fashioned from a large blue diamond worn by Louis XVI. (An homage to the real Hope Diamond, which Lovett mentions to be worth less than the Heart.) Shortly after his execution in 1793, the diamond disappeared and was recut into a heart-like shape, known as "The Heart of the Ocean". The story of the heart of the ocean is very like the story of the Hope Diamond, except that the Hope Diamond was worn by Louis XIV in a royal necklace rather than a crown.

The woman in the picture, Rose DeWitt Bukater (Gloria Stuart and Kate Winslet) contacts Lovett and is flown out to his recovery ship where she relates the story of her trip. She reveals that, although now known as Rose (Dawson) Calvert, she is in fact the girl in the drawing. Rose's fiancé Caledon Hockley (Billy Zane) had bought the "Cœur de la Mer." Rose wore the necklace when Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) drew her – the very drawing that was later salvaged. When Rose and Jack return to her suite after having fled Caledon's valet, Spicer Lovejoy (David Warner), he meets them outside the door, chastising them, taking hold of Jack's arm and stealthily dropping the necklace into Jack's coat, undetected. As they enter the room they are confronted by Caledon, who claims Jack has stolen the necklace. In a short search of Jack, the diamond is found in the coat he is wearing. Jack's pleas of innocence are thrown in doubt when it is discovered that he has "borrowed" the coat he is wearing to sneak into first class, and he is branded a thief.

Before the ship sinks, Caledon puts his top coat on Rose, failing to realize that the necklace was in its pocket. After the sinking, Rose is still wearing the coat. During her arrival to New York City, Rose discovers the necklace in the coat.

At the end of the film, Rose walks alone to the stern of the salvage ship and opens her hands to reveal the necklace, which she has always kept a secret. She lets the necklace fall from her hand and into the water above the wreck of the ship.