I was just wondering what the reaction of survivors of the actual Titanic was to the movie "Titanic". I lived through 9-11, and I know eventually there will be a big movie about it in my lifetime...but i'm not sure I could stand to see it..
Most of the Titanic survivors had died by the time of the film. When the film by James Cameron was released in 1997, there were 7 survivors left. Most were old, in assisted living facilities and/or were in poor health and there are no records of them seeing the film. I have found claims of Eleanor Johnson Shuman attending the prescreening, however, I cannot find a source for such claims and her reaction/thoughts on the movie.¹
There is a film, "A Night to Remember" (1958) which was based on the book by Walter Lord (1955) and this is esteemed to be more historically accurate by historians and survivors.²
¹http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/forums/james-camerons-titanic-1997/13739-survivors-saw-movie.html ²Janice Hocker Rushing and Thomas S. Frentz, "Singing over the bones: James Cameron's Titanic", Critical Studies in Media Communication (ICMC), Volume 17, Issue 1 (1 March 2000), 1–27.