What did Titanic survivors think of the movie "Titanic"?

by ifiwazatreeyouwldknw

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..

itskt

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.