Is the Titanic movie the real story?

You probably already knew that Jack and Rose, the main characters in the 1997 movie Titanic, weren't real. Like all films “based on a true story,” the movie added its own fictional elements to historical events. read more

This is a complex question to answer, since there is so much controversy regarding the Titanic story, and it's trickier to answer if you understand that Cameron is one of the foremost Titanic historians alive, not to mention a bona-fide oceanographic expert who has spent more time on the deck of the Titanic than her own captain. read more

The story of this interracial family did not become widely known until three years after the movie's release, when the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry and the Titanic Historical Society featured the information as part of a Titanic exhibit. read more

His story mirrors much of James Cameron's depiction of Jack Dawson in the 1997 film and is thought to be one of the starting points for the movie. Like Dawson, Portaluppi was a passenger on the ship through a stroke of luck and he was invited to join first class passengers for dinner on the night that Titanic hit the iceberg. read more