Kon-Tiki

Name: Kon-Tiki
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1950-01-13
Duration: 1 h 17 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Thor Heyerdahl, Herman Watzinger, Erik Hesselberg

19501950
UU
1h 17m

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7.9/10

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A documentary about the Kon-Tiki expedition of the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.A documentary about the Kon-Tiki expedition of the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.A documentary about the Kon-Tiki expedition of the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.

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Won 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Knut Haugland, Thor Heyerdahl, Torstein Raaby, Herman Watzinger, and Erik Hesselberg in Kon-Tiki (1950)

Bengt Danielsson, Knut Haugland, Thor Heyerdahl, Torstein Raaby, Herman Watzinger, and Erik Hesselberg in Kon-Tiki (1950)

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"Kon-Tiki" was the name of a wooden raft used by six Scandinavian scientists, led by Thor Heyerdahl, to make a 101-day journey from South America to the Polynesian Islands. The purpose of the expedition was to prove Heyerdal's theory that the Polynesian Islands were populated from the east---specifically Peru---rather than from the west (Asia)as had been the theory for hundreds of years. Heyerdahl made a study of the winds and tides in the Pacific, and by simulating conditions as closely as possible to those he theorized the Peruvians encountered, set out on the voyage. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

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- SIX MEN ON A RAFT ACROSS THE PACIFIC! (original print ad - all caps)
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- Documentary
Certificate
- U
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At the point of 2010, no one of the Kon-Tiki's members still alive: Torstein Raaby died in 1964 in Greenland by heart condition while he trying to get North Pole (he was 45). Erik Hesselberg died in 1972 in Larvik, Norway, by heart condition (he was 58). Herman Watzinger died in 1986 in Peru by natural causes (he was 70). Bengt Danielsson died in 1997 in Tahiti, by deterioration in his health (he was 75). Thor Heyerdahl died in 2002 in Colla Micheri, Italy, by a brain tumor (he was 87). Finally, Knut Haugland died in 2009 in Oslo, Norway, by natural causes (he was 92).

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Edited into Thor Heyerdahl - en oppdagelsesreisende i vår tid (1984)

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9/10

Beautifull...

I love biographies based on self-centered, determined, courageous and a little crazy people, here we have a beautiful copy that is very captivating and passionate... A very cute little film, set almost entirely inside the Jangada, how not to love, adventure, friction and union, beautiful biography... And all lived for many years, faith, courage and dedication... Beautifull...

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