Quote from Kon-Tiki by Erik Hesselberg: “Maybe I should introduce you first. This is Thor. A pompous, self-centered weirdo, but a very good leader. And because he is, we are about to do what Tiki did 1500 years ago. We are going to…”
Executive Producers: Christopher Daniel, Lone Korslund, Marc Schmidheiny, Petter Skavlan, Johan Christopher Stenersen, Dario Suter, Peter Watson, Henrik Zein, and Harald Zwart
Directors: Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg
Writer: Petter Skavlan
Major Cast: Pål Sverre Hagenas as Thor Heyerdahl, Anders Baasmo Christiansen as Herman Watzinger, Tobias Santelmann as Knut Haugland, Gustaf Skarsgård as Bengt Danielsson, Odd-Magnus Williamson as Erik Hesselberg, Jakob Ofebro as Torstein Raaby, Agnes Kittelsen as Liv Heyerdahl, and Peter Wight as Herbert Spinden
MMPA Rating: PG-13 for a disturbing violent sequence
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Kon-Tiki is produced by Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Roenbergfilm, Nordisk Film Production, DCM Productions, Film i Väst, Falkun Films, and Stunt Bros. It is based on the true story of Thor Heyerdahl and his Norwegian crew except Bengt Danielsson who was Swedish. After hearing countless rejections that South Americans could possibly have sailed across the Pacific Ocean to the Polynesian islands, Heyerdahl gathers a crew of five and sets sail on their expedition in 1947 on a wooden raft they built. They plan to travel 4,300 miles from Peru to Polynesia although many think they will die along the way. Heyerdahl names the raft, Kon-Tiki, after the Inca sun god. There was a documentary by the same name made in 1951. It supplements the movie and different running times can be found on YouTube. I happened to watch the longer one, but the original was 1 hour and 17 minutes long. It was the first Norwegian documentary to win an Oscar in 1952. Heyerdahl also wrote a book about his expedition too. There were creative liberties taken to increase the tension in the adaptation, but the cinematography remains the high point. Many of the shots are amazing, and the interaction among the actors especially Pål Sverre Hagenas is captivating to watch. I will say there was one scene that clearly strayed from the story and may have gone a bit overboard, but again creative license was taken. Today, it is widely believed South Americans could not have settled on the Polynesian islands pre-Columbian times, but Heyerdahl’s expedition was a success in many ways. The Kon-Tiki eventually crashed on the reefs outside Raroia. It’s final resting place is at the Kon-Tiki Museum located in Olso, Norway.
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Thor Heyerdahl

Herman Watzinger

Knut Haugland

Bengt Danielsson

Erik Hesselberg

Torstein Raaby

I rate Kon-Tiki NEAR PERFECT with Four Fingers and One Thumb at 96%
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It’s an older movie, but well worth viewing!
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