The film was well based on real events, these are the followings. The film would have done better just to focus on the sheer adventure of the kontikis voyage. Well involves 6 men sailing a raft from peru to polynesia. Norwegian explorer thor heyerdahl crossed the pacific ocean in a. Kontiki is a norwegianswedish documentary film about the kontiki expedition led by norwegian explorer and writer thor heyerdahl in 1947, released in sweden, norway, finland, and denmark in 1950, followed by the united states in 1951. Kontiki, educational film, kontiki ekspedisjonen, 1947 publisher lesser irving enterprises, new york digitizing sponsor internet archive contributor internet archive language english. Kontiki tells about the origin of heyerdahls idea and the events surrounding. The film tells the harrowing tale of thor heyerdahls 1947 journey. Lindbergs flight across the atlantic, hillary and norgays conquest of everest, roger bannisters four minute mile. A 20 million dollar movie shot in six different countries around the world. It was heyerdahls contention that precolumbian polynesian natives had regularly made trips. Far better than it ought to be, kontiki is a norwegian mainly dramatisation of thor heyerdahls raft trip. Kontiki, raft in which the norwegian scientist thor heyerdahl and five companions sailed in 1947 from the western coast of south america to the islands east of tahiti. In fact that is the chief merit of the movie watching these men face storm, sun and all the rages of the ocean on a.
Kontiki is the true story about the legendary explorer thor heyerdahl and his crew on their epic crossing of the pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947. Contains spoilers kontiki is basically an adventure film. Kontiki is the famous 101 day voyage by thor heyerdahl in a balsa raft from peru to polynesia kontiki is an exciting, engaging, timeless and highly recommended addition to any personal, school or. Nonton movie kontiki 2012 film kontiki 2012 merupakan salah satu film bergenre adventure, history yang di sutradarai oleh sutradara kondang papan atas aslaug konradsdottir, espen sandberg, joachim ronning, dan tidak ketinggalan juga, film ini dijamin bertabur deretan bintang film papan atas akan memukau anda saat nonton film kontiki 2012.
Thor heyerdahls 1947 voyage across the pacific was one of these events. Across the pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to thor heyerdahls now legendary expedition. How the voyage of the kontiki misled the world about navigating the pacific smithsonian geographer doug herman explains the traditional science of traversing the ocean seas. Award for best documentary in 1951, and tonights screening benefits the human access project. Id recommend the actual blackandwhite footage of the real kontiki epic over this reproduction. This is the classic academyaward winning documentary film of an astonishing adventure, a journey spanning 4,300 nautical. His line drawings describe the voyage in a lovely quirky way, while the light account given in words is entirely hand written giving the effect of a big, beautiful diary and sometimes showing a silly sense of humour. Kontiki is a norweigianswedish documentary film about the kontiki expedition led by norwegian explorer and writer thor heyerdahl in 1947, released in sweden, norway, finland, and denmark in. Kontiki was the name of a wooden raft used by six norwegianswedish scientists, led by thor heyerdahl, to make a 101day journey from south america to the polynesian islands. Get an answer for what are the major themes of kon tiki. Based on one of the most incredible voyages of the 20th century the true story about legendary explorer thor heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for south americans to settle in polynesia in precolumbian times.
The film is directed by espen sandberg and joachim ronning. I got a book that went along with the film to for christmas in 75. Not only was kontiki an adaptation of an international bestseller, but theres also been both an earlier movie as well as an awardwinning documentary. Winner of the 1952 academy award for best documentary. It was named after the inca sun god, viracocha, for whom kontiki was said to be an old name. This study guide consists of approximately 44 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of kontiki. Last ned, hele filmen kontiki med norsk tekst steam. Its boys own stuff all the way in a dramatisation of the norwegian adventurers daring 1947 raft journey. Kon tiki across the pacific by raft thor heyerdahl. A great adventurer and wartime resistance fighter, knut haugland, has died. Kontiki 2012 during the 20th century some individual achievements so captured the popular attention as to become iconic. Yesterday, the norwegian film kontiki was nominated for best foreign language film. The journey turns into a daily routine of keeping the raft on course, bengt reading his books on sociology, herman. Kontiki official theatrical trailer 20 oscar nominated film hd the story of legendary explorer thor heyerdals epic 4,300 miles crossing.
The film is an international coproduction between norway, denmark, germany, sweden, and the united kingdom. Kontiki was the name of a tiny balsawood raft, constructed by norwegian explorer thor heyerdahl. Filmed en route with 16millimeter camera equipment, kon tiki was originally released in sweden in tandem with the publication of heyerdahls book about the expedition. This dramatization of thor heyerdahls legendary expedition garnered an oscar nod for best foreign language film. Kontiki is a norweigianswedish documentary film about the kontiki expedition led by norwegian explorer and writer thor heyerdahl in. A documentary about the kontiki expedition of the norwegian explorer thor heyerdahl. Kontiki was the name of a wooden raft used by six scandinavian scientists, led by thor heyerdahl, to make a 101day journey from south america to the polynesian islands. It was located in the sheratongibson hotel, on the edge of fountain square in downtown cincinnati. Kontiki 1950 portland movie times portland mercury. Kontiki was the raft used by norwegian explorer and writer thor heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the pacific ocean from south america to the polynesian islands. Kontiki is a norwegianswedish documentary film about the kontiki expedition led by norwegian explorer and writer thor heyerdahl in 1947, released in.
After the eponymous expedition of thor heyerdahl over the pacific to prove the then theory that the first to populate polynesia were from south america, kontiki 2012, norway is a grand. This was the seventh restaurant in the kontiki chain, owned by stephen crane. The movie, which was directed by thor heyerdahl and edited by olle nordemar, received the academy award for documentary feature at the 24th academy awards in 1951. It is thor heyerdahls account of his voyage in the summer of 1947 with five companions, in a raft, over 6,980 km 4,340 miles of open ocean, from mainland south america to landfall in the islands of polynesia at the time the history of the islands of the south pacific, and specifically how they were settled, was a subject of intense academic debate. Kontiki is a historical drama originally released in norway in 2012.
The story of the legendary explorer thor heyerdals epic 101 day, 4,300mile crossing of the pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947. Along with 5 adventurous companions, heyerdal sought to prove his. Perhaps there isnt an abundance of the latter here if you know the earlier kontiki film or about heyerdahls celebrated life, but i doubt the average viewer will be familiar with either of those things. The purpose of the expedition was to prove heyerdals theory that the polynesian islands were populated from the eastspecifically perurather than from the west asia.
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