The true story of Thor Heyerdahl’s legendary Kon-Tiki voyage is captured in this Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated film. In a dangerous sea-faring adventure six men sail from Peru to Polynesia on a fragile balsa-wood raft risking their lives for an idea that could change history. Led by Thor a handsome captain who couldn’t swim the crew have no modern equipment and only a parrot for company. Setting off under the spotlight of the world’s press they navigate the vast Pacific using the stars with the currents as their rudder. Battling... tidal waves sharks and demons of the deep it’s six men against nature as the Kon-Tiki strives to reach land. Having sacrificed everything for his mission even his marriage Thor must succeed. A sensation in its native Norway becoming the highest-grossing Scandinavian film ever ‘Kon-Tiki’ was shot in English in a dual version. The film’s stunning photography and astonishing visual effects helped directors Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg friends from childhood realise their dream of a Hollywood career. [show more]
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Academy Award-nominated Norwegian drama based on explorer Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 expedition in which he journeyed across the Pacific Ocean on a raft from South America to Polynesia. Heyerdahl (Pål Sverre Hagen) aims to prove his theory that the Hanau epe, an ancient Peruvian tribe, settled on the Polynesian islands 1500 years ago. To do so, he builds a raft named Kon-Tiki which resembles the type of vessel the tribe would have had the technology to make. Then, with five crew members and a parrot he sets off from Peru and takes to the ocean, despite the fact he is unable to swim or sail, to show that such a journey would have been possible even in the pre-Columbian era. During the 4300 nautical mile-voyage he and his crew encounter numerous difficulties. Will they make it safely to Polynesia and prove Heyerdahl's theory?
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