KON TIKI [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1951
• Genre: Documentary, Special Interest
• Plot: Kon Tiki is the Acadamy Award winning film of an astonishing adventure, a journey spanning 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft.; ; Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, Norwegian biologist Thor Hyerdahl suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led ny the mythical hero, Kon-Tiki. Heyerdahl knew that the trade winds and ocean currents off the South American coastline bear in the direction of Ploynesia. Ridiculed by the scientific establishment, who had concluded that a voyage by aboriginal balsa raft from Peru to Polynesia was impossible, he decided to prove the possibility of his theory by duplicating the legendary voyage. The ensuing expedition was hailed as one of the most fantastic feats of daring and courage of it's time.; ; On April 28, 1947, Heyerdahl and his five crewmembers embarked from Peru on their daring voyage to the Marquesas Islands, on a balsa wood raft which was built according to the traditions of South America's pre-Columbian Indians. After 101 suspensful days on the open sea, alone amid raging storms, whales, and countless sharks, they landed on the Polynesian Island of Raroia.; ; The expedition attracted worldwide interest. Heyerdahl's book, Kon-Tiki, was translated into 67 languages, and sold more than 20 million copies. Heyerdahl had been presented with a film camera before the journey began, and both the building of the raft and the voyage across the Pacific were filmed in detail. In 1952, his fascinating black and white film was awarded an Oscar for the most outstanding documentary. The raft is now exhibited in the Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, where it is seen by hundreds of thousands of tourists every year.; ; Collectors Edition celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Expedition (1947-2007).; Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary 1951
• Cast: Thor Heyerdahl, Herman Watzinger, Erik Hesselberg, Knut Haugland, Torstein Raaby, Bengt Danielsson, Ben Grauer, Gerte Wald
• Director: Thor Heyerdahl
• Runtime: 0:58
• Company: Image Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie