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Kon-Tiki [videorecording] / the Weinstein Company and Nordisk Film Production & Recorded Picture Company ; directed by Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg, ; produced by Jeremy Thomas, Aage Aaberge ; written by Petter Skavlan.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: WC60774 | Anchor Bay EntertainmentLanguage: English, Norwegian Original language: Norwegian Publication details: [United States] : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2013]Description: 2 videodiscs (118 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Cinematographer, Geir Hartly Andreassen ; music composer, Johan Söderqvist.
Cast: Pål Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Tobias Santelmann, Gustaf Skarsgard, Jakob Oftebro, Odd-Magnus Williamson, Agnes Kittelsen.Summary: Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific Ocean in a balsa wood raft in 1947, together with five men, to prove that South Americans back in pre-Columbian times could have crossed the sea to settle on Polynesian islands. After gathering financing for the trip with loans and donations, they set off on an epic 101-day-long journey across eight thousand kilometers, all while the world was watching. This feature film is based on Heyerdahl's life story.
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Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific Ocean in a balsa wood raft in 1947, together with five men, to prove that South Americans back in pre-Columbian times could have crossed the sea to settle on Polynesian islands. After gathering financing for the trip with loans and donations, they set off on an epic 101-day-long journey across eight thousand kilometers, all while the world was watching.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.

Cinematographer, Geir Hartly Andreassen ; music composer, Johan Söderqvist.

Pål Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Tobias Santelmann, Gustaf Skarsgard, Jakob Oftebro, Odd-Magnus Williamson, Agnes Kittelsen.

Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific Ocean in a balsa wood raft in 1947, together with five men, to prove that South Americans back in pre-Columbian times could have crossed the sea to settle on Polynesian islands. After gathering financing for the trip with loans and donations, they set off on an epic 101-day-long journey across eight thousand kilometers, all while the world was watching. This feature film is based on Heyerdahl's life story.

Rating: PG-13; for a disturbing violent sequence.

DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen.

English (disc 1) or Norwegian (disc 2) dialogue; English SDH or Spanish subtitles.

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