Kon-Tiki
Summary: Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Runtime: 1 h 58 min
MPAA: PG-13
Language: Norwegian (Bokmal)
Movie budget: $ 16,600,000
Domestic: $ 1,517,410
International: $ 21,325,477
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1940sadventure at seaadventure oceanadventurerancient civilizationarchive footageballoon antennabalsa woodbare chested malebased on true storybeardbloodboatboat captainbriefsbuilding a boatcabincabin in the woodscaptaincoral reefcrabcrewdeep seadingydiscoverydivingdramatizationearth viewed from spaceends with biographical notesengineerexpeditionexperimentexperimental archeologyfalling from a boatfalling into the oceanferryfight with sharkfilm footagefilmmakingfishflagflashbackflying fishfrozen lakefundraisinggiant sharkglobeharpoonhusband wife relationshiphyphen in titlehypothermiaice cuttingindependent filminfected woundinflatable boatinternational crewislandjourneykon tiki expeditionlocal blockbusterlogluminescent creaturemacawmale rear nuditymapmultiple language versionnavigationnew york citynorwaynorwegianobsessionoceanocean crossingocean explorationocean explorersocean voyageoceanic expeditionoceanographypacific oceanparrotperupierplanningpolynesiaportpunctuation in titleradioradio telegraphraftre makereconstructionreefreference to edgar allan poeremakesailsailboatsailingsawscandinaviascientific expeditionscientific explorerscientific theorysea adventuresea captainsea explorationsea voyagesextantsharkshark attackship captainshort shortssinging on a raftskin peeling offsoaked in bloodsouth sea islandsouth sea islandssouth sea islesouth seasstormsubtitlessunsetsurrounded by sharkssurvival adventuretahititantelegraphthor heyerdahltimeframe 1940stopless female nuditytraveltropical islandtropical seatwo word titleviracochavoyagewaterwaterfallwavewhalewhale sharkwhat happened to epiloguewoodwooden boatwooden constructionwooden raftwoodsyear 1920year 1947zoom shot from space
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