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Shooting for ''Kon-Tiki'' took place in [[Norway]], [[Polynesia]], [[United States]], [[Malta]], [[Peru]] and [[the Pacific Ocean]].<ref name="filmweb">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmweb.no/film/article909943.ece |title=KON-TIKI |publisher=http://www.filmweb.no/ |date=0 |accessdate=2012-08-22}}</ref> |
Shooting for ''Kon-Tiki'' took place in [[Norway]], [[Polynesia]], [[United States]], [[Malta]], [[Peru]] and [[Pacific Ocean|the Pacific Ocean]].<ref name="filmweb">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmweb.no/film/article909943.ece |title=KON-TIKI |publisher=http://www.filmweb.no/ |date=0 |accessdate=2012-08-22}}</ref> |
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| Directed by | Joachim Rønning Espen Sandberg |
| Screenplay by | Petter Skavlan |
| Produced by | Jeremy Thomas Aage Aaberge |
| Starring | Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen Anders Baasmo Christiansen Odd-Magnus Williamson Agnes Kittelsen Gustaf Skarsgård Jacob Oftebro Tobias Santelmann |
| Edited by | Geir Hartly Andreassen |
| Music by | Trond Bjerknæs |
| Distributed by | Nordisk Film |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | Norway |
| Languages | English Norwegian |
| Budget | 93 Millons NOK (~US$15.5 million)[1] |
Kon-Tiki is a 2012 Norwegian historical drama film about the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition. It is directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg. The role of Thor Heyerdahl is played by Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen. The film has been selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards.[2]
Plot
The film is the dramatized story of Thor Heyerdahl and his Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947. The reason of the journey was to prove his theory that people from South America could have settled in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times, to do this he builds a balsa raft to sail from Peru to the Polynesia across the Pacific Ocean along with five other men.
Cast
- Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen as Thor Heyerdahl
- Anders Baasmo Christiansen as Herman Watzinger
- Gustaf Skarsgård as Bengt Danielsson
- Odd-Magnus Williamson as Erik Hesselberg
- Tobias Santelmann as Knut Haugland
- Jakob Oftebro as Torstein Raaby
- Agnes Kittelsen as Liv Heyerdahl
- Manuel Cauchi as Jose Bustamente
- Richard Trinder as Løytnant Lewis
- Katinka Egres as Vakker Senorita
- Stefan Cronwall as Svensk eventyrer
- Eleanor Burke as travel agent
- Sam Chapman as Sailor
Production
Filming
Shooting for Kon-Tiki took place in Norway, Polynesia, United States, Malta, Peru and the Pacific Ocean.[3]
See also
- List of submissions to the 85th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Norwegian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "KON-TIKI – Norges neste Oscarkandidat?". http://www.inmagasinet.no/. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ "Kon-Tiki enters Oscar race for Norway". Screendaily. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
- ^ "KON-TIKI". http://www.filmweb.no/. 0. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
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External links
- Official website (Norwegian)
- Kon-Tiki at IMDb