Kon-Tiki (1950 film)

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Kon-Tiki
The DVD cover of the documentary
Directed by	Thor Heyerdahl
Produced by	Thor Heyerdahl
Written by	Thor Heyerdahl
Starring	Thor Heyerdahl
Release dates	13 January 1950
Running time	77 minutes
Country	Norway
Language	Norwegian

Kon-Tiki is a Norwegian documentary about the Kon-Tiki expedition led by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in 1947, released in 1950. The movie, which was directed by Thor Heyerdahl and edited by Olle Nordemar, received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 24th Academy Awards in 1951. The Oscar officially went to Olle Nordemar. It is currently the only feature film from Norway to have won an Academy Award.^[1]

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The movie has an introduction explaining Heyerdahl's theory, then shows diagrams and images explaining the building of the raft and its launch from Peru. Thereafter it is film of the crew on board, shot by themselves, with commentary written by Heyerdahl and translated. The whole film is black and white, shot on a single 16mm camera.

A small amount of colour footage of Kon-Tiki does exist .

References

↑ Crowther, Bosley. "NY Times: Kon-Tiki". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-11-08.

External links

Kon-Tiki at the Internet Movie Database

v t e Thor Heyerdahl

Projects	Kon-Tiki Jakten på Odin

Books written	The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas Aku-Aku Fatu Hiva

Films directed	Kon-Tiki (1950) Galapagos (1955) Ra (1972)

Related topics	Heyerdahl Award Kon-Tiki Museum Pyramids of Güímar LI2B Kon-Tiki (2012)

v t e The Kon-Tiki Expedition of 1947

Crewmembers	Thor Heyerdahl Erik Hesselberg Bengt Danielsson Knut Haugland Torstein Raaby Herman Watzinger

Movies	Kon-Tiki (2012 film) Kon-Tiki (1950 film)

Related articles	The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas Kon-Tiki Museum

v t e Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

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