The whole film is black and white, shot on a single 16mm camera.Ī small amount of color footage of Kon-Tiki does exist. Thereafter it is a film of the crew on board, shot by themselves, with commentary written by Heyerdahl and translated. 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.
The Academy Film Archive preserved Kon-Tiki in 2013. This was his first expedition to be captured on film, and was later awarded Academy Award for best documentary in 1951. In 1947 he crossed the Pacific Ocean on the balsawood raft Kon-Tiki. The Oscar officially went to Olle Nordemar. Thor Heyerdahl (19142002) is one of history’s most famous explorers. The movie, which was directed by Thor Heyerdahl and edited by Olle Nordemar, received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 1951 at the 24th Academy Awards. Kon-Tiki is a Norwegian documentary film about the Kon-Tiki expedition led by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in 1947, released in Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark in 1950, followed by the United States in 1951.
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