I SAW THIS DRAMA FILM. IN 1947 THOR HEYERDAHL IS A NORWEGIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST DECIDED TO PROVE THAT POLYNESIA WAS SETTLED BY PERUVIANS. HE DID THIRD BY MAKING A RAFT TO SAIL ON THAT WAS OF BALSA WOOD. USING 1500 YEAR OLD TECHNIQUES! IT TOOK THEM 100 DAYS ON THIS DANGEROUS JOURNEY. I KEPT WONDERING ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE EATING AND HOW THEY GOT DRINKING WATER - IT DID NOT SHOW THAT? THOR HAD FIVE OTHER MEN SAIL WITH HIM. HE LET THE CURRENT CARRY THE KON TIKI RAFT DEIGNED THE KON TIKI RAFT - DESIGNED WITH A SMALL BALSA HOUSE @ 20 x 30 FEET. TOWARD POLYNESIA. IT WAS A DANGEROUS 5000 MILE JOURNEY. KON TIKI WAS NAMED DURING THEIR JOURNEY, THEY STRUGGLED WITH STORMS , WHALES, SHARKS, AS SEVERAL MEN WENT INTO THE OCEAN TO OBSERVE OR FALL OFF! HE CARRIED SOME ITEMS THE ORIGINAL RAFT DID NOT HAVE - A SEXTANT, RADIO FOR COMMUNICATING, A TYPEWRITER, AND DEHYDRATED RATIONS. HE CALLS HIS WIFE AND SHE HOPES HE CAN RETURN TO SEE HIS CHILDREN.
AT TIMES THEIR MORAL WAS LOW. BUT WHEN THEIR PARROT MASCOT GETS EATEN BY A SHARK. THOR AND OTHERS SPEAR THE SHARK AND KILL IT. ABOUT 1/2 WAY THROUGH THE MOVIE A MAN IS KEEPING TRACT OF THEIR LOCATION. AND TELLS THAT THE CREW IS HEADED TOWARDS POLYNESIA - THEY REJOICE. I FOUND THIS FILM THRILLING AND IT WAS A REALISTIC TASTE OF SURVIVALISM AT SEA. THE FILM WAS ONE OF NORWAY'S HIGHEST GROSSING FOREIGN FILMS IN 2012 DIRECTED BY A NORWEGIAN. IT WAS NOMINATED BEST FOREIGN FILM AT THE 8TH ACADEMY AWARDS. IT ALSO WAS AWARDED BEST GLOBAL FILM FOR AN OSCAR.
POLYNESIAMN FOLKLORE TELLS OF AN ANCIENT TRIBE THAT ONCE LIVED IN EASTER ISLAND. KON TIKI IS NAMED FROM THE INCA GOD OF THE SUN AND STORM.
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