Kon-Tiki
- 2012
- Tous publics
- 1h 58min
Version romancée de l'expédition du Kon-Tiki de 1947: six explorateurs parcourent 8000km sur un radeau, afin de prouver que des peuples sud-américains ont pu peupler la Polynésie pendant l'è... Tout lireVersion romancée de l'expédition du Kon-Tiki de 1947: six explorateurs parcourent 8000km sur un radeau, afin de prouver que des peuples sud-américains ont pu peupler la Polynésie pendant l'ère précolombienne.Version romancée de l'expédition du Kon-Tiki de 1947: six explorateurs parcourent 8000km sur un radeau, afin de prouver que des peuples sud-américains ont pu peupler la Polynésie pendant l'ère précolombienne.
- Nommé pour 1 Oscar
- 12 victoires et 14 nominations au total
- Thor Heyerdahl
- (as Pål Hagen)
- Herman Watzinger
- (as Anders Baasmo Christiansen)
- Thor 6 yrs.
- (as Kasper Ameberg Johnsen)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesLarge parts of the film were filmed in two versions at the same time, one in Norwegian, the other in English, in order to secure international funding. See ALTERNATE VERSIONS section for greater detail.
- GaffesThe crew were not worried about whether the ropes would hold the float together, as it is portrayed in the film. As we can see in the L'expédition du Kon-Tiki (1950) documentary, the balsa wood was much softer than the rope, and it was actually the rope that ate through the wood. The result was that the rope eventually was protected by the space that had been created around it.
- Citations
Epilogue: Bengt fell in love with Polynesia. He settled there and became a Consul General of Sweden. He died in 1997.
Epilogue: Erik built himself a sailboat, that became his home for 11 years. He worked as an artist until his death in 1972.
Epilogue: Torstein kept going on expeditions. He died in 1964 during an attempt to reach the North Pole on skis.
Epilogue: Knut resumed his career in military intelligence. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the Kon-Tiki museum. He died the Christmas of 2009.
Epilogue: Herman became the director of UN's Food and Agriculture organization. He died at Titica lake in 1986.
Epilogue: Thor wrote a book about Kon-Tiki. It was translated to over 70 languages, and sold over 50 million copies. The documentary about the expedition won an Oscar. Liv and Thor divorced after the Kon-Tiki expedition. Their boys lived with Liv, who later moved to the US where she died in 1969. Thor continued his work as an experimental archaeologist, author and explorer. He died in 2002.
- Crédits fousBefore the closing credits, short clips are shown in which original footage shot by Heyerdahl was reenacted by the "Kon-Tiki" actors: urinating overboard in the open sea, dancing with natives under palms, portraits, and the like. Along with this, brief notes concerning each crew member's path of life after the trip are given.
- Versions alternativesIn an unusual technique, the film was shot simultaneously in both Norwegian and English, with each scene being filmed twice, first in Norwegian and then in English, with the same actors. This resulted in two versions of the film to be released, one primarily for the Norwegian domestic market, the other for an international audience. In a few cases, such as action scenes and computer-generated sequences, they used the same shot, later adding English with dubbing.
- ConnexionsFeatured in 70th Golden Globe Awards (2013)
- Bandes originalesFlickan i Havanna
("The girl in Havana")
Lyrics by Evert Taube (as Taube) and music by Horatio R. Palmer (as Palmer)
Anyway, even though I have not watched nor have any knowledge of the original, I am impressed with the way this film was made. It was pretty well-balanced with no major flaws in my opinion. Well acting performances by the cast were complemented by a high level of cinematography technique that made looked like the entire journey on the raft was really shot wide in the ocean. Like Life of Pi, there were certain marine animals that were infamously being shown from the real life account of Kon-Tiki, and the CGI made on the animals were so real you probably cant tell if those animals were fake.
Probably the major point of improvement that the film can work on is the lack of character development of the other participants in the Kon Tiki, aside from Thor Heyerdahl himself. I am not implying there was none, as we get to see Thor's mates conflicts happening from the start till the end, but I wish I could have known more why they decided to join and their background story. Understandably, with the time given the film had chosen to focus on Thor instead with a lot of plot material explaining why he had to venture into such a journey.
I was also curious if there were more that could be shown about a group of men enduring a raft journey across the ocean in +100 days. But overall, just by solely comparing the similarities, this is much better and believable than Life of Pi as well as a very satisfying movie experience.
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Sites officiels
- Langues
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Hải Trình Kon-Tiki
- Lieux de tournage
- Nu Boyana Film Studios, Budapest, Bulgarie(New York exterior scenes)
- Sociétés de production
- Voir plus de crédits d'entreprise sur IMDbPro
Box-office
- Budget
- 16 600 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 1 517 410 $US
- Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 22 168 $US
- 28 avr. 2013
- Montant brut mondial
- 22 842 887 $US
- Durée1 heure 58 minutes
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 2.35 : 1