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Director's Statement
We wanted this to be an exotic adventure, with nature in one of the major roles. We shot in six different countries: Norway, Sweden, Bulgaria, Malta (and the Mediterranean Sea), Thailand and the Maldives. These very different locations give the movie a rich look and enhance the adventure. Shooting for over a month on the open sea also gave the actors the opportunity to sail the raft for real and you can sense that in the acting. The Kon-Tiki raft in the movie is made from the Tangaroa, a raft that Thor Heyerdahl's grandson Olav sailed from Peru to Polynesia in 2006. So the raft in the movie has actually made the voyage - it's almost the real thing. We hear people say they think KON-TIKI reminds them of how Hollywood used to do movies – that it's classical in a sense. We hope that it is inspirational. Thor Heyerdahl went on the voyage even though he was terrified of water and could not swim - and that tells us something about what we can all do if we overcome our own fears. Thor sold over 50 million copies of the Kon-Tiki book and that is probably not because people are so into migration theories. It's because it's a real adventure and it tells you that your life can be filled with more adventure too. We believe most people have a dream of taking a few months off and go traveling – do something extraordinary. And hopefully this movie will inspire to actually do it.