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Trader Woody
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From: Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK
|  Posted: 2002-05-16 06:22 am Permalink
It was announced at the Cannes Film festival that a new film about the Kon-Tiki voyage is to be made. Now, immediately the alarm-bells start ringing, as it's so soon after Thor Heyerdahl's death. Fortunately, it's being made by Jeremy Thomas, who made 'The Last Emperor', so it should be a damn fine film.
Also, Thor ok'ed the project before his death, actually signing every page of the script!
So, it looks like we could be in for quite a treat!
Trader Woody
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Johnny Dollar
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From: Baltimore, Maryland, PNG
| Posted: 2005-01-07 08:39 am Permalink
whatever happened to..? i googled and found nothing.
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Trader Woody
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From: Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK
| Posted: 2005-01-07 6:18 pm Permalink
Hmmmmmmmm....fuck all, as far as I can see, but we live in hope, eh?
Trader Woody
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sharkbait
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From: Oslo, Norway
| Posted: 2011-04-13 03:34 am Permalink
Sorry to bump this old thread, but I figure people here would be interested to know that the project didn't die - it just languished for a very long time. It's currently in production, and the central cast was revealed to the press yesterday (at the Kon-Tiki museum, naturally). 2012 spring release in Norway.
The official website is at kontikifilmen.no. Not much there yet, besides a really cool teaser poster.
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2011-04-13 06:02 am Permalink
Thanks Sharkbait. The site is in Norsk, I hope the movie is in English
http://www.kontikifilmen.no
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2011-04-13 3:55 pm Permalink
Love that photo! I have been into the "Forgotten Idol in the Jungle" concept ever since I discovered the drawings of Frederic Catherwood:
Here's an early concept for the BOT cover by Moritz R.:
...and my recent photographic interpretation of the concept:
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lucas vigor
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From: "I've chopped my way through real jungle
| Posted: 2011-04-13 4:01 pm Permalink
Nice!
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sharkbait
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From: Oslo, Norway
| Posted: 2011-04-14 10:03 am Permalink
I guess parts of the movie might be in English (pre-voyage stuff, most likely), but dialog aboard the raft is bound to be in Norwegian and Swedish. I guess you non-native speakers will just have to endure subtitles!  The tag line on the teaser poster reads "The adventure begins", by the way.
Here's a news article (in English) with a bit more information and a photo of the principal cast.
PS: Lucas Vigor, I love your stuff on Soundcloud! Ucayali! in particular has been a favorite recently.
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2011-04-14 11:01 am Permalink
Waitaminnit, Herman Watzinger is not being played by a German?
" ...and Anders Baasmo Christiansen, who will play Heyerdahl’s next-in-command, Herman Watzinger. The only Swede on board the Kon-Tiki, Bengt Danielsson, will be played by a Swedish actor, Gustaf Skarsgård, son of the internationally known actor Stellan Skarsgård."
I am glad that the story will include the Fatu Hiva part of Thor's life, that's where he first heard of TIKI, I wanna SEE that ! I never met the man, but I was gratified to hear that his assistant Donald Ryan showed him the BOT and he dug it.  And Moritz got me this:
Man, Thor must have signed thousands of books in his lifetime!
And on this occasion, once more, my recent diorama of Eric October's great Kon-Tiki mug :
Oh, and I love the new cover image they came up with for the most recent re-issue of the book:
If that doesn't say "in search of Tiki..." !!!
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Sweet Daddy Tiki
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From: Edmonton
| Posted: 2011-04-14 5:56 pm Permalink
Yay! Really looking forward to this. Glad that it's in Norwegian (I can read subtitles). Still haven't seen the original documentary. I see that the full length version is on DVD now.
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2011-04-14 6:05 pm Permalink
Love Eric's book mug! What an awesome idea!
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atomictonytiki
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Joined: May 14, 2002
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From: Bangkok
| Posted: 2011-04-14 8:33 pm Permalink
You can see the original film on You Tube..
http://youtu.be/gGooopCTmpg
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Mr. NoNaMe
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Posts: 1866 | Posted: 2011-04-14 9:48 pm Permalink
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And on this occasion, once more, my recent diorama of Eric October's great Kon-Tiki mug :
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Awesoooome, Eric!!
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Haole Jim
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From: central coast metro Chicago
| Posted: 2011-04-16 10:41 pm Permalink
How cool. Sad Thor is not "here" to be on the set.
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MontiTiki
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From: Florence, Alabama
| Posted: 2011-04-17 10:02 pm Permalink
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On 2002-05-16 06:22, Trader Woody wrote:
It was announced at the Cannes Film festival that a new film about the Kon-Tiki voyage is to be made. |
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Happy Birthday, Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (b. 1914)
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