This weekend, the replica of the Kon-Tiki raft used for the production of the Kon-Tiki movie will be on display on the Hudson river New York. The movie opens in select U.S. theatres April 26.
The famous raft is docked at Battery Park City, where it will remain until Monday, April 22. It will be open for public viewing at the North Cove Marina (South End Avenue and Liberty Street) from 10am to 5pm daily, weather permitting.
Four metres shorter, with a mast reduced by five metres and 60 square metres less sail, Tangaroa performed in the Kon-Tiki production, which was shot during 20 weeks in six countries (Norway, Sweden, Bulgaria, Malta, Thailand and the US) with a cast comprising Pål Sverre Hagen, Odd-Magnus Wiliamson, Tobias Santelmann, Anders Baasmi Christiansen, Jakob Oftebro, Agnes Kittelsen and Swedish actor Gustaf Skarsgård.
The Norwegian version of the film was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film this year. The Weinstein Company will release it in English at the Paris Theatre in New York on April 26.