
Photos: Filming of ‘Kon-Tiki’ was an adventure, too

Joachim Roenning (left) and Espen Sandberg, the directors of the dramatic feature film “Kon-Tiki.”
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| April 27, 2013

An undated file photo shows the Kon-Tiki that Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl sailed from the western Peruvian coast to Polynesia in 1947.
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A scene from the new movie “Kon-Tiki.”
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The crew of “Kon-Tiki” filmed on the water for four weeks, but the large whale shark and other sharks in the movie are all CGI creations.
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| April 27, 2013

The CGI creations.
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Globe Staff
| April 27, 2013