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Topic: Film "The Ra Expeditions" (1972). Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
- Type
- Film
- Year
- 1972
- Release date
- Feb 23, 1972
- Genres
- Documentary
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- ★ TMDB users: 7.1/10
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Topic: Film "The Ra Expeditions" (1972).
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Title: Ra (also known as The Ra Expeditions).
Year: 1972.
Genre: Documentary.
Directors: Lennart Ehrenborg and Thor Heyerdahl.
Subject: Expeditions organized by Thor Heyerdahl in 1969 and 1970.
Goal: Attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean on papyrus boats (or papyrus reed boats).
Route (Source 5): Morocco to the Caribbean.
Crew (Source 5): International crew.
Awards (Synopsis): Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Origin (Source 5): Swedish-Norwegian documentary film.
Cast (Source 4): Norman Baker, Roscoe Lee Browne, Abdullah Dilbrine, Santiago Geneves.
Runtime (Source 1): 2h 2m.
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“Witness Thor Heyerdahl's historic 1969 and 1970 attempts to cross the Atlantic in papyrus boats.”
- Directed by Lennart Ehrenborg and Thor Heyerdahl.
- Documents the real 1969 and 1970 Atlantic expeditions.
- Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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Watch it if you want to see the documentary about Thor Heyerdahl's papyrus boat expeditions.
The film is a 1972 documentary feature with a runtime of 2 hours and 2 minutes.
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It is an Academy Award-nominated documentary feature directed by Lennart Ehrenborg and Thor Heyerdahl.
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The film has a runtime of 2 hours and 2 minutes.
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The Ra Expeditions is a feature-length documentary film rather than a series with episodes.
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