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Director:
Carlos Saldanha
Writers:
Carlos Saldanha (story) and
Earl Richey Jones (story) ...
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Release Date:
7 April 2011 (Germany) See more »
Genre:
Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Musical See more »
Tagline:
1 out of every 8 Americans is afraid of flying. Most of them don't have feathers. See more »
Plot:
When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with the bird of his dreams. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 28 nominations See more »
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Cast

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Karen Disher ... Mother Bird (voice)
Jason Fricchione ... Truck Driver (voice)
Sofia Scarpa Saldanha ... Young Linda (voice)

Leslie Mann ... Linda (voice)

Kelly Keaton ... Bookstore Customer / Lady Tourist (voice)

Jesse Eisenberg ... Blu (voice)

Wanda Sykes ... Chloe (The Goose) (voice)

Jane Lynch ... Alice (The Other Goose) (voice)

Rodrigo Santoro ... Tulio / Soccer Announcer (voice)
Gracinha Leporace ... Dr. Barbosa (voice)

Jamie Foxx ... Nico (voice)

Will.i.am ... Pedro (voice) (as will.i.am)

Phil Miler ... Aviary Intern / Waiter (voice)

Anne Hathaway ... Jewel (voice)

Bernardo de Paula ... Sylvio / Kipo (voice)

Carlos Saldanha ... Second Waiter (voice)
Renato D'Angelo ... Police Officer (voice)

Carlos Ponce ... Marcel (Lead Smuggler) (voice)

Jeffrey Garcia ... Tipa (Heavy Smuggler) / Bat (voice) (as Jeff Garcia)
Davi Vieira ... Armando (Tall Smuggler) (voice)

Jake T. Austin ... Fernando (voice)

Jemaine Clement ... Nigel (voice)

Thomas F. Wilson ... Trapped Bird / Screaming Hang Glider (voice) (as Tom Wilson)
Cindy Slattery ... Neurotic Bird (voice)
Justine Warwick ... Scaredy Bird (voice)

George Lopez ... Rafael (voice)

Bebel Gilberto ... Eva (voice)

Judah Friedlander ... Tourist (voice)

Francisco Ramos ... Lead Marmoset (voice)
Tim Nordquist ... Other Hang Glider (voice)
Miriam Wallen ... Green Bird (voice)

Tracy Morgan ... Luiz (voice)
Carlos de Oliveira ... Gate Guard (voice)

Sergio Mendes ... Samba School Director (voice)

Ester Dean ... Boy in Gondola (voice)
Priscilla Avila ... Additional Voices (voice)
Anzolin Borges ... Additional Voices (voice)
Claudia Bretas ... Additional Voices (voice)
Carlinhos Brown ... Additional Voices (voice)

Ubirajara de Castro ... Additional Voices (voice) (as Bira Castro)

Shanti Correa ... Additional Voices (voice) (as Shanti Cordeiro)
Alberto Costa ... Additional Voices (voice)
Mario Costa ... Additional Voices (voice)
Wendy Cutler ... Additional Voices (voice) (as Wendy E. Cutler)
Heber Moreira ... Additional Voices (voice)
Flávia de Mellow ... Additional Voices (voice)

Andrea de Oliveira ... Additional Voices (voice)

Holly Dorff ... Additional Voices (voice)
Matheus dos Santos ... Additional Voices (voice)
Lucas dos Santos ... Additional Voices (voice)
Andrea Ferraz ... Additional Voices (voice)

Marcos Daniel Ferreira ... Additional Voices (voice)
Hanna Frankel ... Additional Voices (voice)
Johnny Gidcomb ... Additional Voices (voice)

Jean Gilpin ... Additional Voices (voice)

Julia Saraiva Gomez ... Additional Voices (voice)

Nicholas Guest ... Additional Voices (voice)

Rif Hutton ... Additional Voices (voice)
Julia Kamanchek Lopes ... Additional Voices (voice)
Lorrayne Mathias ... Additional Voices (voice)
Mikael Mutti ... Additional Voices (voice)
Leo Nobre ... Additional Voices (voice)

Mina Olivera ... Additional Voices (voice)
Bianca Rossini ... Additional Voices (voice)
Julia Scarpa Saldanha ... Additional Voices (voice)
Manoela Scarpa Saldanha ... Additional Voices (voice)

Adriana Souza ... Additional Voices (voice)
Maxwell Wippich ... Additional Voices (voice)

Matthew Wolf ... Additional Voices (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Sergio Kato ... Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Carlos Saldanha 
 
Writing credits
Carlos Saldanha (story) and
Earl Richey Jones (story) &
Todd R. Jones (story) (as Todd Jones)

Don Rhymer (screenplay) and
Joshua Sternin (screenplay) &
Jennifer Ventimilia (screenplay) (as Jeffrey Ventimilia) and
Sam Harper (screenplay)

Produced by
Bruce Anderson .... producer
John C. Donkin .... producer
Chris Wedge .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
John Powell (music by)
 
Cinematography by
Renato Falcão 
 
Film Editing by
Harry Hitner (film editor)
 
Casting by
Christian Kaplan 
 
Set Decoration by
Melanie Martini 
 
Production Management
Tansal Arnas .... associate production manager: scheduling
Jacob Carlson .... associate production manager: compositing
Debra K. Chinn .... international post production executive
Lisa Durr .... associate production manager: modeling
Gina Grasso .... associate production manager
Brian Grimenstein .... assistant production manager
Mark Jacyszyn .... associate production manager
Jennifer Kagel .... associate production manager: character simulation
Jennifer Kagel .... associate production manager: effects
Dave LaMattina .... additional production manager
Sean M. Murphy .... production supervisor: lighting/render/compositing/stereo
Anthony Nisi .... production supervisor
Denise Rottina .... production supervisor
Patrick Worlock .... production supervisor: story
Steve Barnett .... post-production supervisor (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Vadim Bazhanov .... story artist
Jeff Biancalana .... additional story artist
Angie Brewster .... pre-visualization production assistant
Joan Cabot .... pre-visualization artist
Arden Chan .... lead set designer
Peter Chan .... visual development artist
Jony Chandra .... story artist
Sheng-Fang Chen .... pre-visualization artist
Jerod Chirico .... story artist
Bryan Cox .... story animatics
Ricardo Curtis .... additional story artist
Tori Davis .... additional visual development
Mike Defeo .... sculpting supervisor
Dallas Alan Dietrich .... additional pre-visualization artist
Karen Disher .... head of story
Nash Dunnigan .... set designer
Eric Favela .... story artist
William H. Frake III .... additional story artist
William H. Frake III .... additional visual development
William H. Frake III .... camera staging
Marceline Gagnon-Tanguay .... jr. character designer
Randy Gaul .... visual development
Jean Gillmore .... additional visual development
Francis Glebas .... story artist
Sam Hood .... additional story artist
Tom Humber .... set designer
John E. Hurst .... story artist
Trevor Jimenez .... additional story artist
Piet Kroon .... story artist
Tom LaBaff .... story artist
Thomas Leavitt .... pre-visualization artist
Normand Lemay .... additional story artist
Warren Leonhardt .... story artist
Tony Maki .... story artist
Bill Mayer .... character designer & developer
Matthew Merenda .... storyboard artist
Moroni .... story artist
Stephen P. Neary .... story artist
Carlos Nieto Lopez .... visual development artist
Brian Pimental .... additional story artist
Travis Price .... materials TD
Vicki Saulls .... sculptor
Chris Siemasko .... story animatics
Clayton Stillwell .... visual development artist
Derek Stratton .... additional visual development
Rachel Tiep-Daniels .... set designer
Bryan Useo .... pre-visualization supervisor
Adam Van Wyk .... story artist
Alena Wooten .... sculptor
Rafael Zentil .... story artist
Pedro Daniel García Pérez .... storyboard artist (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Marco Alicea .... audio transfer
Panos Asimenios .... dubbing supervisor
James Austin .... engineering services
Miriam Biderman .... sound effects recordist
Jonathan Borland .... sound effects recordist (as Jon Borland)
Danny Caccavo .... digital editorial services
Derek Casari .... stage engineer
John Countryman .... video services
Luke Dunn Gielmuda .... foley editor (as Luke Dunn-Gielmuda)
Teresa Eckton .... sound effects editor
Sean England .... foley recordist
Malcolm Fife .... sound effects editor
Sue Fox .... foley editor
Josh Gold .... sound effects editor
Lora Hirschberg .... re-recording mixer
Pete Horner .... sound effects editor
Doc Kane .... dialogue adr recordist
Mike Lane .... client services
Roy Latham .... original dialogue mixer
Leff Lefferts .... supervising assistant
Michael Levine .... audio transfer
David Lucarelli .... adr recordist
Dmitri Makarov .... digital editorial services
Charlotte Moore .... post production sound accountant
Steve Morris .... engineering services
Cheryl Nardi .... dialogue editor
Jordan O'Neill .... Datasat Sound Mastering Engineer
Steve Orlando .... apprentice editor
Juan Peralta .... additional re-recording mixer
Eva Porter .... client services
Charleen Richards .... dialogue adr recordist (as Charleen Steeves)
Frank Rinella .... foley mixer
Gary Rizzo .... re-recording mixer (as Gary A. Rizzo)
Ronald G. Roumas .... recordist (as Ron Roumas)
Brian Seagrave .... audio post-conform
Brad Semenoff .... supervising assistant
Tony Sereno .... assistant re-recording mixer
Tighe Sheldon .... sound recordist
Gary Summers .... additional re-recording mixer
Randy Thom .... re-recording mixer
Randy Thom .... supervising sound designer
Dennie Thorpe .... foley artist
John Torrijos .... video services (as John 'J.T.' Torrijos)
Jana Vance .... foley artist
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle .... supervising sound editor
Greg Zimmerman .... adr recordist
Carlos Cortés Navarrete .... re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Simon Ellegaard .... re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Nia Hansen .... sound effects recordist (uncredited)
Noah Katz .... digital audio engineer (uncredited)
Andy King .... re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Dennis Leonard .... additional re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Mark Sheffield .... sound mixing technician (uncredited)
Clint Smith .... recordist (uncredited)
John Soukup .... sound transfer (uncredited)
Randy Thom .... supervising sound editor (uncredited)
Corey Tyler .... foley recordist (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Daniel Abramovich .... lead stereoscopic technical director
Inna Agujen .... senior technical director: assembly
Brian Anderson .... character technical director
Elvis Au .... digital compositor
Elvis Au .... stereoscopic technical director
Lynn Bacino .... senior technical director: lighting
Audrey Bagley .... materials technical director
Jinyi Baird .... lighter
Jinyi Baird .... lighting technical assistant
Mark Bajuk .... lead technical director: fur and feathers
David Barksdale .... senior fur technical director
Ignacio Barrios .... character technical director
Andrew Beddini .... head of lighting
Jason Bidwell .... compositor
Jeff Brodsky .... character technical director
Heather Brown .... visual effects artist
Ian M. Burkard .... senior modeler
Ian D. Butterfield .... senior materials technical director
Joan Cabot .... lighting technical director
Jon Campbell .... lead technical director: fur and feathers
Yaron Canetti .... cloth technical director
Jacob Carlson .... associate production manager: cloth simulation
Lauren Carr .... cloth dynamics
Robert V. Cavaleri .... CG supervisor
Dan Cayer .... compositing supervisor: Blue Sky Studios
Eldar Cholich .... lead lighting technical director
Sheldon Chow .... lead technical director: fur
Patrick Clancey .... digital opticals
Rhett Collier .... senior effects technical director
Brendan Condit .... character technical director
Brian Cooper .... lighting technical director
Brian Cooper .... stereoscopic technical director
Haven Cousins .... senior character simulation technical director
Shaun Cusick .... lead character modeler
Casey Dame .... character technical director
Jonathan Davis .... lighting technical director
Brian P. Dean .... senior technical director: lighting (as Brian Dean)
Diana Diriwaechter .... senior materials technical director
Gus Duron .... digital opticals editor
Mark Edwards .... lead character technical director
Kevin Edzenga .... technical director: cloth simulation
Jenn Epstein .... digital compositor: Bluesky
Michael Eringis .... data supervisor
Jud Estes .... compositor: Nuke
Jud Estes .... stereoscopic technical director
Ian Etra .... character technical director
Mason Evans .... fur technical director
Alex Frenklakh .... visual effects technical director
Anthony Fung .... visual effects artist
Ilan Gabai .... effects technical director
Tamara Garabedian .... fur and feather technical director
Tamara Garabedian .... fur technical director
Kirk Garfield .... effects supervisor: development
Justin Gladis .... sequence lead compositor
Shelley Gorelik .... visual effects production assistant
Monty Granito .... camera and staging
James Gu .... character technical director
Brian R. Handler .... assembly technical director
Sabine Heller .... character technical director
Veronica Hernandez .... stereoscopic technical director
Brien Hindman .... senior modeler
Isaac Holze .... assembly technical director
Svetla Ivanova .... lighting technical assistant (as Svetla Ivanova-Bermudez)
Youngwoong Jang .... senior lighting technical director
Stephen Jenkins .... compositor
Stephen Jenkins .... stereoscopic technical director
Aimee Johnson .... visual effects artist
Allan Kadkoy .... character simulation technical director
Keith Kamholz .... FX & character simulation
Jina Kang .... lighting technical director
Daveed Kaplan .... modeler
Aditi Kapoor .... materials technical director
P. Jasmine Katatikarn .... lighting technical director
Jonathan King .... digital compositor
Jonathan King .... stereoscopic technical director
Michael Kingsley .... render and data management technical lead
Misha Koplan .... character simulation technical director
Christopher Lawrence .... character simulation technical director
Alexander Levenson .... modeling lead
Yu-Li Liao .... character technical director
Shu Liu .... effects technical director
Ramón López Seco de Herrera .... modeler
Rosalinda Malibiran .... lighting lead
Melanie Martini .... set dresser
Raphael Matto .... senior materials technical director
Dylan Maxwell .... character simulation technical director
Adam McMahon .... modeler
David V. Mei .... modeling supervisor
Kristen Millette .... compositor
Scott Minter .... stereoscopic technical director
Christopher Moore .... senior production engineer
Christopher Moore .... set supervisor
Christopher Moore .... shader td
Dinis 'Dennis' Morais .... modeler
Sean M. Murphy .... production supervisor: lighting/render/compositing/stereo
Daniel Patrick O'Brien .... sequence lighting lead
Sophia Ohara .... lighting coordinator (as Sophie Ohara)
Vikas Pathak .... lighting technical assistant
Florian Perret .... modeler
Marin Petrov .... character technical director
Jacquelyn 'Jac' Piette .... lighting technical assistant
Elvira Pinkhas .... effects supervisor
Stewart Pomeroy .... digital compositor
Stewart Pomeroy .... lighting technical director
Stewart Pomeroy .... stereoscopic technical director
Travis Price .... visual effects
David Quirus .... stereoscopic technical director
Arun Ram-Mohan .... additional stereoscopic technical director
Arun Ram-Mohan .... senior lighting technical director
Jacob Richards .... lighting lead
Matt Roach .... senior cloth technical director
Shanna Robalino .... stereoscopic production assistant
Shanna Robalino .... visual effects production assistant
Aaron M. Ross .... lead lighting technical director
Ari Rubenstein .... lead compositor: Blue Sky Studios
Daniel Sampaio Lima .... character technical director
Daniel Sampaio Lima .... visual effects artist
Monika Sawyer .... senior fur technical director
Monika Sawyer .... senior technical director
Andrew Schneider .... senior effects technical director
William Schott .... effects production assistant
Jon Schroth .... lighting td
Baaron Schulte .... visual effects artist
Taylor Shaw .... visual effects
Daniel Ken Shimmyo .... materials technical director
John Siczewicz .... compositing lead
Wonchan Song .... lighting technical director
Doug Spilatro .... visual effects
Keith Stichweh .... character simulation supervisor
Dave Strick .... modeler
Michael Tanzillo .... compositor
Michael Tanzillo .... lighting technical director
Radhika Thirunarayanan .... materials technical director
John David Thornton .... effects animator
Nikki Tomaino .... senior materials technical director
Paul-Jozef Torrevillas .... fur technical director
Tim M. Townsend .... stereoscopic technical director: Blue Sky Studios
Quan Tran .... lighting technical director
Quan Tran .... stereo compositor
Christos Tzeremes .... lighting ta
Antelmo Villarreal .... assembly td
Chris 'Pinkus' Wesselman .... digital compositor
Jayme Wilkinson .... stereoscopic supervisor
Jamie Williams .... lead technical director: fur
Matt Wilson .... senior lighter
Brent Wong .... character modeler
Jerril Yoo .... senior production engineer
Glen Young .... lighting and compositing production assistant
 
Animation Department
Joseph Antonuccio .... animator
Pako Bagur .... animator
Dan Barker .... animator
Angie Brewster .... layout production assistant
Jennifer Brola .... layout technical assistant
Sebastien Bruneau .... animator
Nick Bruno .... senior animator
Tab Burton .... animator
Robert Cardone .... head of camera & staging
Galen T. Chu .... supervising animator
Andrew Coats .... animator
A.J. Conrad .... animator
Mike Cushny .... camera technical director
Stephen Dahler .... background animator
Hans Dastrup .... additional animator: character development
Pete Devlin .... animator
Paul Diaz .... animator
Dallas Alan Dietrich .... animation production assistant
Matthew Doble .... animator
Paul Downs .... animator
Kristen Drewski .... animation production assistant
Carolyn Ee-Kaiser .... animator
Nathan Engelhardt .... animator
Scott Farrell .... animator
Isaak Fernandez .... animator
David Figliola .... layout artist
Lance Fite .... animator
Rachel Fite .... animator (as Rachel Hanson)
Richard A. Fournier .... animator
Jeff Gabor .... lead animator
Hector Godoy Garcia .... animator
Monty Granito .... camera and staging
Bryan Graves .... layout technical assistant
Tom Grevera .... animator
Matthew Hasselmann .... animator
Todd Edward James Hill .... character technical director
Seth Hippen .... animator
Ryan Hobbiebrunken .... animator
Bill Hodman .... layout artist
Heath A. Hollingshead .... animation technical director
Thomas A. Hurlburt .... lead camera and staging technical director (as Thomas Hurlburt)
John E. Hurst .... story artist
Robert Huth .... animator
Laura Jackloski .... production intern
James Young Jackson .... animator
Robin Joseph .... additional designer
Ken Kaiser .... animator
Kevin Koch .... animator
Sheldon Kruger .... animator
Justin Leach .... rigging supervisor
Joseph Mingoo Lee .... junior animator
Ken Lee .... camera & staging artist
Scott Lemmer .... animator
Andrew H. Leung .... story animatics
Alex Li .... camera & staging artist
Alex Li .... workbook layout artist
YuehChih Eric Lin .... animator
Lluis Llobera .... animator
Venece Lyman .... animator
Jason Martinsen .... animator
Troy McCormick .... animation technical assistant
Brian Menz .... animator
Karyn V.B. Monschein .... final camera & staging artist
Guido Muzzarelli .... animator
Mir Ural Noorata .... animator
Celine O'Sullivan .... retoucher
Elena Ortego .... animator
Sergio Pablos .... character designer
Keith Paciello .... animator
Pete Paquette .... animator
Bobby Pontillas .... animator
Robyne Powell .... animator
Travis Price .... materials technical director
Amila Puhala .... animator
Amila Puhala .... lead animator
Patrik Puhala .... animator
Patrik Puhala .... lead animator
Michael Richard .... animator
Rachel Richmond .... additional animation production assistant
Gregory Rizzi .... animator
Thom Roberts .... animator
Raymond Ross .... animator
Derek Rozmes .... senior animator
Jason Sadler .... character designer
Marcelo Sakai .... animator
Henry G. Sanchez .... additional animator
Juan Pablo Sans .... animator
Julen Santiago .... animator
Heather M. Shepherd .... character simulation
Graham Silva .... animator
David Sloss .... animator
Joshua Spencer .... animation coordinator
Wes Storhoff .... background animator
Melvin Tan .... lead animator
Gary Telfer .... final camera & staging artist
Jörg Volk .... key animator
Motoko Wada .... modeler
Justin Weg .... animator
Carlos Zapater .... storyboard artist
 
Casting Department
Micah Dahlberg .... casting associate
Holly Dorff .... adr voice casting
Johnny Gidcomb .... adr voice casting
Helcio Pires .... casting associate (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
William Battaglia .... assistant editor
Christopher Campbell .... associate editor
Jason Fricchione .... editorial manager
Angela Gerardo .... post-production coordinator
Eileen Godoy .... digital intermediate producer
Matt Hull .... digital intermediate assistant producer
Katie Jordan .... digital intermediate colorist assist
Natasha Leonnet .... digital intermediate colorist
Tim Maxwell .... digital transfer
Jim Passon .... color timer
Amy Pawlowski .... digital intermediate editor
Gerard Sam-Zee-Moi .... chief engineer
Kathy Graves Toon .... assistant editor (as Kathy Graves)
Chad N. Walker .... assistant editor
Miriam Wallen .... editorial coordinator
Justine Warwick .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Nico Carmine Abandolo .... musician: bass (as Nico Abandolo)
Pete Anthony .... conductor
Carlinhos Brown .... musician: featured Brazilian percussionist
Carlinhos Brown .... musician: whistler
Rene Camacho .... musician: bass
Bill Cantos .... vocalist: Rio singer
Thomas A. Carlson .... music editor
Beth Caucci .... additional arranging, programming and orchestration
David Channing .... scoring editor
Dee Lewis Clay .... vocalist: Rio Singer (as DeeDee Clay)
Jemaine Clement .... musician: guitar
Kevin Connolly .... musician
Brian Deming .... temp music editor
George Doering .... musician: guitar
Monique Donnelly .... vocalist: Rio Singer
Bruce Dukov .... concertmaster
Pedro Eustache .... musician: flute solos
Germaine Franco .... orchestrator
Siedah Garrett .... vocalist: Rio Singer
Rick Giovinazzo .... orchestrator
Mark Graham .... head of music preparation
Taylor Graves .... playback singer
Brad Haehnel .... additional score mixer
Katie Hampton .... vocalist: Rio Singer
Devin Francis Patrick Kelly .... music production assistant (as Devin Kelly)
Randy Kerber .... orchestrator
Andrew Kinney .... orchestrator
Robert Kraft .... executive in charge of music
Jon Kull .... orchestrator
Edie Lehmann .... vocalist: Rio Singer (as Edie Lehmann Boddicker)
Dominic Lewis .... composer: additional music
Ze Luis .... arrangement (as Zé Luis Oliveira)
Ze Luis .... song co-producer (as Zé Luis Oliveira)
Sergio Mendes .... executive music producer
Dave Metzger .... orchestrator
Michael John Mollo .... Additional Arranging, MIDI Orchestration and Programming
Rebecca Morellato .... Music Production Exec
Paul Mounsey .... composer: additional music
Shawn Murphy .... scoring mixer
Mikael Mutti .... musician: guitar
Mikael Mutti .... musician: whistler
Mikael Mutti .... vocalist: Rio Singer
Dan Navarro .... vocalist: Rio Singer
Victor Pesavento .... music preparation
Kleber Jorge Pimenta .... musician: guitar (as Kleber Jorge)
John Powell .... musician: whistler
Federico Ramos .... translation of songs into Spanish
Marni Sanders .... copyist
Fletcher Sheridan .... playback singer
Steven L. Smith .... music preparation
James Thatcher .... musician: french horn
John Ashton Thomas .... orchestrator
John Traunwieser .... score mixing assistant
Carmen Twillie .... vocalist: Rio Singer
Marc Viner .... additional recordist
Eric Wegener .... music production assistant
Joe Zimmerman .... music librarian
Gina Zimmitti .... music contractor
Devin Francis Patrick Kelly .... music production assistant (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Debra Blanchard .... recruiter
Joe Bonomo .... systems administrator
Kim Chase .... human resources
Nick Cogan .... marketing creative director
Ed Corcoran .... production staff
Alex John Cuthbert .... lead systems administrator (Mac/Windows Infrastructure )
Chloe Dahlborg .... assistant to the producers
Lauren DeFelice .... production assistant
Toni DiFranco .... production support
Karen Disher .... head of story
Kathryn Durfee .... intern
D.R. Farquharson .... project manager: Deluxe Digital Cinema
Lorraine Harte Fitzgerald .... production assistant (as Lorraine H. Robinson)
Todd Edward James Hill .... character td
Alec Holland .... story consultant
Alexis Jallad .... production accountant
Gleb Kaminer .... dubbing voice
Christopher Kappler .... human resources
Brian A. Keane .... chief operating officer
Vincent Liggio .... senior system administrator
Anthony Manciero .... production intern
Melanie Martini .... scene assembly technical director
Kevin McAlpine .... intern
Rosero McCoy .... choreographer
Laura Elizabeth McGowan .... production assistant
Alycia McQuade .... assistant to the producers
Rachel Kate Miller .... additional production staff
Mir Ural Noorata .... production assistant
Paul Ohrt .... production executive
Sean Palmer .... research associate
Vandana Pulijaal .... production assistant: rigging
Michael K. Reed .... senior research associate
Julia Reeves .... marketing coordinator
Mike Reiss .... story consultant
Rachel Richmond .... production assistant
Rio .... production assistant
Shanna Robalino .... production assistant
Gates Roberg-Clark .... research associate
Shelby Saute .... intern: Blue Sky Studios
Deborah R. Scott .... production coordinator
Jessica Spencer .... assistant to the director
Kaitlin Sullivan .... production intern
Brendan Yi-Fu Tay .... production assistant
Daren Tillinger .... production coordinator: Scheduling
Bryan Useo .... set supervisor
Maurice Van Swaaij .... manager software
Lauren Conway Weber .... production coordinator
Paula Lemes .... assistant to cast (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Clymene Campos Saldanha .... in loving memory of
Caroline Dunlop .... special thanks: soundtrack (as Caroline Rutter)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Rio: The Movie" - USA (promotional title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for mild off color humor (original rating)
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Portuguese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | Datasat
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Canada:G (Ontario) | Chile:TE | France:U | Germany:0 | Ireland:G | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:6 | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | South Africa:PG | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | USA:G (certificate #46665) (re-rating) | USA:PG (original rating)
Company:
Twentieth Century Fox AnimationSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
Initially, director Carlos Saldanha chose Neil Patrick Harris to voice Blu, but Harris had other commitments during production, so left the project altogether, leaving Saldanha's second choice Jesse Eisenberg to take on the role immediately.See more »
Goofs:
Factual errors: Linda serves Blu a cup of hot chocolate at the beginning of the film. Chocolate is toxic to Macaws.See more »
Quotes:
Jewel:[as they are pulling up a huge rock on a rope] Are you sure this is gonna work?
Blu:Positive. Check out my map.
[pointing to the map he's drawn on the ground]
Jewel:Yeah, that's... that's comforting, thank you. Look, let's just get this chain broken.
Blu:Right. Then we can go and find Linda.
Jewel:No, you can go find Linda. Once this chain is off, I'm gonna go back to being free in the jungle. Deal?
Blu:Fine. Deal.
[he puts one of his wings up accidentally, pulling the lever holding the rock off its hook]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #1.14" (2011)See more »
Soundtrack:
Forro Da FrutaSee more »

FAQ

How could Tulio have known about the last Spix's Macaw (Blu) existing in Moose Lake, Minnesota?
Approximately how much of Rio de Janiero is shown throughout the film?
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38 out of 60 people found the following review useful.
Bird Love and Nerd Love, 8 April 2011
Author: freemantle_uk from United Kingdom

The Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro is serving as the setting for two films being released this April: one being a full on action film, Fast and Furious 5, the other being a family animated adventure. Rio is that film and shows that the Fox subsidiary Blue Sky Studios is growing from strength to strength.

Blu the Spix's Macaw's (Jesse Eisenberg) early life is tragic, having fledging from his nest too early and been kidnapped by poachers. Luckily he was adopted by a loving owner, Linda (Leslie Mann) as a little girl. 15 years later Linda owns a bookstore in the snowy landscape of Minnesota and Blu becoming a very nerdy bird. A Brazilian ornithologist, Túlio (Rodrigo Santoro) finds Linda and tells her that Blu is the last male of his species and takes them to Rio de Janeiro so the bird could breed. But Blu does not hit it off with Jewel (Anne Hathaway) and matters get worst when poachers take the birds and chain them together. When their escape Blu and Jewel they try and reunite with Linda whilst avoiding being captured by the poachers and their insane cockatoo Nigel (Jemaine Clement).

Rio is a pure formula picture and there are many elements have been in other films, such as Blu being taken from the wild as a chick, the animosity between Blu and Jewel and we all know where it is going to lead, the story of Nigel having a tragic past and being rejected, etc, etc…. But formula does not have to be bad and when done right it can easily lead to an enjoyable film for all the family. Director Carlos Saldanda certainly made a fast paced adventure with a great amount of velvet colour. There is a more old-fashion feel to it, like Disney films and its copycats in the 90s. Pop-culture references are toned down and there are a few musical numbers which is rare in CGI animated features. The animation itself has a similar look to Pixar's particular the human characters, though Túlio looks very similar to the main character in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. The animation of the parrots climbing is particularly well done and true to live to anyone who has ever own one.

Much of the humour of the film is kid friendly slapstick as is expected from this type of film and it is done very well. There is enough for parents and adults audiences to keep them entertaining. My personal favourites were the double act Kipo (Robin Thicke) and Marcel (Carlos Ponce) who were the dumb henchmen for the poacher and outsmarted by a cockatoo. They have some of the best lines in the film. But the two characters Pedro the Red-crested Cardinal (will.i.am) and Nico the yellow canary (Jamie Fox) were annoying and pretty stereotypical.

Eisenberg gives a typical nerdy performance as his character is book-smart, but not adventurous at all, preferring to be safe with his owner. Compared to Hathaway she is a feisty, strong female character who wants to explore and distrusts humans. Both learn from each other, for Blu that there is a wider world and for Jewel that not all humans are bad. Clement was funny as he parodies British actors playing psychopathic villains in action films. Though I do question why ornithologists did not question why they had an injured cockatoo considering the species is native to Australia and New Guinea (but this is a minor issue). As well as the bird love in the film there is also some nerd love.

A respectable 7.5/10.

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