Rio (2011)

Director:

Carlos Saldanha

Writers:

Carlos Saldanha (story) and
Earl Richey Jones (story) ...
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Release Date:

8 April 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Musical

Tagline:

1 out of every 8 Americans is afraid of flying. Most of them don't have feathers.

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 this bird of his dreams.

Plot Keywords:

Bird | Macaw | Minnesota | Ornithologist | Chained

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 22 nominations

Cast

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 Cordeiro	...	Additional Voices (voice)
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)
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)
Lorrayne Mathias	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Julia Kamanchek Lopes	...	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)

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) &
J.R. 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
Lisa Durr	....	associate production manager: modeling
Gina Grasso	....	associate production manager
Brian Grimenstein	....	assistant production manager
Mark Jacyszyn	....	associate production manager
Dave LaMattina	....	additional production manager
Anthony Nisi	....	production supervisor
Denise Rottina	....	production supervisor
Steve Barnett	....	post-production supervisor (uncredited)

Art Department
Angie Brewster	....	pre-visualization production assistant
Joan Cabot	....	pre-visualization artist
Peter Chan	....	visual development artist
Sheng-Fang Chen	....	pre-visualization artist
Jerod Chirico	....	storyboard artist
Bryan Cox	....	story animatics
Ricardo Curtis	....	storyboard artist
Mike Defeo	....	sculpting supervisor
Dallas Alan Dietrich	....	additional pre-visualization artist
Nash Dunnigan	....	set designer
William H. Frake III	....	additional visual development
William H. Frake III	....	camera staging
Jean Gillmore	....	additional visual development
Francis Glebas	....	storyboard
Tom Humber	....	set designer
John E. Hurst	....	storyboard artist
Trevor Jimenez	....	storyboard artist
Piet Kroon	....	storyboard artist
Tom LaBaff	....	storyboard artist
Thomas Leavitt	....	pre-visualization artist
Normand Lemay	....	storyboard artist
Warren Leonhardt	....	storyboard artist
Tony Maki	....	storyboard artist
Matthew Merenda	....	storyboard artist
Moroni	....	story artist
Stephen P. Neary	....	storyboard artist
Carlos Nieto Lopez	....	visual development artist
Brian Pimental	....	storyboard artist
Travis Price	....	materials TD
Vicki Saulls	....	sculptor
Chris Siemasko	....	story animatics
Rachel Tiep-Daniels	....	set designer
Bryan Useo	....	pre-visualization supervisor
Alena Wooten	....	sculptor
Rafael Zentil	....	storyboard artist
Pedro Daniel García Pérez	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Jonathan Borland	....	sound effects recordist (as Jon Borland)
Derek Casari	....	stage engineer
Carlos Cortés Navarrete	....	sound re-recording mixer
Luke Dunn Gielmuda	....	foley editor
Teresa Eckton	....	sound effects editor
Simon Ellegaard	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sean England	....	foley recordist
Sue Fox	....	foley supervisor
Josh Gold	....	sound effects editor
Nia Hansen	....	sound effects recordist
Lora Hirschberg	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pete Horner	....	sound effects editor
Doc Kane	....	dialogue adr recordist
Noah Katz	....	digital audio engineer
Roy Latham	....	original dialogue mixer
Leff Lefferts	....	assistant sound designer
Michael Levine	....	audio transfer
David Lucarelli	....	adr recordist
Dmitri Makarov	....	digital editorial services
Charlotte Moore	....	post production sound accountant
Cheryl Nardi	....	dialogue editor
Steve Orlando	....	apprentice sound editor
Charleen Richards	....	dialogue adr recordist (as Charleen Steeves)
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ronald G. Roumas	....	recordist
Brian Seagrave	....	audio post-conform
Brad Semenoff	....	first assistant sound editor
Tighe Sheldon	....	sound recordist
Clint Smith	....	sound recordist
Randy Thom	....	sound designer
Randy Thom	....	sound re-recording mixer
Randy Thom	....	supervising sound editor
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	....	supervising sound editor
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist
Andrew I. King	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited temp mix)
Dennis Leonard	....	additional re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Mark Sheffield	....	sound mixing technician (uncredited)
John Soukup	....	sound transfer (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
Jason Bidwell	....	compositor
Heather Brown	....	visual effects artist
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 vfx technical director
Brendan Condit	....	character 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
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-Bermudez	....	lighting technical assistant
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
Daveed Kaplan	....	modeler
Aditi Kapoor	....	materials technical director
P. Jasmine Katatikarn	....	lighting technical director
Jonathan King	....	stereoscopic technical director
Misha Koplan	....	character simulation technical director
Christopher Lawrence	....	character simulation technical director
Justin Leach	....	rigging supervisor
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
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
Sophie Ohara	....	lighting coordinator
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
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
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
Vadim Bazhanov	....	story artist
Jeff Biancalana	....	story artist
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
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
Karen Disher	....	head of story
Matthew Doble	....	animator
Paul Downs	....	animator
Kristen Drewski	....	animation production assistant
Carolyn El-Kaiser	....	animator
Nathan Engelhardt	....	animator
Scott Farrell	....	animator
Eric Favela	....	story artist
Isaak Fernandez	....	animator
Lance Fite	....	animator
Richard A. Fournier	....	animator
William H. Frake III	....	additional story artist
Jeff Gabor	....	lead animator
Monty Granito	....	camera and staging
Bryan Graves	....	layout technical assistant
Tom Grevera	....	animator
Rachel Hanson	....	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 Hurlburt	....	lead camera and staging technical director
John E. Hurst	....	story artist
Robert Huth	....	animator
James Young Jackson	....	animator
Robin Joseph	....	additional designer
Ken Kaiser	....	animator
Kevin Koch	....	animator
Sheldon Kruger	....	animator
Joseph Mingoo Lee	....	junior animator
Ken Lee	....	camera & staging artist
Nicola Lemay	....	story artist
Scott Lemmer	....	animator
Warren Leonhardt	....	additional story artist
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
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
Brian Pimental	....	additional story artist
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
Jason Sadler	....	character designer
Marcelo Sakai	....	animator
Henry G. Sanchez	....	additional animator
Juan Pablo Sans	....	animator
Julen Santiago	....	animator
Heather M. Shepherd	....	character simulation
Chris Siemasko	....	story animatics
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
Justin Weg	....	animator
Carlos Zapater	....	storyboard artist
Rafael Zentil	....	story artist

Casting Department
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
Kathy Graves	....	assistant editor
Matt Hull	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Katie Jordan	....	digital intermediate colorist assist
Natasha Leonnet	....	digital intermediate colorist
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Amy Pawlowski	....	digital intermediate editor
Gerard Sam-Zee-Moi	....	chief engineer
Chad N. Walker	....	assistant editor
Miriam Wallen	....	editorial coordinator
Justine Warwick	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
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)
DeeDee Clay	....	vocalist: Rio Singer
Jemaine Clement	....	musician: guitar
Brian Deming	....	temp music editor
George Doering	....	musician
Monique Donnelly	....	vocalist: Rio Singer
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	....	score vocalist
Randy Kerber	....	orchestrator
Andrew Kinney	....	orchestrator
Edie Lehmann	....	vocalist: Rio Singer (as Edie Lehmann Boddicker)
Dominic Lewis	....	composer: additional music
Sergio Mendes	....	executive music producer
Dave Metzger	....	orchestrator
Michael John Mollo	....	Additional Arranging, MIDI Orchestration and Programming
Paul Mounsey	....	composer: additional music
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
Mikael Mutti	....	vocalist: Rio Singer
Dan Navarro	....	vocalist: Rio Singer
Victor Pesavento	....	music preparation
Fletcher Sheridan	....	playback singer
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
John Ashton Thomas	....	orchestrator
John Traunwieser	....	score mixing assistant
Carmen Twillie	....	vocalist: Rio Singer
Marc Viner	....	additional recordist
Eric Wegener	....	music production assistant
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Other crew
Joe Bonomo	....	systems administrator
Kim Chase	....	human resources
Nick Cogan	....	marketing creative director
Alex John Cuthbert	....	lead systems administrator (Mac/Windows Infrastructure )
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)
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
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
Shanna Robalino	....	production assistant
Gates Roberg-Clark	....	research associate
Shelby Saute	....	intern: Blue Sky Studios
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
Caroline Rutter	....	special thanks: soundtrack

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Animation (presents)
• Blue Sky Studios

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (through Warner Bros.)
• 20th Century Fox (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2011) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Venezuela (2011) (Venezuela) (theatrical)
• Forum Cinemas (2011) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Sea Movies (2011) (worldwide) (theatrical) (ship)
• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2011) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (through)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Castello Lopes Multimédia (2011) (Portugal) (all media)
• FS Film Oy (2011) (Finland) (all media)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Odeon (2011) (Greece) (DVD) (3D Blu-ray)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Other Companies

• ABS Payroll & Production Accounting Services  payroll services
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Gallagher Entertainment  insurance
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Interscope Records  soundtrack
• Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, The  music recorded at
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Sergio Pablos Animation Studios (AKA Animagic)  character design, visual development, additional storyboard
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• The Hollywood Studio Orchestra  orchestra
• Varèse Sarabande  score album
• will.i.am music group  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild off color humor (original rating)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Datasat

Certification:

USA:G (certificate #46665) (re-rating) | USA:PG (original rating) | Malaysia:U | UK:U | Argentina:Atp | Ireland:G | Canada:G (Ontario) | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Netherlands:6 | Australia:G | South Africa:PG | Chile:TE | Sweden:7 | Portugal:M/6 | Peru:PT | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Animation

Trivia:

The film lost out at the Academy Awards for Best Original Song to The Muppets (2011). This was the first time only 2 songs were nominated in the category instead of the usual 3 or 5. This lack of nominees in this particular category attracted widespread criticism and led to a full slate of 5 nominees the following year.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the beginning of the movie, during the first performance of 'Real in Rio' the yellow Macaw that baby Blu looks to has three chicks. She only throws two out of the nest then flies away with the newly flying chicks, leaving the third one in the nest.

Quotes:

Jewel:[Blu throws himself out of the plane and grabs hold of Jewel in the air] Blu! You're crazy! What are you doing?
Blu:I'm not gonna let you go! We're chained-to-each-other birds, remember?
[Jewel kisses Blu]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #1.12" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Girl From Ipanema

My favourite movie of the year so far

That in mind, there is more of 2011 I have yet to see, hence the so far bit, but I absolutely loved this movie after seeing it when it came out today. From the trailers and advertising it looked like a bright, breezy and entertaining animation, and in my mind it was much more than that. And I genuinely mean it when I say it is my favourite of the year so far, even surpassing the outstanding(if somewhat misunderstood) Rango.

What I loved most about Rio was its energy. Rio for me has more energy than any of the Ice Age(from the same team) movies, and its energy is truly infectious at that. Two reasons especially make it so. One is the writing, I wasn't expecting the writing to be this sharp, funny and witty, looking at some of the previous work the writer has penned, while the jokes are plentiful and come by thick and fast. The other is the soundtrack. It has a huge amount of authentic Brazilian flavour and just ripples with zest. I loved the samba and bossa nova rhythms that pulsate throughout, and further fun is to be had in the Busby Berkeley-style beginning and the truly spectacular Carnaeval finale.

The story isn't perhaps original, nor did it need to be, but it is fast-paced, with many entertaining scenes and is very rarely predictable. There is also the obligatory life lessons here which are seamlessly blended without feeling shoe-horned in or preachy. I loved the characters too. Blu is very endearing, and voiced brilliantly by The Social Network's Jesse Eisenberg. Jewel is a lovely love interest, and her chemistry with Blu is ceaselessly entertaining and cute. Anne Hathaway previously voiced Haru on the English dub of The Cat Returns. She did a fine job on that, but in Rio she is even better, more understated and less shrill. I equally loved the villainous cockatoo Nigel(who avoids being a caricature and the like and voiced phenomonally by Jermaine Clement) and the constantly drooling bull-dog.

Other than the above components, what also made Rio was its animation, which is simply stupendous. I haven't seen an animated movie in a long while(and I am a huge fan of animation) where the colours in particular are so rich and warm. The characters are also beautifully modelled especially the titular character Blu, and this includes the secondary characters as well, and the sceneries and backgrounds are breathtaking with such a refreshing richness and warmth. In conclusion, a wonderful animated film and my favourite of the year so far. 10/10 Bethany Cox