Rio (2011)

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.

Director:

Carlos Saldanha

Writers:

Carlos Saldanha (story), Earl Richey Jones (story)

Stars:

Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 30 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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) (as Bernardo de Paula)

Storyline

In Rio de Janeiro, baby macaw, Blu, is captured by dealers and smuggled to the USA. While driving through Moose Lake, Minnesota, the truck that is transporting Blu accidentally drops Blu's box on the road. A girl, Linda, finds the bird and raises him with love. Fifteen years later, Blu is a domesticated and intelligent bird that does not fly and lives a comfortable life with bookshop owner Linda. Out of the blue, clumsy Brazilian ornithologist, Tulio, visits Linda and explains that Blu is the last male of his species, and he has a female called Jewel in Rio de Janeiro. He invites Linda to bring Blu to Rio so that he and Jewel can save their species. Linda travels with Blu and Tulio to Rio de Janeiro and they leave Blu and Jewel in a large cage in the institute where Tulio works. While they are having dinner, smugglers break into the institute and steal Blu and Jewel to sell them. Linda and Tulio look everywhere for Blu, who is chained to Jewel and hidden in a slum. Meanwhile, Jewel ...

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Plot Keywords:

bird | macaw | ornithologist | brazil | minnesota | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Musical

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA Brazil

Language:

English Portuguese

Release Date:

15 April 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rio: The Movie

Box Office

Budget:

$90,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$39,225,962, 17 April 2011, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$143,619,809

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$487,519,809

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Datasat SDDS Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the first Blue Sky Studios film to feature the 2011 20th Century Fox logo.

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Goofs

When Fernando is carrying the birds to the smugglers safe house, Jewels rips off a hole in the cloth the cage is covered with to see where they are taken. She is situated at the front part of the cage and Blue is at the rear end - closer to the door. They pretend they are dead and lay still on the cage floor. When they come in, Fernando puts the cage down on the desk still covered with the cloth with the hole (Jewels had ripped) facing Marcel - the lead smuggler. Marcel stands up, goes around his desk and pulls the cloth off of the cage, facing the cage at the side with the door. He sees the "dead" birds and in this frame Jewels is next to the door of the cage - the birds switched places.

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Quotes

Nigel: I'm not interested about your nicked knick-kacks. Your burgled baubles bore me.

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the credits, two blue feathers are formed by the abstract shapes.

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Alternate Versions

Also released in a 3D version.

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Connections

Followed by Rio 2 (2014)

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Soundtracks

Say You, Say Me
Written, Performed and Courtesy of Lionel Richie

User Reviews

Adventures of Bird Blu!

It's story of how love compels to break comfort zone and discover our new self. Visually stunning Rio is brilliant stroke of writers to add magic to adventures and love tale of endangered bird "Blu". Story wouldn't have been same with Samba, carnival, beaches, mountain views, Tram buses if it was not Rio.

The whole story revolves around Tamed Blu and wild Jewel. Jesse Eisenber and Anne Hathaway did their best voice acting. Apart from Blu and Jewel there are plenty of characters which build story effectively and added plenty of rib tickling moments.

Even though story is simple and very much predictable with obvious ending, still story survives to tell a tale of love despite differences. Brilliant animation in 3d will take you on Journey of adventure and fun!

A must watch for its animation!