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.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.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.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 31 nominations total
Jesse Eisenberg
- Blu
- (voice)
Anne Hathaway
- Jewel
- (voice)
George Lopez
- Rafael
- (voice)
Karen Disher
- Mother Bird
- (voice)
Jason Fricchione
- Truck Driver
- (voice)
Leslie Mann
- Linda
- (voice)
Kelly Keaton
- Bookstore Customer
- (voice)
- …
Wanda Sykes
- Chloe (The Goose)
- (voice)
Rodrigo Santoro
- Tulio
- (voice)
- …
Gracinha Leporace
- Dr. Barbosa
- (voice)
Jamie Foxx
- Nico
- (voice)
Phil Miler
- Aviary Intern
- (voice)
- …
Bernardo De Paula
- Sylvio
- (voice)
- (as Bernardo de Paula)
- …
Carlos Saldanha
- Second Waiter
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDirector Carlos Saldanha, who lives in Rio, first came up with the concept in 1995. Originally, it was about a penguin washing up on the beach in the Brazilian city. When he learned about the production of Happy Feet (2006) and Surf's Up (2007), he changed his screenplay radically.
- GoofsLinda serves Blu a cup of hot chocolate at the beginning of the film. Chocolate is toxic to Macaws.
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the credits, two blue feathers are formed by the abstract shapes.
- Alternate versionsAlso released in a 3D version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Taio Cruz: Telling the World (2011)
- SoundtracksReal In Rio
Music by Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Mikael Mutti and John Powell
Lyrics by Siedah Garrett
Performed by The Rio Singers
Produced by Sergio Mendes, John Powell, Carlinhos Brown and Mikael Mutti
Featured review
Good animation,good characters,good humour,good movie.
Rio is a great movie,the animations great,the characters are great,the humours great,the cast is great,the musics great,the movie in general is a well deserved hit.
After a bird is adopted several years ago,he has never left his owners site,hes afraid to go outside and the bird (Blu) can not even fly,but he isn't bothered about it on e bit.
A male bird doctor comes asking for Blu and the owner to come to his hometown,Rio so he can breed the birds almost extinct species with a female bird.But while at Rio,the two birds get kidnapped and the adventure begins.
After a bird is adopted several years ago,he has never left his owners site,hes afraid to go outside and the bird (Blu) can not even fly,but he isn't bothered about it on e bit.
A male bird doctor comes asking for Blu and the owner to come to his hometown,Rio so he can breed the birds almost extinct species with a female bird.But while at Rio,the two birds get kidnapped and the adventure begins.
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- lesleyharris30
- Apr 26, 2011
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Rio: The Movie
- Filming locations
- Brazil(Part of the action of film)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $90,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $143,619,809
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $39,225,962
- Apr 17, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $483,866,772
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- 2.39 : 1
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