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Rio
Theatrical poster with previously planned release date
Directed byCarlos Saldanha
Screenplay byDon Rhymer
Joshua Sternin
Jeffrey Ventimilia
Story byCarlos Saldanha
Produced byJohn C. Donkin
Bruce Anderson
Chris Wedge
StarringJesse Eisenberg
Anne Hathaway
George Lopez
CinematographyRenato Falcão
Edited byHarry Hitner
Music byJohn Powell
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • 8 April 2011 (2011-04-08)
(Brazil)
  • 15 April 2011 (2011-04-15)
(North America)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Portuguese
Budget$90 million[1]
Box office$168,200,000[2]

Rio (often promoted as Rio: The Movie) is a 2011 American 3D computer-animated film and Blue Sky Studios's sixth feature film. The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro,[3] in which the film is set.

It is directed by Carlos Saldanha. The characters are voiced by Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez, Tracy Morgan, Jemaine Clement, Leslie Mann, will.i.am, and Jamie Foxx.[4]

Background

Under development for years, Rio is considered "Brazilian-born Saldanha's dream project".[5] Saldanha reported that the film would be more musical than his comedic Ice Age movies.

Plot

In a jungle near the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, birds fly and sing, while a baby Spix's Macaw who cannot fly watches. Several of the birds, including the macaw, are caged by smugglers, and are taken to Moose Lake, Minnesota in the United States. The box containing the baby bird is accidentally left on the street, where it is found by a girl named Linda (Leslie Mann), who names him "Blu".

Fifteen years later, Linda now owns and lives in a bookstore with Blu (Jesse Eisenberg), who still has not learned how to fly. A scientist from Brazil, Túlio (Rodrigo Santoro), tells Linda that Blu is the last male of his species, and he needs to take him to Rio, so that Blu can mate with a female to preserve the species.

There, Blu meets the female macaw, Jewel (Anne Hathaway). Blu falls for her, but she is only interested in escaping. The shelter is then raided by smugglers, who are let in by the head smuggler's cockatoo, Nigel (Jemaine Clement), who was posing as a sickly bird. Among them is Fernando (Jake T. Austin), a poor boy with no family, who only helps the smugglers to earn some money. Blu and Jewel are captured and chained together, but manage to escape. As they flee, Nigel chases them through the slums of Rio, and after losing Nigel, Blu and Jewel get lost in the nearby jungle.

The next day they meet a family of toucans. The father, Rafael (George Lopez), offers to take them to see his friend Luiz, who could remove the chain. Rafael also tries to teach Blu to fly, telling him that he just needs to "feel the rhythm" of his heart. After Blu tries and fails to fly, the group head into town, where they meet a Red-crested Cardinal named Pedro (Will.i.am) and his canary friend Nico (Jamie Foxx), whom Blu met before meeting Jewel. Meanwhile, Nigel enlists the aid of a group of thieving marmosets and their king Mauro (Brian Baumgartner), to find Blu and Jewel. Linda and Tulio try and find Blu, assisted by the repentant Fernando. Pedro and Nico take Blu and Jewel to a bird's samba club, where Blu starts to dance, culminating in a duet with Jewel. They are then attacked by the marmosets, but their bird friends fend them off long enough for Blu and company to escape.

Fernando leads Linda and Tulio to the smugglers hideout, where they learn the criminals plan to use Carnivale as a cover to regain Blu and Jewel and escape with their stolen birds. The group finally meet the Bulldog Luiz (Tracy Morgan), a supposed chainsaw professional, who attempts to saw through the chain, but unintentionally uses his drool to lubricate Blu and Jewel's feet enough for them to slip through. Jewel is overjoyed at being able to fly again, but Blu isn't, knowing they will have to part ways. Unfortunately, Jewel is then captured by Nigel. When Pedro and Nico inform Blu of Jewel's capture, he decides to mount a rescue, using Luiz as a steed to follow Nigel.

Linda and Tulio make their way into Carnivale by posing as dancers, but Blu is captured by Nigel as well as Rafael, Nico, and Pedro. Linda and Tulio follow the smugglers, but are too late to stop them from taking off in their plane. During the flight, Blu manages to break out of his cage, and they all fly away except for Jewel, who knows Blu is afraid to because he still can't fly. Nigel then appears, holding down Blu and smashing a cage onto Jewel's wing, injuring her. Blu manages to blast Nigel out of the plane by attaching a fire extinguisher to his leg and is accidentally hit by the plane propeller.

Jewel, now flightless, is pushed out of the plane by a falling cage, and Blu jumps out after her. Jewel is surprised and touched that Blu went after her, and as they fall, she kisses him. Blu is then overcome by the rhythm of his heart, holds out his wings, and flies, saving himself and Jewel. They then descend and return to Linda and Tulio, who attempts to tend to Jewel's hurt wing. Jewel is reluctant at first, but Blu convinces her to accept Tulio's help.

Linda and Tulio later found the "Blu Bird Sanctuary", a part of Rio's jungle protected from smugglers. Blu and Linda remain very close, and she has a relationship with Tulio and is now living in Rio to help run the Blu Bird Sanctuary, and Blu on the other hand, joins Jewel, whose wing is fully healed. The film ends portraying Blu in the jungle fathering three chicks (two boys and a girl) with Jewel, as well as lively sing and dance from their friends and family.

Nigel survives his encounter, but not without a loss of many feathers and humiliation from Mauro, who is seen taking pictures and laughing at him and the smugglers go to jail.

Cast

Jesse Eisenberg as Blu, a nerdy, male, blue colored Spix's Macaw, thought to be the last of his kind, that has lived his whole life in Moose Lake. When another blue Spix Macaw is spotted in Rio de Janeiro he goes on an adventure of a life time.

Anne Hathaway as Jewel, a female blue Spix's Macaw that has just been found in Rio de Janeiro. At first she's only interested in going back to the jungle, but starts to develop feelings for Blu. At the end she becomes Blu's mate.

George Lopez as Rafael, a Toco Toucan who is a father of 17 kids with his wife Eva.

Will.i.am as Pedro, a Red-crested Cardinal who is best friends with Nico. He and Nico are the first birds Blu meets when he comes to Rio de Janeiro.

Jamie Foxx as Nico, a Yellow Canary with a green bottle cap for a hat.

Tracy Morgan as Luiz, a Bulldog that Rafael describes as a Professional.

Jemaine Clement as Nigel, a pet Sulphur-crested Cockatoo of the smugglers who was once the star of his own t.v. show, Fly Hard.

Jake T. Austin as Fernando, a homeless, street wise, teenage boy who helps steal for the smugglers just to earn money. He later helps Linda and Tulio find Blu and Jewel.

Leslie Mann as Linda, a young woman who has been best friends with Blu ever sense she was age 5. She is Tulio's love interest in the film.

Rodrigo Santoro as Tulio, a human scientist that cares for birds who are injured by smugglers. He has a crush on Linda during the film.

Brian Baumgartner as Mauro, the leader of the Marmosets who loves to steal people's personal items.

Wanda Sykes as Cloe, a Canada Goose from Moose Lake that taunts Blu but then flies away when Tulio tries to see Linda.

Marketing

The teaser trailer of the film was released online on 20 May 2010 and then premiered a day after with the release of Shrek Forever After. It was also shown in cinemas with select screenings of Toy Story 3, Knight and Day, Despicable Me, Alpha and Omega, and Megamind. The first teaser poster for the film was released 4 months later. The new trailer was released online on 8 December 2010 and was also shown with Tron: Legacy, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Gulliver's Travels, Yogi Bear, and Gnomeo & Juliet. The final trailer was shown in front of Rango, Hop and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules and it will be released on 2 April 2011 on YouTube.[citation needed]

On 27 January 2011, Rovio Mobile announced a partnership with 20th Century Fox to promote the film. The game Angry Birds Rio was released in March 2011 on the Android Market and the Apple App Store with 50 levels. Rovio plans to release more levels throughout 2011.[6] A sneak peek for Angry Birds Rio (a golden egg) was available on the original Angry Birds game if the viewers found the secret code in Super Bowl XLV's commercial for Rio which would only be visible upon pausing the commercial and advancing it frame by frame.[citation needed]

The film premiered on 22 March 2011, in a Cinépolis house in Lagoa, Rio de Janeiro, attended by director Carlos Saldanha, its main stars, and Sérgio Mendes, scorer of the film.[7]

A video game based on the film was released on 12 April 2011 by THQ for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Nintendo DS. It has a Party-genre similar that of the Mario Party series.

Music

On March 18, 2011, English singer-songwriter Taio Cruz released a music video and theme song named "Telling The World" on YouTube for the soundtrack. The soundtrack for the film was released in the US by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation on 29 March 2011 for digital download[8] and by Interscope Records on 5 April 2011 in Audio CD format.[9]

Track list

  1. "Real in Rio" – Jesse Eisenberg, Jamie Foxx, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez, will.i.am & The Rio Singers
  2. "Let Me Take You to Rio (Blu’s Arrival)" – Ester Dean & Carlinhos Brown
  3. "Mas que Nada (2011 Rio Version)" – Sérgio Mendes featuring Gracinha Leporace
  4. "Hot Wings (I Wanna Party)" – will.i.am, Jamie Foxx and Anne Hathaway
  5. "Pretty Bird" – Jemaine Clement
  6. "Fly Love" – Foxx
  7. "Telling the World" – Taio Cruz
  8. "Funky Monkey" – Siedah Garrett, Brown, Mikael Mutti & Davi Vieira
  9. "Take You to Rio (Remix)" – Dean
  10. "Balanço Carioca" – Mutti
  11. "Sapo Cai" – Brown & Mutti
  12. "Samba De Orly" – Bebel Gilberto
  13. "Valsa Carioca" – Mendes
  14. "Forró da Fruta" (Bonus track) – Brown & Mutti

Reception

Rio has generally received positive reviews from film critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has scored at 72% on the Tomatometer, with an average rating of 6.4 out of 10, based on 111 reviews, with 80 of them being "Fresh" and 31 marked as "Rotten". The consensus given by the website reads "This straightforward movie hits great heights thanks to its colorful visual palette, catchy music, and perfect vocal performances." Most fresh reviews have obtained a score of 3/5 by reviewers.[10] On Metacritic, another review aggregation site, the film has an average score of 65 out of 100, indicating "generally positive reviews".[11]

Entertainment Weekly gives the movie a "mixed" C rating[12].

Box Office

Rio made $40,000,000 in its debut at #1 at the box office. As of April 17, 2011, the film made $40,000,000 in domestic along with $128,200,000 international which totals up for $168,200,000 worldwide. [13]

MPAA issue

In February 2011, the MPAA gave the film a PG rating for "mild off-color humor". After hearing this, it was reported that some of the producers of the film and executives at 20th Century Fox were apparently unhappy with this rating. Fox resubmitted an edited version of the film to the ratings board one month later, and the MPAA changed the film to a G rating.[14] This is only the third time in history this occurrence has happened, after Babe: Pig in the City and Air Bud: Golden Receiver. The reason for the rating change has yet to be stated.[citation needed] Rio is the second Blue Sky film to get a G rating, after Horton Hears a Who!.

References

  1. ^ Kaufman, Amy (14 April 2011). "Movie Projector: 'Rio' should stifle 'Scream 4'". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  2. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rio.htm
  3. ^ Siegel, Tatiana (11 May 2009). "Fox, Blue Sky drawn to 'Rio'". Variety. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  4. ^ Gomez, Tim (22 October 2009). "Neil Patrick Harris Takes Anne Hathaway To Rio". Cinema Blend. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Blue Sky's next feature "Rio" on its way in April 2011". Blue Sky Studios (Press release). 14 May 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  6. ^ "Angry Birds Going Big Time". DailyNewsPulse.com. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  7. ^ Azevedo, Erika (22 March 2011). "In Lagoa, Hollywood stars talk about the experience in the animation 'Rio'". O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 March 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  8. ^ Amazon.com "Rio: Music From The Motion Picture" Various Artists | Format: MP3 Download
  9. ^ Amazon.com "Rio: Music From the Motion Picture (Soundtrack)" Various Artists | Format: Audio CD
  10. ^ "Rio Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. 6 April 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  11. ^ "Rio". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  12. ^ "Rio". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  13. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rio.htm
  14. ^ "MPAA Ratings: 'Kung Fu Panda 2,' 'Rio,' 'Arthur' and More". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 8 April 2011.

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