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Deleted Scene - Fruit Stand
Welcome to Rio Music Video
Rio de JAM-eiro Jukebox
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Real in Rio
Pretty Bird
Hot Wings (I Wanna Party)
Fly Love
Real in Rio (New Home)
Taio Cruz - Telling the World Music Video
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Angry Birds: Rio
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Nigel Mashup
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- Chapters
Disc #1 -- Rio 3D
1. Chapter 1 [:22]
2. Chapter 2 [:08]
3. Chapter 3 [:25]
4. Chapter 4 [1:42]
5. Chapter 5 [3:54]
6. Chapter 6 [:27]
7. Chapter 7 [5:13]
8. Chapter 8 [3:56]
9. Chapter 9 [3:40]
10. Chapter 10 [1:36]
11. Chapter 11 [2:16]
12. Chapter 12 [4:11]
13. Chapter 13 [:59]
14. Chapter 14 [:47]
15. Chapter 15 [1:35]
16. Chapter 16 [2:34]
17. Chapter 17 [:16]
18. Chapter 18 [2:41]
19. Chapter 19 [2:34]
20. Chapter 20 [3:33]
21. Chapter 21 [:16]
22. Chapter 22 [2:30]
23. Chapter 23 [4:14]
24. Chapter 24 [:03]
- Features
Deleted scene
Explore the World of Rio
Saving the Species: One voice at a time
The making of Hot Wings
Boom-boom Tish-tish: The Sounds of Rio
Carnival Dance-O-Rama
"Welcome to Rio" music video
"Telling the World": Music video performed by Taio Cruz
Rio de JAM-eiro jukebox
Postcards from Rio
The real Rio
Access to the Rio coloring with Blu app
Live extras: Go behind the scenes with brand-new exclusive footage
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Directors
Carlos Saldanha
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Producers
John C. Donkin
Bruce Anderson
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Composers (Music Score)
John Powell
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Editors
Harry Hitner
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Screen Writers
Sam Harper
Don Rhymer
Josh Sternin
Jeff Ventimilia
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Set Designers
Arden Chan
Others
Animation Effects - John David Thornton
Art Director - Thomas Cardone
Associate Editor - Christopher Campbell
Casting - Christian Kaplan
CG Animator - Robert V. Cavaleri
Character Design - Jason Sadler
Character Design - Sang Jun Lee
Character Design - Sergio Pablos
Cinematographer - Renato Falcao
Co-Editor - Randy Trager
Composer (Music Score) - John Powell
Executive Music Producer - Sergio Mendes
Executive Producer - Chris Wedge
Music Editor - Tom Carlson
Production Coordinator - Cindy Slattery
Production Manager - David Esneault
Re-Recording Mixer - Randy Thom
Re-Recording Mixer - Lora Hirschberg
Re-Recording Mixer - Gwendolyn Yates-Whittle
Re-Recording Mixer - Gary Rizzo
Screen Story - Carlos Saldanha
Screen Story - Earl Richey Jones
Screen Story - Todd R. Jones
Script Supervisor - Cindy Slattery
Sound Effects Editor - Teresa Eckton
Sound Effects Editor - Malcolm Fife
Sound Effects Editor - Josh Gold
Sound Effects Editor - Pete Horner
Special Effects Supervisor - Elvira Pinkhas
Storyboard Supervisor - Patrick Worlock
Supervising Animator - Galen Tan Chu
Supervising Sound Editor - Randy Thom
Perhaps to grown-ups the prospect of telling a "learning to fly" story using the last of a species of rare birds may seem a bit too precious for its own good; thankfully for the little ones, director
Carlos Saldanha has found a way to make it work. With memorable characters, a menacing villain, and exotic, colorful locales,
Rio has all the ingredients of a thrilling adventure capable of entertaining even the most anxious of young viewers. And though a slight overreliance on show-stopping tunes occasionally threatens to clip
Rio's wings, the songs are fun enough -- and the laughs big enough -- to keep this delightful little tale airborne.
Domesticated from the day his doting owner, Linda (
Leslie Mann), found him in a box on the street, misfit macaw Blu (voice of
Jesse Eisenberg) traded a life in the clouds for a contented existence in Moose Lake, MN. However, upon receiving word that a female macaw named Jewel (
Anne Hathaway) has been discovered in Rio de Janeiro, Linda and Blu set out for South America on a mission to replenish the species. Shortly after their arrival in the Brazilian capital, though, the two rare birds fall victim to a gang of greedy animal smugglers intent on making a mint by selling Blu and Jewel to the highest bidder. But the headstrong Jewel isn't about to be locked in a cage and put on display, so when the opportunity arises she stages a daring escape with the help of some wisecracking local birds, taking her new friend Blu along for the ride. With the bumbling birdnappers and their ruthless cockatoo, Nigel (voice of
Jemaine Clement), closing in fast, Blu realizes that his only hope for making a clean getaway and reuniting with Linda is to finally summon the courage he needs to take flight.
Rio aims primarily to entertain, and although it may seem slight in many respects, parents would be hard-pressed to find a young viewer who claims that it doesn't accomplish this goal with energy to spare. There certainly are positive subtexts about developing courage and forming makeshift families should we suddenly find ourselves alone in the world, but at its core,
Rio is essentially a sun-soaked chase film. With a filmography that includes director credits on the
"Ice Age" films and
Robots,
Saldanha definitely has enough animation experience to inject this high-energy romp with a solid sense of style, and together with screenwriting partners
Don Rhymer,
Joshua Sternin,
Jeffrey Ventimilia, and
Sam Harper, he fills
Rio with the kind of colorful characters who easily draw the viewer in. Later, when the filmmakers drop those characters into perilous situations, we can't help but cheer for them during dazzling set pieces like a manic chase through the streets of Rio and the climactic pursuit through a kaleidoscopic Carnival parade. As quick as
Saldanha is to show us the beautiful side of Brazil, however, he doesn't exactly shy way from the bleakness of the favelas, and by focusing a subplot on the experiences of a good-hearted slum kid named Fernando, the writing partners find a unique means of giving Blu's adventure some human relevance.
Voice work is commendable all around, with
Jamie Foxx,
will.i.am, and
Tracy Morgan all getting big laughs as supporting characters, but it's
Clement who steals the show as the sadistic Nigel -- a cockatoo that no bird (nor monkey or human, for that matter) would care to encounter in a dark Brazilian alley. Baleful as he may be, though,
Rio still maintains enough effervescent ebullience to keep the more uplifting elements of the story the primary focus, resulting in a movie that's sure to soar in the eyes of its young target audience. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Carlinhos Brown : Best Original Song - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 2011
- Siedah Garrett : Best Original Song - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 2011
- Sergio Mendes : Best Original Song - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 2011