Rio (movie)

Rio
Directed by	Carlos Saldanha
Screenplay by	Don Rhymer Joshua Sternin Jeffrey Ventimilia Sam Harper
Story by	Carlos Saldanha Earl Richey Jones Todd Jones
Produced by	Bruce Anderson John C. Donkin
Starring	Jesse Eisenberg Anne Hathaway George Lopez Jemaine Clement Leslie Mann will.i.am Jamie Foxx
Cinematography	Renato Falcão
Edited by	Harry Hitner
Music by	John Powell
Production companies	Blue Sky Studios 20th Century Fox Animation
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	March 22, 2011 (2011-03-22) (World premiere) April 15, 2011 (2011-04-15) (North America)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English Portuguese
Budget	$90 million

Rio, originally called Rio: The Movie, is a 2011 computer-animated comedy movie that was produced by Chris Jenkins and Bruce Anderson and was directed by Carlos Saldanha. Rio was released on April 8, 2011, in Brazil and on April 15, 2011, in North America. A sequel, titled Rio 2, was released on April 11, 2014.

Release Dates

Country	Premiere
Egypt	April 6, 2011
United Arab Emirates	April 7, 2011
Argentina	April 7, 2011
Switzerland	April 7, 2011 (German speaking region)
Chile	April 7, 2011
Dominican Republic	April 7, 2011
Greece	April 7, 2011
Hong Kong	April 7, 2011
Israel	April 7, 2011
Kuwait	April 7, 2011
Malaysia	April 7, 2011
New Zealand	April 7, 2011
Peru	April 7, 2011
Philippines	April 7, 2011
Qatar	April 7, 2011
Russia	April 7, 2011
Singapore	April 7, 2011
Ukraine	April 7, 2011
Armenia	April 8, 2011
Austria	April 8, 2011
Australia	April 8, 2011
Bulgaria	April 8, 2011
Brazil	April 8, 2011
China	April 8, 2011
Ecuador	April 8, 2011
Estonia	April 8, 2011
Spain	April 8, 2011
United Kingdom	April 8, 2011
Ireland	April 8, 2011
India	April 8, 2011
Kazakhstan	April 8, 2011
Sri Lanka	April 8, 2011
Latvia	April 8, 2011
Mexico	April 8, 2011
Norway	April 8, 2011
Oman	April 8, 2011
Panama	April 8, 2011
Poland	April 8, 2011
Sweden	April 8, 2011
Turkey	April 8, 2011
Trinidad and Tobago	April 8, 2011
Taiwan	April 8, 2011
Uruguay	April 8, 2011
Venezuela	April 8, 2011
Vietnam	April 8, 2011
South Africa	April 8, 2011
Belgium	April 13, 2011
France	April 13, 2011
Jamaica	April 13, 2011
Thailand	April 13, 2011
Serbia and Montenegro	April 14, 2011
Czech Republic	April 14, 2011
Denmark	April 14, 2011
Croatia	April 14, 2011
Portugal	April 14, 2011
Slovenia	April 14, 2011
Slovakia	April 14, 2011
Canada	April 15, 2011
Colombia	April 15, 2011
Finland	April 15, 2011
Iceland	April 15, 2011
Italy	April 15, 2011
Pakistan	April 15, 2011
United States	April 15, 2011
Netherlands	April 20, 2011
Hungary	April 21, 2011
Lebanon	April 21, 2011
Lithuania	April 22, 2011
South Korea	July 29, 2011
Cook Islands	March 13, 2012
Palestine	May 22, 2012
Fiji	May 31, 2012
Netherlands Antilles	March 31, 2013
Marshall Islands	April 4, 2013
Yugoslavia	April 6, 2013
Kosovo	April 15, 2013
Cyprus	November 1, 2013
San Marino	December 30, 2013
Macau	December 31, 2013

Plot

Rio tells about the life of a blue macaw named Blu. He is trapped in a jungle near Rio de Janeiro when he was just a baby, and brought to the United States. Then Linda, an American, always takes care of him, until one day Tulio advises Blu that he is the last of his species, and he has to return to Brazil to meet Jewel, a female of his kind. The two macaws and several friends try to have Blu and Jewel fall in love so their species will survive, while they overcome some obstacles such as bird smugglers and the fact that Blu can not fly until the end of the movie. However, in the end, Blu can fly and rescues Jewel from falling from a plane.

Cast

• Jesse Eisenberg as Blu
• Anne Hathaway as Jewel
• George Lopez as Rafael
• Jemaine Clement as Nigel
• Jake T. Austin as Fernando
• Bernardo de Paula as Sylvio
• Leslie Mann as Linda
• Tracy Morgan as Luiz
• will.i.am as Pedro
• Jamie Foxx as Nico

Other websites

• Rio's official website Archived 2013-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
• Rio on IMDb
• Rio at AllMovie