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April 15, 2011

Rio(movie)

the new movie Rio
Rio (often promoted as Rio: The Movie) is a 2011 3D computer-animated film and Blue Sky Studios's sixth feature film. The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro,[1] in which the film is set. It is directed by Carlos Saldanha. The characters are voiced by Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Rodrigo Santoro, Bebel Gilberto, Jamie Foxx, will.i.am, Tracy Morgan, George Lopez, Jake T. Austin, Leslie Mann, Jemaine Clement, Jane Lynch.[2]

Background

Under development for years, Rio is considered "Brazilian-born Saldanha's dream project".[3] Saldanha reported that the film would be more musical than his comedic Ice Age movies.[4]

Plot

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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, who names him "Blu".
Fifteen years later, Linda (Leslie Mann) now owns and lives in a bookstore with Blu, who has still not learned how to fly. A scientist from Rio de Janeiro, Tulio, enters the store and 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. 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 (Jermaine 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 to find Blu and Jewel, and 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, childhood memories stirred by the music, starts to dance. With Rafael's urging, Blu dances a perfect duet with Jewel, and the two almost kiss, before they are found by the marmosets. A short battle between the birds and the marmosets ensues, with Blu and company escaping on a tram.
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. As night falls, 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. Blu reaches Jewel, but is captured by Nigel, along with Rafael, Pedro and Nico. 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 helps the other birds out of the plane. 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.
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 suddenly 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 are shown to have founded the "Blue Bird Sanctuary", a part of Rio's forest protected from smugglers. Blu says goodbye to Linda and joins Jewel, whose wing is fully healed, in the jungle, fathering three chicks with her. Linda, Tulio and Fernando form a family of their own. The three smugglers are imprisoned.

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Cast

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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 andDiary 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.[5] 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.[6]
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.

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n 18 March 2011 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[7] and by Interscope Records on 5 April 2011 in Audio CD format.[8]

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  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 73% on the Tomatometer, with an average rating of 6.4 out of 10, based on 84 reviews, with 61 of them being 'Fresh' and 23 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.[9] On Metacritic, another review aggregation site, the film has an average score of 66 out of 100, indicating "generally positive reviews".[10]
    Anton Bitel from Eye for Film, considered Rio to be "[f]ast-paced, breathtaking to look at and certainly amusing" with Robbie Collin from News of the World describing the motion picture as "95-odd minutes of full-blown, big-screen bliss", while Sandra Hall, from The Sydney Morning Herald, called the film "a cheerfully wild ride". Anders Wotzke, of Cut Print Review, commented: "Much like the titular Brazilian city, Rio is a festive film, heavily favouring frivolity over anything more deep and meaningful." Rich Cline from Shadows on the Wall thought of the film as a "lively South American beat infuses this colourful animated romp. The filmmakers make the most of the characters and settings without ever trying to teach us a lesson or make us cry. It's just great fun."[9]
    Simon Reynolds, of Digital Spy, said that Rio was "a lively and engaging film set in a beautifully-rendered landscape [and] well worth shelling out extra for those pesky 3D glasses". Empire magazine's Olly Richards opined that viewers would be "charmed" by "its kaleidoscope of colour and heaps of humour", but that it was "not exactly a groundbreaking advance from the team behind Ice Age"; David Stratton from At the Movies praised the film and its great characters. Annette Basile from FILMINK praised Saldanha, who had "proven himself with the Ice Age trio of films, saying that the animal characterisations were just as strong, but with Rio being visually superior, and filled with colour, life and humour.[9]
    Describing the animated film as having "contagious Latin rhythms and explosions of colour", Urban Cinefile's Louise Keller said that "this happy, squawking 3D adventure set on a striking backdrop of Rio de Janeiro is great family fare." Andrew L. Urban, from the same company, commented that Rio was "[a] straight ahead family film ... with a clear desire to please - especially 8-12-year-olds, [although it] may outstay its welcome" for adult viewers.[9] In contrast, Don Groves, from the Special Broadcasting Service, called Rio a "[b]ird-brained animated comedy that won't fly". Derek Adams ofTime Out said that the feature was not "totally devoid of merit - it could just do with a lot more zip and zing in its tail feathers."[9]

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    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.[11] 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]
    SOURCE:WIKIPEDIA

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