Rio

Rio

96 min - Animation| Adventure | Comedy - 15 April 2011 (USA)

Directed by         Carlos Saldanha

Produced by       John C. Donkin

                           Bruce Anderson

                           Chris Wedge

Screenplay by    Don Rhymer

                           Joshua Sternin

                           Jeffrey Ventimilia

                           Todd R.Jones

                           Earl Richey Jones

Story by              Carlos Saldanha

Rio, often promoted as Rio: The Movie, is a 2011 American 3D computer-animated musical comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha. The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, in which the film is set. The film features the voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez, Jemaine Clement and Jake T. Austin. The film tells the story of Blu (Eisenberg), a blue macaw who is taken to Rio de Janeiro to mate with a female. He eventually falls in love with Jewel (Hathaway), a free spirited macaw, and together they have to escape from being smuggled by Nigel (Clement), a cockatoo.

Plot

The story takes place in Rio de Janeiro. Wildlife trade is common there, and several types of exotic birds get smuggled to different countries. One such bird is Blu, a Spix's Macaw who is unable to fly and his owner is Linda. The film begins with Blu being smuggled from Rio de Janeiro to the city of Moose Lake, Minnesota. Shortly thereafter, Linda finds him as soon as he arrives in Moose Lake in the snow. Fifteen years later, Blu and Linda have become friends and live together in her bookstore. Blu is still unable to fly, but has adopted Linda's lifestyle. However, Blu is ridiculed by local animals.

One day, Linda meets a Brazilian ornithologist named Túlio Monterio informs Linda that Blu is the last male of his species. Túlio also says that he has discovered a female macaw in Rio, and offers her to take Blu to mate with her to preserve the species.

Túlio, Linda and Blu are flown to Rio, where Blu meets a Red-crested Cardinal named Pedro and his Yellow Canary friend Nico. Blu is taken to Túlio's aviary, and falls in love with Jewel, another macaw longing to escape into the wilderness. Blu and Jewel are captured and chained by a group of smugglers led by Marcel. Marcel's Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Nigel tells the two that he was once a performer on a television program, but he was soon replaced by a parakeet. Embittered by this experience, Nigel specializes in capturing exotic birds such as Jewel.Blu and Jewel flee from the smugglers and end up in a jungle.

The next morning, Blu and Jewel meets a toucan named Rafael, who offers to take the macaws to his bulldog friend Luiz in removing the chain. He also tries to teach Blu how to fly, before the threesome meet Pedro and Nico. Nigel hires a horde of thieving marmosets led by Mauro to help capture Blu and Jewel. Linda and Túlio, along with the smugglers' young assistant Fernando, also try to find Blu. Pedro and Nico take Blu and Jewel to a bird's samba club, where they perform a duet, but are attacked by the marmosets. Their bird friends, including aRoseate Spoonbill named Kipo, fend them off long enough for the five to escape. Fernando eventually leads Linda and Túlio to the smugglers' hideout. While there, Marcel reveals his plan to use the Carnaval festival to smuggle Blu and Jewel.

Meanwhile, Blu and the others meet Luiz, who uses his drool to release Blu and Jewel from the chain, much to Jewel's happiness. Just as Blu, who is too depressed to fly, part ways with Jewel, she is captured by Marcel and Nigel. Linda, Túlio, Blu, Rafael, Nico and Pedro infiltrate the festival. The humans pose as dancers there, but Marcel and Nigel capture the birds. Blu uses a fire extinguisher to free all the captive birds on Marcel's cargo plane, but Nigel attacks Blu. Jewel ends up in a dangerous accident, and Blu lures Nigel into one of the plane's propellers. As Marcel and the others jump out of the plane, Jewel falls out of the cargo hold, but Blu jumps after her. While falling, she kisses Blu, finally encouraging him to fly. The duo reunites with Linda and Túlio, who treats Jewel.

Later, Linda and Túlio organize and run a sanctuary along with Fernando to protect part of the jungle from smugglers. Blu and Jewel are released into the jungle to reunite with their bird friends. During the credits, Blu and Jewel are the parents of three chicks. Nigel is shown to have survived from the plane crash, and Mauro humiliates Nigel for his loss of feathers; meanwhile, Marcel and the smugglers are arrested.

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