“1 out of every 8 Americans is afraid of flying. Most of them don't have feathers.”
Overview
Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda.
Directed by Carlos Saldanha
Written by Don Rhymer, Carlos Saldanha, Earl Richey Jones
Produced by John C. Donkin, Bruce Anderson, Patrick Worlock
Box OfficeBudget: $90.0MRevenue: $483.9M
About Rio
Rio is a animation, adventure, comedy, family film released in 2011 exploring themes of rio de janeiro, pet, villain, carnival, parrot, musical. Directed by Carlos Saldanha, it stars Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Leslie Mann. Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda.