Rio (2011)

Theatrical - Wide 2011-04-15

Cast Jesse Eisenberg Anne Hathaway Leslie Mann Jane Lynch George Lopez
Directed by Carlos Saldanha
Written by Don Rhymer Joshua Sternin Sam Harper

Box Office Gross: $483,866,772

Running Time: 96 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation

Genres: Adventure Animation Comedy Family

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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... See more 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.

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