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.
Cinematography
Rio de Janeiro looks so good you'll check flight prices immediately.
Score
Sergio Mendes produced. Your hips will move without permission.
Director
Carlos Saldanha
Jesse Eisenberg
Blu (voice)
Anne Hathaway
Jewel (voice)
Leslie Mann
Linda (voice)
Jane Lynch
Alice / Goose (voice)
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Pedro (voice)
George López
Rafael (voice)
Wanda Sykes
Chloe / Goose (voice)
Jamie Foxx
Nico (voice)
Rodrigo Santoro
Tulio (voice)
Jemaine Clement
Nigel (voice)
Jake T. Austin
Fernando (voice)
Tracy Morgan
Luiz (voice)
Carlos Ponce
Marcel (voice)
Karen Disher
Mother Bird (voice)
Jason Fricchione
Truck Driver (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The filmmakers spent weeks in Rio sketching and recording street sounds; the carnival sequence alone took animators 18 months.
The film boosted Brazilian tourism so significantly that Rio's mayor gave the director a key to the city.
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