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Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Portuguese
Description
This striking adaptation of the canonical novel by Clarice Lispector tracks the tragicomic ordeals of Macabea during her first days in the megalopolis of Sao Paulo--after emigration from the impoverished north of Brazil.
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This film, containing the first of many Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers partnerships, concerns a troupe of entertainers stranded in Rio. Songs include "The Carioca, " "Orchids in the Moonlight, " and the title song. Notable for a brilliantly photographed finale with chorus girls on the wings of flying airplanes, the movie was the musical that broke with the rather contrived Busby Berkeley production and moved toward a closer integration of musical and...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Portuguese
Description
A tale of how crime affects the poor population of Rio de Janeiro. Though the narrative skips around in time, the main focus is on Cabeleira who formed a gang called the Tender Trio. He and his best friend, Bene, become crime lords over the course of a decade. When Bene is killed before he can retire, Little Ze attempts to take out his arch enemy, Sando Cenoura. But Sando and a young gangster named Manu form an alliance and begin a gang war with Little...
6) Grand slam
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A quiet yet cunning schoolteacher recruits an elite team of international criminals for the ultimate caper: robbing $10 million in diamonds from an impenetrable Rio De Janeiro vault at the frenzied peak of Carnival.
7) Rio
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Crooked Parisian financier Paul Reynard is arrested for bank fraud and sentenced to a penal colony off the coast of South America. His wife Irene and faithful servant Dirk travel to Rio de Janeiro to arrange for Paul's escape. But once they've landed in the Brazilian capital, Irene falls in love with an American engineer. After his escape, Paul realizes that he's lost his wife forever to a better man, and seeks revenge.
8) Rio 2
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jewel, Blu and their three kids are leaving their domesticated life in that magical city for a journey to the Amazon. They encounter a menagerie of characters that are born to be wild. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.
9) Rio
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A comedy-adventure that centers on Blu, a flightless macaw who acts more human than bird. When Blu, the last of his kind, discovers there's another, and that she's a she, he embarks on an adventure to magical Rio. There he meets Jewel and a menagerie of vivid characters who help Blu fulfill his dream and learn to fly.
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