Flying Down to Rio

UPC: 053939756821

Studio: Turner Home Entertainment

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Suitable for Children]

Summary: The top-billed stars in the extravagant RKO musical Flying Down to Rio are Dolores Del Rio and Gene Raymond. Forget all that: this is the movie that first teamed Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. We're supposed to care about the romantic triangle between aviator/bandleader Raymond, Brazilian heiress Del Rio and her wealthy fiance Raul Roulien, but the moment Fred and Ginger dance to a minute's worth of "The Carioca", the film is theirs forever. Other musical highlights include Rogers' opening piece "Music Makes Me" and tenor Roulien's lush rendition of "Orchids in the Moonlight". Then there's the title number. The plot has it that Del Rio' uncle has been prohibited from having a floor show at his lavish hotel because of a Rio city ordinance. Astaire and Raymond save the day by staging the climactic "Flying Down to Rio" number thousands of feet in the air, with hundreds of chorus girls shimmying and swaying while strapped to the wings of a fleet of airplanes. It is one of the most outrageously brilliant numbers in movie musical history, and one that never fails to incite a big round of applause from the audience--even audiences of the 1990s. Together with King Kong, Flying Down to Rio saved the fledgling RKO Radio studios from bankruptcy in 1933. The film was a smash everywhere it played, encouraging the studio to concoct future teamings of those two stalwart supporting players Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Musical

Awards: Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Features: Vintage comedy short Beer and Pretzels with Ted Healy and his stooges
Classic Cartoon I Like Mountain Music
Theatrical Trailer
Subtitles: English, Fran?ais, Espa?ol (feature film only).

Flying Down to Rio

Format: DVD

Release Date: 10/24/2006

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 89 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Flying Down to Rio
1. Credits [1:28]
2. Disciplinarian [3:13]
3. Music Makes Me [3:25]
4. Dance Partners [4:04]
5. Pass the Orchid [2:25]
6. Destination Rio [4:09]
7. Forced Landing [4:19]
8. Their Other Selves [5:17]
9. The Lady Gets a Lift [3:38]
10. Describing His Dream Girl [4:09]
11. No Date for Tonight [2:27]
12. The Carioca: Instrumental [4:43]
13. The Carioca: Astaire/Rogers [2:08]
14. The Carioca: Ensemble [2:59]
15. The Carioca: Etta Moten [3:54]
16. Scram [3:13]
17. Orchids in the Moonlight: Dance [4:43]
18. Orchids in the Moonlight: Song [5:05]
19. Astaire Specialty [5:19]
20. Plane Plans [3:02]
21. Use Your Brazil Nut [2:50]
22. Surprising Sights [3:11]
23. Flying Down to Rio [6:18]
24. Julio Bails Out [2:22]
25. Cast List [:44]

Cast and Crew: Maurice Black  Actor 
Ray Cooke  Actor 
Etta Moten  Actor 
Howard Wilson  Actor 
Alice Gentle  Actor 
Eddie Boland  Actor 
Roy D'Arcy  Actor 
Jack Good  Actor 
Harry Bowen  Actor 
Blanche Frederici  Actor 
Barbara Sheldon  Actor 
Douglas Williams  Actor 
Alice Ardell  Actor 
Lucille Browne  Actor 
Armand Kaliz  Actor 
Jack Rice  Actor 
Carol Tevis  Actor 
Francisco Maran  Actor 
Luis Alberni  Actor 
Sidney Bracey  Actor 
Betty Furness  Actor 
Pedro Regas  Actor 
Eddie Tamblyn  Actor 
Juan Duval  Actor 
Eric Blore  Actor 
Gino Corrado  Actor 
Clarence Muse  Actor 
Adrian Rosley  Actor 
Eddie Borden  Actor 
Paul Porcasi  Actor 
Harry Semels  Actor 
Wallace MacDonald  Actor 
Reginald Barlow  Actor 
Maria [Movita] Castaneda  Actor 
Mary Kornman  Actor 
Julian Rivero  Actor 
Walter Walker  Actor 
Manuel Paris  Actor 
Lou Brock  Producer 
Merian C. Cooper  Executive Producer 
Thornton Freeland  Director 
Erwin S. Gelsey  Screenwriter 
H.W. Hanemann  Screenwriter 
Cyril Hume  Screenwriter 
Gus Kahn  Composer (Music Score) 
Vincent Vouman  Composer (Music Score) 
Vincent Youmans  Composer (Music Score) 
Dolores Del Rio  Actor 
Gene Raymond  Actor 
Raul Roulien  Actor 
Ginger Rogers  Actor 
Fred Astaire  Actor 
Franklin Pangborn  Actor 

Country: USA