Product Details

• Actors: Duran Duran
• Directors: George Scott
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Eagle Rock Ent
• DVD Release Date: November 4, 2008
• Run Time: 127 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001G7EGOM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,748 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This latest addition to the acclaimed Classic Albums series takes us to the early eighties and the release of Duran Duran's second album "Rio". Released against a backdrop of riots, record unemployment and the Falklands War this optimistic and celebratory album would generate a string of hit singles and groundbreaking videos and catapult Duran Duran to global stardom. This DVD tells the story behind the writing, recording and subsequent success of the album through newly filmed interviews, musical demonstrations and both new and archive performances.

Customer Reviews

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beware! Manufacturer Flaw!!!, November 5, 2008

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Dev Endra - See all my reviews

This review is from: Duran Duran - Classic Albums: Rio (DVD)

This review is for the disc itself, not the documentary. I urge all of you that purchased this disc to hold on to your receipts. I had returned 4, yes 4 of these discs from two different stores. None of them had a single scratch on them and yet they all skipped in exactly the same places for the first 15 minutes or so of the main documentary. This DVD was not made properly. I tried those discs on 2 different DVD players and my computer, and had the same problem each time. It's possible there was just a bad batch of them made that ended up in my area, but it is also possible that they are all like this. I'm just warning you guys.

I am so angry because I can't get my money back. I'm stuck with a shoddy product. The company that made these discs better offer us compensation once they realize what they've done!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice start, but hoped for more., December 21, 2008

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Milton Smith - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Duran Duran - Classic Albums: Rio (DVD)

Overall, its nice to hear more about the making of this classic album. However, I felt there was WAY too much focus on the videos than the actual album itself. Unlike other installments of the Classic Albums series, this focused more on the videos than the "Behind the Scenes" of actually making the songs and what went into them and not a lot of "track by track" breakdown as normally seen in this series. Its ok, but I just felt it could have been so much more, especially when compared to the other "Classic Albums" series.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Duran Duran 'Classic Albums' Rio DVD, October 23, 2008

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Francesco Lo Forte "*F" (Palermo, Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Duran Duran - Classic Albums: Rio (DVD)

In 1981, Duran Duran came into the limelight with two hit singles and their first album, but it was the follow-up, `Rio', which catapulted the band to global success. Against a backdrop of Thatcher's Britain, with riots, record unemployment and the conflict with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, Duran Duran released this optimistic, celebratory and uniquely visual album. `Rio' would go on to become one of the most successful albums of the Eighties and paved the way for Duran Duran to become one of the biggest bands in the world.

This Classic Albums DVD tells the story behind the writing, recording and subsequent success of `Rio' through interviews, musical demonstrations, and archive footage not included in the broadcast version. Original band members Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor are all interviewed along with director Russell Mulcahy, former manager Paul Berrow, journalist Beverley Glick, designer Antony Price and Bob Geldof amongst others. `Rio' captures Duran Duran at the height of their powers, with wall-to-wall hits and great videos: a Classic Album of its time.

Tracklist as follows:

SCENE SELECTION
Intro
Rio
In The Beginning
New Religion
Hold Back The Rain
The Chauffeur
Hungry Like The Wolf
The Sri Lankan Videos
Save A Prayer

BONUS MATERIAL
Videos
Save A Prayer
How To Make It In The USA
The Chauffeur And Simon's Lyrics
Early Days
The Rio Album Sleeve

LIVE SONGS FROM BOSTON
Rio
Save A Prayer
New Religion
Hungry Like The Wolf
The Chauffeur

Subtitles in Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Português

Released on Eagle Rock Entertainment

USA - November 4th, 2008
Europe, EEC, Russia and ex Russian States, Middle East, South Africa - October 27th, 2008
Australia & New Zealand - November 22nd, 2008
South America - November 25th, 2008
Japan - November 19th, 2008