3 Haziran 2014 Salı

In popular culture

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A panoramic view of Christ the Redeemer at the top of Corcovado Mountain. In the background is Sugarloaf Mountain (centre) and Guanabara Bay.
Due to its status as a highly recognizable landmark associated with Rio and with Brazil generally, it has appeared in various popular cultural works:
  • It is featured in the following videos and video games
    • Mario is Missing SNES
    • Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X
    • Driver 2
    • Tropico 3
    • Tropico 4
    • Terranigma
    • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
    • Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
    • Civilization Revolution
    • Civilization V
    • Mass Effect 3
    • Angry Birds Rio
    • Gangstar Rio: City of Saints
    • Counter Strike: Global Offensive (Favela map).
    • SHAYTARDS
    • The statue appears in level 3 (Rio) in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 for PlayStation 2.and Downhill Jam on Nintendo 64
  • The video for Janet Jackson's "Runaway"
  • The video for Michael Jackson's "They Don't Care About Us"
  • The video of Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams' "Beautiful"
  • The video for the Latin group Wisin & Yandel's "Pam Pam".
  • An episode of the Lupin the Third anime series.
  • In the remake of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the statue is seen overlooking the city among the cacophony of screams.
  • The statue watches over fictional "Verona Beach" in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet.
  • The MTV show Viva La Bam
  • The 2009 disaster film 2012, in which it crumbles after an earthquake.
  • Then 1997 comedy Mr. Magoo.
  • The 2011 animated film Rio and its 2014 sequel.
  • The live-action film Fast Five.
  • In the song "Jesus of Rio" by the band Violent Femmes from their New Times (album) album (1994).
  • In the song"Cristo Redentor" by pianist Duke Pearson which features on trumpeter Donald Byrd's album A New Perspective (1963).
  • The 2011 film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1.
  • In the science fiction anime Legend of the Galactic Heroes the planet Heinessen has a giant monument to its founder in which he is posed in the same position as Jesus in the Redeemer statue.
  • Karl Pilkington visits the statue on his travels whilst filming 'An Idiot Abroad'.
  • Dynamo Magician Impossible performed a trick in front of it for his TV show.
  • The video for Titanium from Dutch band Within Temptation.
  • The 2012 documentary Planet Ocean.
  • The 1942 Bette Davis film, Now, Voyager. Charlotte Vale remarks on it while on a cruise ship sailing into Rio harbor.
  • The British television series Hustle, Season 6 Episode 2 "The Thieving Mistake", the statue is pictured in the opening sequence as the setting is in Rio de Janeiro
  • The French film OSS 117: Lost in Rio

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