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This pueblo has a resident population of about 3,300, and it controls about 67,000 acres. If it has its way, it will eventually control about 277,000 acres. Through the property runs the Rio Grande and Interstate 25. The Indians sold the right of way for the highway for $1.4 million. When they are not negotiating rights of way for roads, railroads, power lines, phone lines and gas lines, they can be found in Santa Fe or Albuquerque selling their jewelry or their property or Navajo blankets they have traded for. They also farm and tend cattle...
...yonder stand the thirsty cottonwoods (planted there a century ago by Army officers trying to please their wives) that indicate water, in this case the Rio Grande. And there, by a washed-out footbridge, a bandanna round his forehead and a bolo tie, secured by a silver-and-turquoise slide, round his neck, stands Domingo Atencio, the beginning of this tale...
Victor and Matthew are accompanied by their teenaged daughters, Jennifer (Michelle Johnson) and Nicki (Demi Moore). While the foursome drive along the strip of beach upon arriving at Rio and notice sun bleached bodies cavorting on the sand, Victor asks "Maybe we should talk about 'boys." We see however, as the film progresses, that Victor's parental concerns do not extend any farther than the brief car ride. In fact by the end of the film, we begin to wonder who the children really...
While Victor roams the beaches and cruises nightclubs. Matthew begins an affair with Jennifer, the adolescent. Gelbart and Stevens must have thought that Rio exudes an atmosphere that sparks improbable romances. How else could one explain the affair between the sheepish Matthew and the sultry Jennifer. Since no legitimate explanation can be gleaned from the script, we are forced to believe Jennifer's explanation, when she tells Nicki "I've always had a crush on your father...
...beauty of Rio and its pulsating population are perhaps the most spectacular features of the movie. As we witness an exquisite sunset, we begin to wonder how anyone could possibly blame Rio. It is far more inspiring and life like than both the film's plot and its characters...