Saludos Amigos

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Disney animators tour South America and present four animated shorts inspired by their trip.Disney animators tour South America and present four animated shorts inspired by their trip.Disney animators tour South America and present four animated shorts inspired by their trip.

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Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

Self
(uncredited)

Mary Blair

Self
(uncredited)

Stuart Buchanan

Flight Attendant
(voice)
(uncredited)

Pinto Colvig

Goofy
(voice)
(uncredited)

Walt Disney

Walt Disney
(uncredited)

Norman Ferguson

Self
(uncredited)

Frank Graham

Self
(uncredited)

Clarence Nash

Donald Duck
(voice)
(uncredited)

Frank Thomas

Self
(uncredited)

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Trivia
This movie and The Three Caballeros (1944) were created by Disney in order to improve the United States of America's relations with South American countries during World War II.

Quotes
[first lines]
Narrator: Here's an unusual expedition: artists, musicians and writers setting out for a trip through Latin America to find new personalities, music and dances for their cartoon films. So, adios, Hollywood, and saludos, amigos.

Crazy credits
With sincere appreciation for the courtesy and cooperation shown us by the artists, musicians and our many friends in Latin America - (signed) Walt Disney

Alternate versions
The initial DVD release removes a scene where Goofy is seen smoking a cigarette and blowing smoke rings. It was finally released completely uncensored for historical purposes on the Blu-ray release and as a bonus on the DVD release of Walt & El Grupo (2008). (Uncensored, but not the original version: on the Grupo DVD the RKO distribution card which dissolves into the Disney card has been replaced with the later Buena Vista distribution card, which fades to black and then the Disney card a little later than the dissolve. It's also in 5.1 sound instead of mono. On the Blu-ray release, neither the RKO distribution card nor the later Buena Vista distribution card wasn't used at all and just began with the Disney card.) The collector's edition laserdisc is uncensored with the original logos and mono sound.

Connections
Edited from Donald Duck Visits Lake Titicaca (1942)

Soundtracks
Saludos Amigos
Lyrics by Ned Washington
Music by Charles Wolcott
Sung during the opening credits

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Featured review

5/10

Buy it if you're a Disney collector. Other than that...

When I first heard that Disney was going to release a number of films from the early years which had been "almost forgotten," I was very intrigued. Would there be another Sleeping Beauty or Fantasia hiding out there?

Sadly, Saludos Amigos falls very short of "Disney classic" status. It is basically forgettable.

There are a few smile-inducing moments, but overall the piece really does feel like a "keep the Sudamericanos on our side against the Nazis" period piece from the WW2 era. It's strange to watch a movie made in 1943 with live action sequences of South America looking so peaceful and unaffected by the world's events. Sure, the region was less involved in WW2 than many other regions... but, it is still strange to watch.

Anyway, I'd sum it up thusly: 1. Worth buying if you are a Disney collector and 2. Worthy of note simply to see live shots of Buenos Aires, Lago Titicaca, and Rio de Janeiro, filmed almost 60 years ago.

Other than that, you can skip this one.