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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.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
Fred Shields
- Narrator
- (voice)
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)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis 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.
- Crazy creditsWith sincere appreciation for the courtesy and cooperation shown us by the artists, musicians and our many friends in Latin America - (signed) Walt Disney
- Alternate versionsThe 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.
- ConnectionsEdited from Donald Duck Visits Lake Titicaca (1942)
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Animators on assignment from Walt Disney tour South America (along with Donald Duck!) to soak up new cartoon ideas. This long-unseen Disney item is full of color and music, but is obviously a holding-pattern release for the company. I watched the film on video, coupled with the quite-entertaining additional 20-minute documentary which regales even more of the non-animated adventures. Never too popular with the kids, probably because a major cartoon segment involving Pedro the Airplane isn't very funny and lacks the local flavor. Otherwise, some visually dazzling bits but not as good as the similar "The Three Caballeros", released in the US in 1945. **1/2 from ****
- moonspinner55
- May 24, 2001
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- Hello Friends
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- Runtime42 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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