The Flying Gauchito (1945)

A brave gaucho lad arms himself with a knife and bolo. He leaves the floor of the pampas and climbs into the mountains looking for prey. In a nest he discovers a flying burro. He captures ... See full summary »

Director:

Jack Kinney

Storyline

A brave gaucho lad arms himself with a knife and bolo. He leaves the floor of the pampas and climbs into the mountains looking for prey. In a nest he discovers a flying burro. He captures it and, after several close calls, tames the creature, and he takes it back to town where he enters the burro, with himself on its back, in a horse race. If they win, it means a prize of 1,000 pesos. Can the burro get its act together long enough to fly in a straight line and win? It's the stuff of legends.

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Plot Keywords:

bolo | nest | capture | mountain | flying | 

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Genres:

Animation | Family | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Aves Raras

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

8 min

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Edited from The Three Caballeros (1944)

User Reviews

It's a bird! It's a plane! No...it's a flying donkey!!

A little boy grabs a very large knife and sets out to find animals he can kill. However, things don't turn out as planned. Inside of a nest, the boy expects to find a condor and is happily surprised when it turns out to be a donkey with wings!!

Well, the kid figures that he could make a lot of money off of a flying donkey. He ties a rope around it and trains it to race. The two of them enter a race with a whopping grand prize of 1,000 pesos. (Isn't that worth, like, um...a dollar or something?) Charming. 1/10