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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)
Featured review
This more than any other film shows the plight of the Disney studio in the years following "Snow White" and "Pinocchio".
WWII had broken out, cutting off Disney's European market. In addition, striking cartoonists and their formation of a guild/union meant that the massive about of labor needed to create a "Snow White" or a "Pinocchio" now amounted to a substantially higher production cost then either of those two films (which had not been cheap to begin with).
Thus, Disney was trying to explore new ways to both package his product for another market, as well as develop new product.
They released this movie and capitalized on the then-popular South American craze. Now, however, it looks dated.
You can still it watch it though and see the genesis for several of Disney's later films: "The Three Caballeros" and the whole "How-To" Goofy series are the most obvious.
WWII had broken out, cutting off Disney's European market. In addition, striking cartoonists and their formation of a guild/union meant that the massive about of labor needed to create a "Snow White" or a "Pinocchio" now amounted to a substantially higher production cost then either of those two films (which had not been cheap to begin with).
Thus, Disney was trying to explore new ways to both package his product for another market, as well as develop new product.
They released this movie and capitalized on the then-popular South American craze. Now, however, it looks dated.
You can still it watch it though and see the genesis for several of Disney's later films: "The Three Caballeros" and the whole "How-To" Goofy series are the most obvious.
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- Hello Friends
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- Runtime42 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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