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Saludos Amigos
Saludos Amigos (Spanish: Greetings, friends) is a 1943 animated musical created by Walt Disney Animation Studios that was divided into 4 segments.
Plot[edit | edit source]
Lake Titicaca[edit | edit source]
The first segment is about Donald Duck visiting Lake Titicaca in the Andes mountains.
Pedro[edit | edit source]
Pedro is about a young mail plane whose father's cylinder has been frozen. Pedro must take over to deliver mail through storms and bad weather, and do it without himself getting a frozen cylinder like his father.
El Gaucho Goofy[edit | edit source]
Goofy is taken to the Argentine pampas to learn more about native gaucho techniques.
Aquarela do Brazil[edit | edit source]
This final segment, Aquarela do Brasil (Portuguese: A watercolor of Brazil) introduces a new character, "José Carioca", a Green Parrot, who leads Donald Duck on a sightseeing tour of the wonders of Brazil.
Sequel/Remake[edit | edit source]
After the success of Saludos Amigos, Walt Disney Animation Studios made The Three Caballeros, about Donald's Latin American friends sending him some gifts. It is as well a musical film.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- This is the first appearance of José Carioca.
- Goofy is know learning to find out the culture of the Native Gaucho.
- The film was released in Rio De Janeiro on August 24, 1942, while the American version didn't come out until February 6, 1943.
- The film's idea came from a trip Walt Disney was asked to take to South America.