The Three Caballeros

The Three Caballeros

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The Three Caballeros
The Three Caballeros

The Three Caballeros

6.3 | 1h11m | G | en | Animation

For Donald's birthday he receives a box with three gifts inside. The gifts, a movie projector, a pop-up book, and a pinata, each take Donald on wild adventures through Mexico and South America.

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6.3 | 1h11m | G | en | Animation , Music , Family | More Info
Released: February. 03,1945 | Released Producted By: Walt Disney Productions , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://movies.disney.com/the-three-caballeros
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For Donald's birthday he receives a box with three gifts inside. The gifts, a movie projector, a pop-up book, and a pinata, each take Donald on wild adventures through Mexico and South America.

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Cast

Clarence Nash , Sterling Holloway , Joaquin Garay

Director

Richard Irvine

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aileencorcoran "The Three Caballeros" is a much more solid product than "Saludos Amigos." The animation is better, there appears to be a lot more passion put into it, unlike "Saludos Amigos," where the only segment with that true Disney flair was the last ten minutes or so in Brazil. In "Caballeros," the colours just pop, the characters leap off the screen. It's wonderful to look at, if not a tad exhausting. Much like "Saludos Amigos," it tries to be an educational piece, telling American audiences little tidbits about their South American and Mexican neighbours. It was, as was its sister picture, an attempt at showing harmony between South and North America.There is not much in terms of plot. The framing device is Donald Duck opening some birthday presents, which transport him to different places in Central and South America. There are some short films, such as a little boy and his flying burro, a penguin who wants to live in the sun, and so on. These shorts are much more entertaining than those in "Saludos Amigos." We also have the welcome return of José Carioca, the green parrot, who brings Donald to Bahía, where they lust after a live action woman (Aurora Miranda), who is selling cookies. There is also the introduction of our Mexican mascot, Panchito, a hyperactive rooster who dons a sombrero and carries a pair of pistols. He's as much fun as José, if only crazier. Panchito tells a very interesting story about Las Posadas, a Mexican Christmas tradition, which implements the use of the piñata. Using a magic carpet, or sarape, Panchito flies Donald and José to various places in Mexico, such as Acapulco and Pátzcuaro, where they learn various Mexican dances, and where Donald tries to get it on with the ladies. You read that right, Donald tries to get some tail on a Mexican beach. I hope Daisy doesn't find out! This is a fun little film. The main trio are enjoyable and charismatic (more so José and Panchito), and the animation is bright and well crafted, and brilliantly timed. There is also some live action and cartoon mixing, which is not as impressive as later Disney ventures, but still impressive for this time. The ending gets a bit too heavy on the dancing and partying, and never slows down to take a breather. There is a lack of focus, but it seems that was the intention. Regardless, the animation is so nice, the characters so likable, and the music so catchy and fun, that it makes "The Three Caballeros" a unique, enjoyable experience, with plenty of culture and atmosphere.
Robert Reynolds This is the seventh animated feature done by Walt Disney Animation Studio. There will be spoilers ahead:This film had its genesis from the success of Saludos Amigos, the film which came out of Walt Disney's decision to accept the US Department of State's request to go on a goodwill tour of South America. Disney saw it as a smart move from a business standpoint and the success of Amigos proved him right. From that success, The Three Caballeros was made.The structure of Caballeros is is a mix of live action and animation done in segments like Fantasia. It's episodic in nature within a framing sequence. It's Donald Duck's birthday and he receives several presents. A projector showing a documentary on birds leads things off. The appearances by the Aracaun Bird are enjoyable and make the film for me.Donald's friend Jose Carioca, a parrot from Brazil who first appeared in Saludos Amigos. He gives Donald a book through which they travel to Bahia, in Brazil. Donald falls in love there with a woman played by Carmen Miranda's sister Aurora.The third present is a rooster named Panchito, from Mexico, followed by a fourth present, a piñata. Panchito takes the three of them through a tour of Mexico, where Donald falls in love repeatedly with pretty girls in Mexico, lots of beautiful music is heard and lovely scenery is beheld.There are also a couple of short animated segments, one about a penguin named Pablo, who dreams of living someplace warm. Narrated by Sterling Holloway, it tells of Pablo's determined efforts to travel to someplace warmer than the South Pole and the other about a little boy in Uruguay, Gauchito and his flying donkey, Burrito. Both cartoons are cute and charming.The film as a whole is very effective and the music is excellently incorporated into the film segments, particularly in sync with the animation.This film is available on DVD, solo and in combination with Saludos Amigos and is well worth finding. Recommended.
Ted If your kids like this film, IMDb recommends Fellini's 8½! Yeah, this one's weirder than you thought.The Three Caballeros is essentially a barely narrative series of experimental animated shorts, starting in nature film parody, progressing to a couple of early live-action/animation hybrids, and ending in a lustful interspecies psychedelic freakout--needless to say, it's an influential film. You might have to gag through some touristy Latinisms, but there's some prime Disney surrealism waiting for you if you do.-TK 11/2/10
didi-5 The Three Caballeros is a lot of fun, using a mix of live action and animation to bring Brazil and Mexico alive to birthday boy Donald Duck. As he's joined by Panchito and José he realises what he has been missing all these years, falls in love with Aurora Miranda (sister of Carmen), learns to dance, and much more.With eye-poppingly beautiful animation and lovely colours, it is no surprise that that was the one cartoon Disney veteran Ward Kimball claimed he was truly proud of. The idea of the three birds as international musketeers living the good life is inspired and the running time is just about right.