Saludos Amigos (Disney Gold Classic Collection) [DVD]

Good condition great movie

This is, apparently, a home movie of a trip made by Disney animators to various South American locations. This sounds worse than it is; the home movies have been transferred to a normal-sized frame and look like "real" film. Or would if they weren't so obviously what they are.A lot of it is animated, and Disney animation is nothing to sneeze at.Some of it is educational; one of the goals is to build inter-American understanding. Some may find the list of gaucho clothing quite interesting.It's short but, hey, there was a war on, and Disney was expected to produce war propaganda films along with the rest of the film industry. At least two early post-war features were cobbled together from not-quite-done projects to get /something/ new into the theaters to keep the Studio afloat, after all.This film was not based on a bad idea: the later film /The Three Caballeros/ shows what this film /could/ have been, under different circumstances.As others have said, if you want to see everything Disney ever did, this is for you. Otherwise, not so much.

This met my expectations and helps round out my collection from my childhood.

Absolutely one of the best vintage cartoons made!!!!

I love SALUDOS AMIGOS. It's a fine movie during Disney's "Anthology Years/Package Film" years......however, they cut the El Gaucho Goofy segment. There's a section in which he is smoking a cigarette that segues into his transportation from the US to South America that was axed. Of course, to the casual viewer, they will not quite notice the jump cut, but I noticed it prominently because I've seen the original.I love Disney, but, I must admit, that in this day in time, I think they go to the extreme in insulting both the consumer and the collector's intelligence whenever they release these "sanitized' versions of their films out of fear of being politically incorrect. I have Mickey Mouse in Color Volume 2, and they redubbed a section from CLOCK CLEANERS because it "somewhat sounded" like Donald was using profanity. I guess that's why they have yet to release SONG OF THE SOUTH on DVD because Bre'r Rabbit/Uncle Remus look so politically incorrect nowadays. I'm sorry those films were not PC when they were made, but, as a teacher, they can be used as a teachable moment to show people/children how far we've come in the social/cultural depictions in cartoons.Because of this situation, I have to downgrade this DVD. I would have voted it differently if they had been upfront in stating that this was an "edited" version of the movie...because it is.I hope that they will eventually release the uncut version of this movie if not on Blu-Ray, then as a streaming video offering.A little disappointed...

Saludos Amigos is forty-two minutes long and was released in theaters on August 24, 1942. Saludos Amigos is the first of six package films put out by Disney Studios and it is the shortest film to date put out by Disney Studios to date. A package film is a film were the script are too short or not long enough for a full length featured film and are packaged together to form a single theme. Saludos Amigos is part documentary and part film shorts. The four film shorts are: Lake Titicaca, Pedro, El Gaucho Goofy, and Aquarela do Brasil or Watercolor of Brazil. Donald Duck is featured in Lake Titicaca and Aquarela do Brasil. Also we are introduced to the first time to the character called José Carioca. José Carioca is a South American parrot. Saludos Amigos was the first of two goodwill South America films; the other is The Three Caballeros which came out two years later. In my opinion Saludos Amigos did not live up to Disney past films. Saludos Amigos gets a C in my book.DVD FEATURESChapter SelectionSet UpBonus MaterialA) Theatrical TrailerB) South of the Border with DisneyPreview TrailerA) The Little Mermaid II: Return to the SeaB) The Tigger MoviePlayVHS FEATURESPreviewsA) Make Mine MusicB) The Little Mermaid II: Return to the SeaC) The Tigger MovieBonus Material- South of the Border with Disney

This movie is not published often by Disney but it's definitely an important part of their history. It has that partially animated, partially real-world style to it. Somewhat funny but more focused on introducing the viewer to Latin American culture. Despite the Spanish title, most of the movie is in English.

Received quickly with a great price. The bonus feature was as enjoyable as the movie. Also has a Spanish track so could share with friends. Thank you.

At little more than 40 minutes Saludos Amigos barely even qualifies as a feature film, although it was in many ways a pivotal development in the Walt Disney studio's output. Having taken a financial beating with the initial releases of Pinocchio, Dumbo and Fantasia and with the war closing off many foreign markets, Disney came up with the idea of compilation films, cost-effectively stringing animated shorts with a common theme that were originally intended to be released separately together with live action footage, enabling him to bring in proven box-office stars like Donald Duck and Goofy without the huge risk of full-length animated features.Saludos was one of two films that came out of a trip the US government asked him to make to South America, ostensibly bringing a group of animators to look for inspiration on a goodwill tour as part of the Good Neighbor policy but also to gather intelligence to dissuade those neighbors from siding with the Nazis. In return, the government would underwrite the cost of the trip and give the ailing and strikebound studio federal loan guarantees so they could continue production. If the films were afterthoughts - and most look it - the format would stand him in good stead throughout the 40s and also act as a model for his later TV series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color.Combining mute 16mm color footage of Walt and the animators on tour, reconstructions shot at the airport and four animated shorts, it's unapologetically a glorified travelogue, with Donald even turning up as a tourist at Lake Titicaca underlining the guided tour nature of the film. Along the way we get to meet Pedro, a baby mail plane on the intimidating Andes run and see Goofy trying his hand a being a Gaucho, linked by animated maps tracing the animators progress. Unfortunately the grand finale is a huge letdown: it starts out well but quickly runs out of steam and imagination and fizzles out with the introduction of Brazilian parrot and bon vivant Joe Carioca before more or less just coming to an abrupt stop. Still, that didn't stop the film managing to garner three Oscar nominations in 1942 - Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Original Song and Best Sound Recording - and was successful enough for Disney to follow it up with the much more ambitious and entertaining The Three Caballeros. (More recently the making of the film was the subject of the documentary Walt and El Grupo, which Disney have released on DVD in the US in a special edition that also includes Saludos Amigos in an uncut version - the US DVD release has long eliminated footage of Goofy smoking while leaving Joe Carioca's cigar intact!)If the running time seems a bit on the short side, the DVD is padded out with the 31-minute 1942 newsreel documentary of the trip, South of the Border with Disney. The picture quality isn't great, which is unsurprising considering the source material, but it does include brief elementary pencil sketch animation of the characters that would turn up in both Saludos Amigos and Three Caballeros in different story ideas.

This is Disney's 6th animated classic, although it's doesn't have the number 6 band on the spine, so if you need this look elsewhere.It does come with 100 Disney reward points.This is hardly a 'classic' more a live motion holiday planning documentary with a few unfunny cartoons included. Not really for kids and the quality is like VHS quality on an HD TV.The price has hovered around the £4 mark for the last three years of it's release time.You'll need this for your 50 DVD Disney set. There is a very interesting 30 minute bonus documentary of Walt Disney's team visit to South America.

Christmas present for my nephew who has never seen this and HE LOVED IT ! I watched this asa kid back inthe states (and NOT in 1943 either) and I loved it too so I passed along the MAGIC to him. Between Goofy being, well, GOOFY and Donald's temper, you just can't go wrong if you want a good laugh and LEARN something as you go along. GREAT for a 6 year old!

Another Disney classic movie

This 'movie' together with Melody Time and The Three Caballeros is a must have for a Disney collector. Though when your looking for a fun kids movie, these are no longer the movies you'd show the little ones.There are much better movies for the kids, like Brave, Up!, The Little Mermaid or Aladdin.