Synopsis
A whimsical blend of live action and animation, "Saludos Amigos" is a colorful kaleidoscope of art, adventure and music set to a toe-tapping samba beat. From high Andes peaks and Argentina's pampas to the sights and sounds of Rio de Janeiro, your international traveling companions are none other than those famous funny friends, Donald Duck and Goofy. They keep things lively as Donald encounters a stubborn llama and "El Gaucho" Goofy tries on the cowboy way of life....South American-style.
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Cast
- Fred ShieldsNarrator
- José OliveiraJosé Carioca (voice)
- Pinto ColvigGoofy (voice)
- Walt DisneySelf
- Clarence NashDonald Duck (voice)
- Lee BlairSelf
- Mary BlairSelf
- Stuart BuchananFlight Attendant (voice)
- Norman FergusonSelf
- Frank GrahamSelf
Recommendations
- 80
The New York Times
As always in Mr. Disney's pictures, the quality of the humor is bright and sly, with touches of gentle satire laced in with jovial fun. - 80
Time
A good-neighborly, Technicolor whimsey that has made Walt Disney one of South America's favorite North Americans. - 50
The A.V. Club
Amigos sandwiches four pedestrian animated shorts—two featuring Donald Duck, one featuring a Gaucho Goofy, and the fourth starring a family of anthropomorphic planes—inside agonizingly dull travelogue footage of Disney writers, artists, and musicians on a research trip, exploring all that Latin and South America have to offer. The stale, joy-killing odor of the classroom hangs heavy over Saludos Amigos: it aspires to educate and entertain, but fails on both counts. - 50
Slant Magazine
Saludos Amigos and its sequel (or, more accurately, expansion), The Three Caballeros, had a shelf life significantly shorter than that of your standard MRE. Together, they kicked off nearly a decade’s worth of anthology-based wastes of time and resources that all but derailed Disney’s manifest destiny to rewrite children’s dreams in the corporation’s own latently art deco, actively anti-twat image until Cinderella put the needle back on the record.
