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feature film about Latin America, made up of four animated segments tied
together by live-action footage of the activities of Walt Disney and his
artists on their trip. The segments are "Lake Titicaca," chronicling Donald's
exploration of the Andes; "Pedro," the story of a baby airplane who replaces
his father in the job of getting the mail through; "Aquarela do Brasil," with art showing
the various landscapes of Brazil and José Carioca, the parrot,
teaching Donald to dance the samba; and "El Gaucho Goofy," in which American
cowboy Goofy becomes a gaucho on the Argentine pampas, learning the habits
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While the film is shorter (42 minutes) than a normal feature film,
it has always been grouped with the Disney animated classic features.
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Animation directed by Bill Roberts, Jack King, Hamilton Luske,
and Wilfred Jackson. C. O. Slyfield received an Academy Award®
nomination for Best Sound, and additional nominations went to
Charles Wolcott and Ned Washington for Best Song ("Saludos
Amigos") and to Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, and Charles
Wolcott for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. 42 min. World premiere
in Rio de Janeiro on August 24, 1942. It was rereleased in 1949.
Released on laserdisc in 1995.
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