Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19804 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-08-12
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English, Portuguese

Amazon.co.uk Review
As a Disney oddity, they don't get much odder than Three Caballeros. Donald Duck receives a birthday package from South America, and the film proceeds to unravel like some peyote-induced hallucination. It starts out reminiscent of other Disney films, where shorts are cobbled together, such as "Make Mine Music" or "Fun and Fancy Free". The film has vignettes such as "The Cold-blooded Penguin" and "The Flying Guachito". After them it careens into part-travelogue, part-stream-of-consciousness animation. Not helping out much are Donald's "friends": Joe Carioca (a parrot) and Panchito (a rooster). They spend most of the rest of the film watching Donald chase skirt. That's right, Donald Duck is a wolf in this movie, and he chases every live-action señorita who bustles across the screen. Although some will say otherwise, Caballeros is for die-hard Disney, Donald or psychedelia fans only. --Keith Simanton, Amazon.com

DVD Description
DVD Special Features:

More fun with Donald in the short cartoon "Don's Fountain of Youth"
Laugh Along with Mickey and Pluto in the short cartoon "Pueblo Pluto"
Languages in Dolby Digital 5.1: English, German, Spanish
Languages in Dolby Digital 2.0: Portuguese
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish

From the Back Cover
The ever-popular and excitable Donald Duck stars in one of his greatest adventures - a dazzling blend of live action and classic Disney animation bursting with Latin American sights and sounds!

When Donald receives a magical collection of gifts from his Latin American friends, they become his passport to a fantastic musical journey with Joe Carioca and Panchito, the charoo rooster. With these experts to guide him, Donald hops, skips and jumps his way through many local scenes - each stop full of surprises and sensational songs!

The Three Caballeros is a stunning celebration of visual effects, light hearted dance and lively Latin music. It's fine-feathered fun for the whole family!

Customer Reviews

Remember this as a child
I couldnt believe that I found this! I have been describing this film to people for years and no-one believed me. I saw it in infant school every christmas and it formed a subconcious love of samba. Its a little like an acid trip in rio so god knows what other subconcious thoughts were planted. Watch it, its a trip.

Disney’s first film to combine live action and animation.
When released in 1944 this film was hyped as the first time live action and animation had been mixed in the same scenes. There are times when it is apparent this was an emergent technique but it is very successful.

Around the loose story of birthday presents for Donald Duck’s we enjoy a riot of creative and glorious colour animation, dancing and singing with two new friends for Donald, Jose Carioca who was introduced in “Saludos Amigos” and his friend Panchita (a Mexican charro rooster). Also Pablo the penguin who travels from the South Pole to a tropical island in his bath is a little gem. And yes, Aurora Miranda is Carmen Miranda’s sister, doing a pretty good job of imitating her sibling.

I have always enjoyed this lesser known Disney film which has stood the test of time with its bright rhythmic music and superb animation.

Entertaining Fun
The Three Caballeros is Not one of Disney's most well known films, but that does not mean it is a bad film. UNlike most Disney offerings it does not have a hero or villain and the story is not like a Tolkien epic but it is over an hour of fun with Donald DUck on his birthday with two of his South American friends José Carioca and Panchito.
The film is made up of four main sections including a story about Pablo a penguin who wanted to venture to warmer climates. The second section is about a Gauchito who finds a flying donkey. The last two main sections feature Donald Pabchito and José.
It is filled with dance and music, the animation (for its time is superb) and the scenes where the three characters dance with Aurora Miranda and the other South Americans are sensational.
There is barely a minute without something worth watching truly a Disney classic.