The Three Caballeros Rating: Release Date: 02 May, 2000 Retail Price: $19.99 OUR Price: $14.99 You SAVE: $5.00! Cast: Sterling Holloway Carmen Miranda Sterling

The Three Caballeros Reviews

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Disney Does Latin America, for better or worse
Although Disney originally released this feature (and "Saludos Amigos") in the 1940s to improve relations with Latin American countries, I think it's a bit more effective as an introduction to Latin music, art and dance. Carmen Molina does a beautiful rendition of "You Belong to My Heart" (although "Solamente Una Vez" sounds much better), as does the singer of "Bahia". The genius of "Caballeros" is the animation, although the integration of animation and film looks shoddy to our "Finding Nemo"-accustomed eyes, it was pretty cutting edge at the time of its release. Also, it's almost as though the color palettes in the animation were used to reflect Latin American art and textiles: vibrant golds, orange-reds and verdant greens. I don't think you need to be in an altered state to enjoy the hap-hazard animation - just enjoy the detail and coloring. This would be a 5-star review if Disney animators had done better research - there's several spelling errors on the maps shown in the film (i.e. "Valpraiso" instead of Valparaiso). I guess Disney didn't figure that any Latinos would actually pay money to see this film back then. I heard people complain about Donald Duck's blatant womanizing in this film, but I saw this as a kid and never really picked up on that.{Who can blame him around us Latin women ;>)} Apart from that, this is an enjoyable film for kids & adults and a nice way to get a taste of classic Latin ballads, dancing and a little art too.

Love the movie, hate the DVD!
This was one of my favorites as a kid. I was really disappointed with this DVD. You can see the film grains, especially in the live action/animated scenes. Also, I don't remember the film entirely, but it seems like they left ALOT of stuff out that was in the original movie. Its weird that they would NOT take the time to perform a restoration of some sort when transferring from VHS to DVD.

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