Donald receives his birthday gifts, which include traditional gifts and information about Brazil (hosted by Zé Carioca) and Mexico (by Panchito, a Mexican Charro Rooster).Donald receives his birthday gifts, which include traditional gifts and information about Brazil (hosted by Zé Carioca) and Mexico (by Panchito, a Mexican Charro Rooster).Donald receives his birthday gifts, which include traditional gifts and information about Brazil (hosted by Zé Carioca) and Mexico (by Panchito, a Mexican Charro Rooster).
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 nominations total
- Yaya
- (as Aurora Miranda of Brazil)
- Mexico Girl
- (as Carmen Molina of Mexico)
- Mexico Girl
- (as Dora Luz of Mexico)
- Donald Duck
- (voice)
- Panchito
- (voice)
- José Carioca
- (voice)
- Narrator
- (voice)
- Themselves
- (as Ascencio Del Rio Trio)
- Dancer - Brazilian Sequence
- (uncredited)
- Dancer - Brazilian Sequence
- (uncredited)
- Aracuan Bird
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Dancer - Brazilian Sequence
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaThis movie and Saludos Amigos (1942) were created by Disney in order to improve the United States of America's relations with South American countries during World War II.
- GoofsWhen visiting Chile, the map shows several misspellings: Valparaiso is "Valpraiso" and the Juan Fernandez Islands are "Juan Ferndez Islands". On the postcard it says Vina del Mar instead of "Viña del Mar"
- Quotes
Donald Duck: [referring to a pinata] What's this?
Panchito: What's this?
[laughs]
Panchito: This is your gift from Mexico, Donald: a pinata!
Donald Duck: Oh, boy, oh, boy, a pinata!... What's a pinata?
Panchito: A pinata is full of surprises. Presents. It's the very spirit of Christmas.
Donald Duck: Christmas!
[singing]
Donald Duck: Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way...
Panchito: [laughing] Oh, no, no, Donald! For goodness sake, not "Jingle Bells". In Mexico, they sing "Las Posadas".
- Crazy creditsIn the end of the movie, the fireworks exploding of the title "Fin", "Fim" and "The End".
- Alternate versionsThere was an airing of this film for American television in the early 1980s which was extended to help it fit into a two-hour time slot. This was done by editing in selected shorts on similar themes. Among them were Pluto and the Armadillo (1943), Clown of the Jungle (1947), and Morris the Midget Moose (1950).
- ConnectionsEdited from Glimpses of Mexico (1940)
- SoundtracksThe Three Caballeros (Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes!)
Music by Manuel Esperón (as Manuel Esperon)
Spanish lyrics by Ernesto Cortázar (uncredited)
English lyrics by Ray Gilbert (1944) (uncredited)
Played and Sung during the opening credits
It was a big and necessary hit for Disney at the time but, in a way, it's too bad the film couldn't have been released about 1968, when so many youngsters were doing acid and weed, because this is one trippy movie. It belongs right up there with "2001: A Space Odyssey." A live figure may begin to dance and sing through a cartoon village. Soon Donald Duck joins the dance. Then the lamp posts begin to sway rhythmically, and soon the buildings are bouncing up and down, and then the moon darts from side to side. The viewer may twitch a bit too, because some of the rhythm is very catchy. America gave the world jazz, and Latin America gave us the samba, the conga, the bossa nova, the tango, Carmen Miranda, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and the transplanted Manuel de Falla. And the piñata.
It's a pageant of color and music. All but one of the tunes are converted from earlier Latin American songs and they're very catchy. Two made the Hit Parade, which was a big deal at the time -- "Baia", "Brazil", and "You Belong To My Heart." It's unsophisticated cornball resembling nothing real but you can't find the exit.
President Roosevelt was all in favor of making a movie like this, for several reasons, none of them musical. He called it "the good neighbor policy." South American countries were a supply source for the Allies. We needed access to airfield like Recife in Brazil to shorten the hop to Europe. And few of us found is a sound idea to encourage the pro-Nazi population of countries like Paraguay and Argentina.
See it -- and have yourself an extended myoclonic spasm.
- rmax304823
- Mar 14, 2015
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- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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