Saludos Amigos (1942)
Saludos Amigos (1942)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Fred Shields
Narrator
José Oliveira
José Carioca (voice)
Pinto Colvig
Goofy (voice)
Walt Disney
Self / Producer
Clarence Nash
Donald Duck (voice)
Lee Blair
Self / Art Direction
Mary Blair
Self / Conceptual Design
Stuart Buchanan
Flight Attendant (voice)
Norman Ferguson
Self / Production Supervisor / Director
Frank Graham
Self
Frank Thomas
Self
F. Molina Campos
Thanks
Paul J. Smith
Original Music Composer
Jack Cutting
I/O Supervisor
John P. Miller
Art Direction
Herbert Ryman
Art Direction
Charles Wolcott
Music / Songs
Paul Allen
Animation
James Bodrero
Art Direction
Edward H. Plumb
Original Music Composer
Wilfred Jackson
Director
Merle Cox
Background Designer
Milt Kahl
Animation
Wolfgang Reitherman
Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 24, 1942
StatusReleased
Running Time42m
Content RatingNR
Box Office$1,135,000
Genres
Wiki.
Saludos Amigos (Spanish for "Greetings, Friends") is a 1942 American live-action/animated propaganda anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Set in Latin America, it is made up of four different segments; Donald Duck stars in two of them and Goofy stars in one. It also features the first appearance of José Carioca, the Brazilian cigar-smoking parrot. Saludos Amigos premiered in Rio de Janeiro on August 24, 1942. It was released in the United States on February 6, 1943.
Commissioned by the United States Department of State as part of the Good Neighbor policy, the film is a notable example of American propaganda promoting goodwill towards Latin America. The film was a success, helping launch the international popularity of Donald Duck and leading Disney to produce The Three Caballeros (1944), another government-funded film aimed at Latin American goodwill.