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The Three Caballeros
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1944 live-action/animated film by Walt Disney
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The Three Caballeros is a 1944 American animated musical, fantasy, and family film produced by Walt Disney and The Walt Disney Company. It was directed by Norm Ferguson, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, and Bill Roberts, with screenwriting by William Cottrell, Bill Peet, Homer Brightman, and Ted Sears. The film features voice performances by Clarence Nash, Sterling Holloway, Aloísio de Oliveira, and Frank Graham. Its narrative is set in South America, and it was distributed by RKO Pictures and Disney+.
The film has a runtime of 71 minutes and was released on December 21, 1944. It received an IMDb rating of 6.2 based on 17,189 votes and a TMDb vote average of 6.277 from 768 votes. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound. Its composers include Manuel Esperón, Ary Barroso, Agustín Lara, and Dorival Caymmi, while the art directors were Mary Blair, Ken Anderson, and Richard Irvine.
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6.3For Donald's birthday he receives a box with three gifts inside. The gifts, a movie projector, a pop-up book, and a pinata, each take Donald on wild adventures through Mexico and South America.
Cast
- Clarence Nash as Donald Duck (voice)
- Sterling Holloway as Professor Holloway (voice)
- Joaquin Garay as Panchito (voice)
- Zé Carioca as José Carioca (voice)
- Aurora Miranda as Brazilian Girl
- Carmen Molina as Mexican Girl
Themes
- mexico
- parrot
- salvador de bahia, brazil
- travel
- south-of-the-border
- rooster
- south america
- pinata
- cartoon duck
- live action and animation
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Official website

Three Caballeros, The (film) - D23
The Three Caballeros - Four short films on Latin America, in a story about Donald Duck receiving birthday gifts from his Latin American amigos.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Harold Young
- Composer
- Charles Wolcott
- Producer
- Walt Disney
- Production company
- The Walt Disney Company
- Cinematographer
- Ray Rennahan
- Narrative location
- South America
- Duration
- 70
- FilmAffinity ID
- 998094
- Performer
- Carlos Ramírez
- Lyrics by
- Ray Gilbert
- Official website
- d23.com/a-to-z/three-caballeros-the-film
- Significant event
- première
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- Commons category
- The Three Caballeros
- publication date
- 1944-12-21
- title
- The Three Caballeros
- distributed by
- Disney+
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- art director
- Richard Irvine
- characters
- José Carioca
- storyboard artist
- Homer Brightman
- number of parts of this work
- 7
- narrator
- Frank Graham
- fabrication method
- traditional animation
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
- review score
- 85/100
- production code
- 2016
- form of creative work
- anthology film
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Encyclopedic overview
The Three Caballeros is a 1944 American live-action/animated musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film premiered in Mexico City on December 21, 1944, and was released in the United States on February 3, 1945. It was later released in the United Kingdom in March 1945.
The film celebrates the tenth anniversary of Donald Duck and follows his journey through Latin America, combining live-action with traditional animation. It is the second of the six package films released by Walt Disney Productions during the 1940s, following Saludos Amigos (1942), and is one of the earliest feature films to blend live-action and animation.
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