Saludos Amigos
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Anyway the main reason I wanted to update is to let you know about this wonderful DVD from Disney. "Saludos Amigos" is a strange entry into the Disney library of "feature length" movies.It basically consists out of a travelogue of Walt Disney in South America combined with several animated shorts. If memory serves me right the animated shorts were made first but in order to apply for an animation fund it had to be an informational feature length piece. So Disney took footage from their trip and stringed the clips together into one of their shortest films yet.
The four shorts revolve around Donald Duck visiting lake Titicaca, Goofy being a gaucho, Pedro the plane and the introduction of José Carioca. Now "Saludos Amigos" was always a nostalgic piece for me. I have the original Dutch TV broadcast still on tape. So I was really stoked to find out there was a DVD release of it. I was less stoked to learn that the originally planned release of the Dutch version was postponed indefinitely.
Step in the French DVD release, which includes a Dutch audio soundtrack! Awesome! So long story short now I can enjoy this classic piece of Disney animation again. Unfortunately there is some censoring on the DVD release. In particular a scene where Goofy is smoking has been removed completely making for some awkward continuity. Even the soundtrack has been altered thus giving no explanation why suddenly Goofy is flying through the air on his way to South America. But the quality of the DVD is quite nice and the Dutch soundtrack just makes it the perfect nostalgia trip for me.
The four shorts revolve around Donald Duck visiting lake Titicaca, Goofy being a gaucho, Pedro the plane and the introduction of José Carioca. Now "Saludos Amigos" was always a nostalgic piece for me. I have the original Dutch TV broadcast still on tape. So I was really stoked to find out there was a DVD release of it. I was less stoked to learn that the originally planned release of the Dutch version was postponed indefinitely.
Step in the French DVD release, which includes a Dutch audio soundtrack! Awesome! So long story short now I can enjoy this classic piece of Disney animation again. Unfortunately there is some censoring on the DVD release. In particular a scene where Goofy is smoking has been removed completely making for some awkward continuity. Even the soundtrack has been altered thus giving no explanation why suddenly Goofy is flying through the air on his way to South America. But the quality of the DVD is quite nice and the Dutch soundtrack just makes it the perfect nostalgia trip for me.