The Three Caballeros.
The Three Caballeros.
Disney hit another homerun with this movie breaking down barriers
proving that no matter what race you are we are all one if we are
together, plus you can never go wrong with Donald Duck cause when he
is in a story or movie you know it's going to be really good. I loved this
one cause it shows just how diverse our country and our culture can be
and if we all stood by each other there is nothing we can't do. If you
haven't seen this movie I really hope you check it out cause it really is a
fantastic movie with an amazing story and some of the best animation
Disney has ever done. So, with that, lets get to the story shall we:
The film, celebrating Donald Duck's 10th anniversary, consists of seven
segments, each connected by a common theme. In the film, it is Donald
Duck's birthday namely Friday the 13th, and he receives three presents
from friends in Latin America. The first present is a film projector, which
shows him a documentary about birds called "Aves Raras." The first
segment of the documentary tells the story of Pablo, a penguin seeking
the warm weather of Equatorial South America. The next segment
details some of the odd birds of Latin America. During this part
documentary, he learns about the Aracuan Bird, who received his name
because of his eccentric song. The documentary then shifts to the
perspective of a man narrating a story from his childhood, where he
discovers and befriends a donkey with the wings of a condor in Uruguay.
The next present is a book given to Donald by José. This book tells
of Bahia spelled "Baía" in the film, which is one of Brazil's 26 states.
José shrinks them both down so that they can enter the book. Donald
and José meet up with several of the locals, who dance a lively samba,
and Donald ends up pining for one girl Yaya, the cookie seller, but fails
and gets jealous of another man. After the journey, Donald and José
leave the book.
Upon returning, Donald realizes that he is too small to open his third
present. José shows Donald how to use "black magic" to return himself
to the proper size. After opening the present, he meets Panchito, a
native of Mexico. The trio take the name "The Three Caballeros" and
have a short celebration. Panchito then presents Donald's next present,
a piñata. Panchito tells Donald of the tradition behind the piñata. José
and Panchito then blindfold Donald, and have him attempt to break open
the piñata, eventually revealing many surprises. The celebration draws
to a close when Donald is fired away by firecrackers in the shape of a
ferocious toy bull with which the firecrackers are lit by José with his
cigar.
Throughout the film, the Aracuan Bird appears at random moments. He
usually taunts everyone with his madcap antics, sometimes stealing
José's cigar and trying to make José jealous. His most famous gag is
when he re-routes a train that Donald and José are riding on by drawing
new tracks, causing the train to disassemble.
The film consists of six segments:
The Cold-Blooded Penguin
This segment is narrated by Sterling Holloway, reproducing images of
the penguins of in Antarctica. In the segment, a penguin named Pablo is
so fed up with the freezing conditions of the South Pole that he decides
to leave his home for warmer climates, navigating
the long coast of Chile, passing by Lima the capital
of Peru and Quito the capital of Ecuador before landing on the Galápagos
The Flying Gauchito
This segment, with adult narration provided by Fred Shields, involves the
adventures of a little boy from Uruguay and a winged donkey, who goes
by the name of Burrito which is Spanish for "little donkey".
Baía
Las Posadas
This is the story of a group of Mexican children who
celebrated Christmas by re-enacting the journey of Mary, the mother of
Jesus and Saint Joseph searching for room at the inn. "Posada" meant
"inn", or "shelter", and their parents told them "no posada" at each
house until they came to one where they were offered shelter in a stable.
This leads to festivities including the breaking of the piñata, which in
turn leads to Donald Duck trying to break his own piñata as well.
Mexico: Pátzcuaro, Veracruz and Acapulco
Panchito gives Donald and José a tour of Mexico City and the country of
Mexico on a flying sarape, or magic carpet. Several Mexican dances and
songs are learned here. A key point to what happens later is that Donald
is pining for some more ladies again, tries to hound down every single
one he sees, and gain return affections, but once more he fails every
time and ends up kissing José while blindfolded.
You Belong to My Heart and Donald's Surreal Reverie
The skies of Mexico City result in Donald falling in love with singer Dora
Luz. The lyrics in the song itself play parts in the scenarios as to what is
happening as well. Then several imagined kisses lead to Donald going
into the "Love is a drug" scene. Donald constantly envisions sugar rush
colors, flowers, and Panchito and José popping in at the worst moments,
making chaos. The scene changes after Donald manages to dance with
Carmen Molina from the state of Oaxaca, from the Isthmus of
Tehuantepec. The two dance and sing the song "La Zandunga". Carmen
begins by singing the song, with Donald "quacking" out the rest of the
chorus with her. The "drunkenness" slows down for a second after
Donald multiplied himself while dancing, but speeds up again when
Carmen reappears dressed in a Charro's outfit and uses a horsewhip as a
conductor's baton to make cacti appear in many different forms while
dancing to "Jesusita en Chihuahua", a trademark song of the Mexican
Revolution. This scene is notable for providing the masterful combination
of live-action and cartoon animation, as well as animation among the
cacti.
The scene is interrupted when Panchito and José suddenly spice things
up for the finale of the movie, and Donald ends up battling the same toy
bull with wheels on its legs the day before from earlier. The catch is that
it is again loaded with firecrackers and other explosives, following with a
fireworks finale with the words "The End" exploding from the fireworks,
first in Spanish Fin, in the colors of the flag of Mexico, then the second in
Portuguese Fim, in the colors of the flag of Brazil, and finally in English,
in the colors of the flag of the United States.
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