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MOVIE REVIEW: THE CLASSIC CABALLEROS COLLECTION
 The Walt Disney Classic Caballeros Collection features two full-length movies: Saludos Amigos and the sequel The Three Caballeros.
Saludos Amigos
Saludos Amigos starts out as Walt Disney and a team of Disney artists, musicians, and writers travel to South America and sketch cartoon ideas. Saludos Amigos in divided into several short features. The first includes all the zany troubles that follow Donald Duck as he attempts to sail a boat, take photos, and communicate with the locals as a tourist in Lake Titicaca. Some of the footage has the historical look of the older movies. However there have been improvements made in the picture quality over the original, and the audio has been re-mixed for surround sound.
In the next short, Pedro recounts the story of a mail-carrier plane bravely makes his way through a thunderstorm to deliver the mail in Santiago, Chile. This was my daughter’s favorite as it is a fun story full of drama.
Then it’s off to Argentina where Goofy plays the part of an American cowboy, as the narrator describes Goofy’s tactics as he botches every step along the way.
The Three Caballeros
The Three Caballeros is a bit more on the psychedelic side. It begins with Donald Duck receiving a box filled with Birthday presents from his friends in Latin America that leads from one adventure to the next. Donald gets together with his old cigar-smoking pal José Carioca shows up and gets Donald to try some moonshine. The film is an exhilarating rush of color and music, but due to some themes I wouldn’t recommend for the youngest audience.
All in all, the Classic Caballeros collection is a great evening of entertainment while introducing another generation to the historical Disney animated features. It’s the first time these two classics have been offered on DVD, and at a very reasonable price.
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