Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros Coming to DVD!!!

[MutantEnemy]

According to the Disney Inquirer, Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros is coming to DVD soon. No given date is known, but it's good news regardless. There are other websites that have been registered also, so take a peek!

http://disneyenquirer.com/NewsArticle-658

[TheSequelOfDisney]

Hmm, that's very interesting, though it was most likely to happen since they have become OOP. I've never seen any of the package features, but this South American feeling that I've heard about them makes me eager to see them. This may be a potential blind-buy for me.

[yamiiguy]

Just as escapay predicted

[Escapay]

Woohoo, I was right! Well, I'm not right yet, we have yet to hear anything from UD or Disney... But it would totally make my day if we get a press release that says it'll contain *all* the laserdisc materials as well as a newly-recorded commentary and documentary about the package films!

I just pray they'll also release Saludos Amigos in its unedited form.

Possibilities for bonus material, based on the laserdisc specs I listed in this thread:

Side Three - CAV - Supplemental Section
18. Table Of Contents For Sides 3, 4, 5, And 6
19. History Of The Latin American Films
20. Reasearch And Development Trip To South America
21. Preliminary Designs And Concept Art
22. Story Sketches: "Aquarela Do Brasil"
23. Deleted Storyboard Concept: "Blame It On The Samba"
24. Deleted Storyboard Concept: "The Hornero Bird"
25. Preliminary Costume Designs
26. Photo Gallery: Studio Production
27. Combining Live Action And Animation
28. Behind The Scenes: Filming The "Jesusita" Dance
29. Behind The Scenes: Rear Projection Elements For The "Jesusita" Dance
30. "Saludos Amigos" Publicity
31. "The Three Caballeros" Publicity
32. Newsreel Footage: "The Three Caballeros" Preview Screening At The Disney Studios, December 20, 1944

Side Four - CLV
33. "South Of The Border With Disney" (1942)
34. Argentinean Newsreel Footage: "La Revista Cine Argentino Presenta"
35. Live-Action Animation Reference Footage
36. Aurora Miranda's Screen Test
37. Behind The Scenes: Filming The "Acapulco Beach" Scene
38. Clip From "The Mickey Mouse Club" With José Oliveira (Original Air Date: November 15, 1955)
39. "Saludos Amigos" Trailer
40. "The Three Caballeros" Trailer

Supplemental Audio - Analog Left
33. "The Coca Cola Show" (Excerpt)
Radio Broadcast: December 12, 1942; Walt Disney, Goofy, And Donald Duck Talk About "Saludos Amigos"
35. "Bob Burns Show" (Excerpt)
Interview By Bob Burns (The Arkansas Traveler) With Walt Disney On The Ove Of His Departure To Mexico City For A Reasearch Trip With His Staff For "The Three Caballeros" (c. December 1942)
36. "Los Tres Caballer"
Spanish Version Of Song For Latin American Radio Promotion
37. "Saludos Amigos": The Music Of Latin America Radio Broadcast (c. 1943) Hosted By Walt Disney

Supplemental Audio - Analog Right
33. "Command Performance" (Excerpt)
Host Ken Carpenter Interview Donald Duck (Clarence Nash), José Carioca (José Oliveira), And Panchito Pistoles (Joaquin Garay), Who Sing "The Three Caballeros"; Goofy (Pinto Colvig) Makes A Guest Appearance (c. Early 1945)
35. "Shooting Stars"
Radio Broadcast: April 4, 1945
Host Irwin Allen Interviews José Oliveira, The Voice Of José Carioca
36. "The Three Caballeros" Radio Spots
Fifteen 15-Second Spots

Side Five - CAV - Supplemental Section
41. "A Brazilian Symphony: Caxanga" (1942) Reconstruction Of Abandoned Short Subject

Side Six - CAV - Supplemental Section
51. "The Laughing Gauchito" (1942) -- Reconstruction Of Abandoned Short Subject

Escapay

[PixarFan2006]

Sounds interesting that this will be rereleased on dvd. Maybe we will get a better picture and better features.

[Mason_Ireton]

*whoo hoo* I'm so gon'na buy these package films, haven't seen Salduos Amegios before, what does the ORIGNAL contain? I'm a fan of 3 Amegios and missed out on the 2nd video release. Hopefuly this will be 2 disc Special Edition Disney will release.

[purin]

As much as I love The Three Caballeros, I'm worried that they'll try to edit out José Carioca's cigar (man, there are, like, no scenes where he doesn't have that huge thing. It's not like a cigarette) or restore it to make up for the state of special effects technology.

Because, I mean, while it is a little wierd to see the grain and inferior image quality projected onto a screen behind the live actors, it is still is a record of old special effects that were brand new at the time. It's like how it took SO long for the original non-special-edition Star Wars trilogy took so long to get on DVD. George Lucas was all "it's better this way! It's the completed version" and we were all "No! We want the 70s special effects. These movies were monumental for a reason!"

The last DVD of the movie came from a good print and it had its grain, but it was from the 40s, so, you know! Those movies have some grain. I hope they don't feel the need to overpolish it the way they've overdone some movies...

[Flanger-Hanger]

keep dreaming Escapay, the most we will probably get is a featurette about the new Epcot ride.

however I do hope they include some of the laserdisc supplements you mentioned.

[DisneyFreak5282]

Woohoo! Can't wait! How long have the GC Editions been OOP? Not long, right?

[banjoboy]

That IS good news. I have all the old (gold edition?) releases, but new transfers would be most welcome. And if they include the bonus material that Escapay mentions from the LD release, I'll definitely get them all. Oh, who am I kidding? I'll get them all, no matter what they include.

[Lars Vermundsberget]

I don't know what sort of "restoration" is coming up and which extras will be included - but to me the LD set is worth having practically for the "Caxanga" piece alone.

[PapiBear]

Glad to hear this is coming. If Disney is committed to doing their classic titles right, they'll include everything that was included in that laserdisc set (which is quite a bit). I know for certain that all that would fit onto a Blu-Ray disc. It would have to be a multi-disc set to all fit onto a SD-DVD, though. But why have DVD if you're not going to do it right?

[Simba3]

Question

I have yet to see these films, in fact they are the only two Disney animated classics I have yet to see. Are they similar in format to "Make Mine Music" and "Melody Time" in that they are a series of animated shorts? Or are they full length feature films?

Either way, it is cool news that these films will be coming to DVD (hopefully). That way, if I never find somewhere to rent them, I can always buy them on a decent DVD release (again, hopefully).

[SpringHeelJack]

Question

I have yet to see these films, in fact they are the only two Disney animated classics I have yet to see. Are they similar in format to "Make Mine Music" and "Melody Time" in that they are a series of animated shorts? Or are they full length feature films?

Either way, it is cool news that these films will be coming to DVD (hopefully). That way, if I never find somewhere to rent them, I can always buy them on a decent DVD release (again, hopefully).

"Saludos Amigos" is a very short series of animated shorts, and I think it's like only 40 minutes long. "Three Caballeros" is a bunch of shorts, but has the frame of Donald's birthday, so it tends to feel (to me anyway) more like a legit movie. Most of the cartoons in the movie are presented as a movie Donal watches or an adventure he goes on with Jose Carioca or Panchito. It's a fun movie, one of my favorites as a kid.

[Lars Vermundsberget]

There aren't really that many parts of TTC that I'd identify as individual shorts, though.

[Disneykid]

I don't care much for Saludos Amigos, but I like The Three Caballeros well enough. Either way, I'll purchasing both since I purposely waited on these to be re-released. Hopefully they'll port over at least most of the laserdisc content and give both films new transfers. Now where's Hunchback?

[Simba3]

Question

I have yet to see these films, in fact they are the only two Disney animated classics I have yet to see. Are they similar in format to "Make Mine Music" and "Melody Time" in that they are a series of animated shorts? Or are they full length feature films?

Either way, it is cool news that these films will be coming to DVD (hopefully). That way, if I never find somewhere to rent them, I can always buy them on a decent DVD release (again, hopefully).

"Saludos Amigos" is a very short series of animated shorts, and I think it's like only 40 minutes long. "Three Caballeros" is a bunch of shorts, but has the frame of Donald's birthday, so it tends to feel (to me anyway) more like a legit movie. Most of the cartoons in the movie are presented as a movie Donal watches or an adventure he goes on with Jose Carioca or Panchito. It's a fun movie, one of my favorites as a kid.

Oh ok, thank you for filling me in!

[purin]

Question

I have yet to see these films, in fact they are the only two Disney animated classics I have yet to see. Are they similar in format to "Make Mine Music" and "Melody Time" in that they are a series of animated shorts? Or are they full length feature films?

Either way, it is cool news that these films will be coming to DVD (hopefully). That way, if I never find somewhere to rent them, I can always buy them on a decent DVD release (again, hopefully).

I still haven't seen Saludos Amigos, but...

A more accurate way of describing The Three Caballeros would be that it starts out as shorts and then slowly descends into madness. If you see it as a kid you won't care, but as an adult it comes off as very, very strange.

[blackcauldron85]

Very, very strange, but very, very wonderful! And colorful! And musical!

[Lars Vermundsberget]

Yeah, I think those last two posts together characterize TTC pretty well!