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Happy 62nd Anniversary Saludos Amigos!



Released February 6th, 1943

Ultimate Disney Saludos Amigos DVD Review

Fun Facts

- To make this film, Disney artists visited many diverse people in South America, from the fishermen of Lake Titicaca to the gauchos of the Argentine plains.

- This was the first Disney Animated feature to be shown in South America before it was screened in the USA.

- The movie premiered in Rio de Janeiro on August 24, 1942.

- At 42 minutes, this is the shortest Disney "feature" to date.

- The title song for this movie makes a brief appearance in its follow-up "The Three Caballeros" as underscoring.

- The DVD release removes a scene where Goofy is seen smoking a cigarette and blowing smoke rings.

Awards

* Academy Award® Nominee (1943) -- Best Music, Scoring Of A Musical Picture

* Academy Award® Nominee (1943) -- Best Music, Song, "Saludos Amigos"

* Academy Award® Nominee (1943) -- Best Sound, Recording

Happy 62nd Anniversary Saludos Amigos!

Happy 65th Anniversary Pinocchio!



Released February 7th, 1940

Ultimate Disney Pinocchio DVD Review

Fun Facts

- The film required the talents of 750 artists, including animators, assistants, layout artists, background painters, special effects animators, and inkers and painters, who produced more than 2 million drawings and used some 1,500 shades of paint for the Technicolor production.

- In the book the movie is based on, the character of Jiminy Cricket was unnamed, appeared in only a few chapters, and was squashed by Pinocchio!

- Some believe the Blue Fairy was modeled after Marilyn Monroe –- but Monroe was only 14 at the time! The real-life model was Marjorie Babbitt, a dancer who had earlier enacted the part of Snow White for the animators.

- Story concept for the movie was difficult. One day Walt Disney decided to scrap five months' work -- including animation -- and start over because it wasn't right.

- The movie is based on the serialized stories of journalist Carlo Lorenzini (aka, Collodi) written in 1881 for a children's illustrated weekly in Florence, Italy. Two years later, the stories were compiled into a book, "The Adventures Of Pinocchio: Tale Of A Puppet."

- Jiminy Cricket became the film's most popular and enduring character appearing in subsequent Disney films and television shows, including FUN AND FANCY FREE and the Mickey Mouse Club.

- Gustaf Tenggren, an award-winning illustrator, was assigned to the production to give the film the kind of lavish European storybook flavor that Walt Disney envisioned.

- The movie won an Academy Award(R) for best score and best song, "When You Wish Upon A Star."

- Many film historians describe the film as the most beautifully realized and technically perfect of all the Disney animated features.

- The film cost $2.6 million in 1940, but using the same techniques and processes, it would cost well over $100 million today.


Awards

* Academy Award® Winner (1940) -- Best Score

Happy 65th Anniversary Pinocchio!

HAPPY 62nd ANNIVERSERY SALUDOS AMIGOS

I cant remember if I have seen this movie.Then again I never seem to be able to when it is brought up.
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HAPPY 65th ANNIVERSERY PINOCCHIO.
I love all the 411 you added about the film. Good job Mickeymouseboy. I am learning something new everyday.

Wow! What a great idea! Not only do we learn what anniversary it is this year for these films, but you include an amazing amount of information! Thanks Mickeymouseboy!

Happy 62nd to Saludos Amigos
Happy 65th to Pinnochio

Happy Anniversary to you *clap clap*
Happy Anniversary to you *clap clap*
Happy Anniversary dear Saludios Amigoooooooooos and Pinocchiooooooo
Happy Anniversary to you!