Saludos Amigos - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "Saludos Amigos"
Saludos Amigos (1942)
Timing: 0:42 (42 min)
Saludos Amigos - TMDB rating
5.805/10
433
Saludos Amigos - Kinopoisk rating
6.564/10
827
Saludos Amigos - IMDB rating
6/10
7626

Film crew

Director

Photo Wilfred Jackson #25893
Wilfred Jackson
Director

Producer

Writer

Art Direction

Lee Blair
Art Direction
James Bodrero
Art Direction

Original Music Composer

Paul J. Smith

Paul J. Smith
Original Music Composer

Edward Plumb

Edward Plumb
Original Music Composer

Production Supervisor

Photo Norman Ferguson #25909Photo Norman Ferguson #25910

Norman Ferguson

Norman Ferguson
Production Supervisor

Animation

Thanks

F. Molina Campos
Thanks

Songs

Music

Photo Ary Barroso #110996
Ary Barroso
Music

Conceptual Design

Mary Blair

Mary Blair
Conceptual Design

Background Designer

Merle Cox
Background Designer

Lyricist

Ned Washington
Lyricist

I/O Supervisor

Jack Cutting

Jack Cutting
I/O Supervisor

What's left behind the scenes

  • In early 1941, before the United States entered World War II, the U.S. Department tasked Disney with leading a goodwill tour of South America. There, he was to create a film to be shown in the U.S., Central and South America as part of the Good Neighbor Policy. Disney was chosen for this because several Latin American governments had close ties with Nazi Germany, and the U.S. government wanted to counter these ties. Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters were very popular in Latin America, so Walt Disney was to act as an ambassador. Disney and a group of around twenty composers, artists, technicians, and others went on the tour, with the assistance of Nelson Rockefeller. They visited Brazil and Argentina, as well as Chile and Peru.
  • The cartoon includes documentary footage showing modern Latin American cities with skyscrapers and fashionably dressed residents. This surprised many contemporary American viewers, who associated such a lifestyle only with the United States and Europe, and helped to change their perception of Latin America. Film historian Alfred Charles Richard Jr. noted that "Saludos Amigos" did more to cement a commonality of interests between the peoples of the Americas in a few months than the State Department had in fifty years.
  • The film inspired Chilean artist René Ríos Boettiger to create Condorito, who became one of the most famous animated characters in Latin America.
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