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Walt & El Grupo is a 2008 documentary film produced by Theodore Thomas Productions through The Walt Disney Family Foundation Films. It is centered around the goodwill trips to Latin America that Walt Disney and his artists took that resulted in the films Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros.

Summary[]

For ten weeks in 1941, Walt Disney, his wife Lilly, and sixteen colleagues from his studio visited nations in Latin America to gather story material for a series of films with South American themes. The feature documentary film uses this framing device to explore inter-American relations, provide a rare glimpse into the artists who were part of the magic of Disney’s “golden age” and give an unprecedented look at the 39 year-old Walt Disney during one of the most challenging times of his entire life.

Interviewees[]


  • Juan Carlos González
  • Mariuza Barroso Salomao
  • Marcelo Nino
  • Virgilio Roig
  • John Canemaker
  • Blaine Gibson
  • Diane Disney Miller
  • Harriett Wolcott (Charles Wolcott's widow)
  • Jeanette Thomas (Frank Thomas' widow)
  • Cindy (Sears) Garcia (Ted Sears' daughter)
  • Lydia (Bodrero) Reed (Jim Bodrero's daughter)
  • Leticia Pinheiro
  • Shelia Banani & Marsha Gilpatrick (Charles Wolcott's daughters)
  • J.B. Kaufman
  • Ankito
  • Harriet Burns
  • Maria Elisa Botelho Byington


  • Maria Cecilia Braga de Araujo Goes
  • Flávio Barroso
  • Brian and Janet Lansburgh (Larry Lansburgh's son and grandaughter)
  • Juan Carlos Portas
  • Mali Legarreta
  • Josefina Molina Chazarreta
  • Andres A. Chazarreta Ruiz
  • Miguel "Tachuela" Gramajo
  • Hugo Rocha
  • Guillermo Guerrero
  • Jorge "Faruk" Palacio
  • Cecilia Palacio
  • Elizabeth O'Farrell de Apellaniz
  • Miguel B. O'Farrell
  • Kevin Blair (Lee and Mary Blair's son)
  • Jorge Delano

"El Grupo" Members[]

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See also[]


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Disney Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros Logos
Media
Saludos Amigos (video/soundtrack) • The Three Caballeros (video/soundtrack) • Walt Disney anthology seriesHouse of MouseMickey and the Roadster RacersSouth of the Border with DisneyWalt & El GrupoLegend of the Three Caballeros

Books: The Penguin That Hated the Cold

Disney Parks
Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three CaballerosIt's a Small WorldMickey Mouse Revue

Entertainment: Let's Party Gras!Max LIVE: Gettin’ Goofy With It
Restaurants: Mickey & Pals Market Café
Parades: Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade: DreamLightsDisney Adventure Friends CavalcadeDisney's Party ExpressMickey's Soundsational Parade
Fireworks: HarmoniousMickey's Mix Magic!Wonderful World of AnimationWondrous Journeys
Spring: Fashionable Easter
Summer: Soryo Kobu
Halloween: Goofy's Skeletoons Street Party
Christmas: Mickey's Most Merriest CelebrationWorld of Color: Season of LightThe Viva Navidad Street Party

Characters
Saludos Amigos: Donald DuckLlamaPedroMama PlanePapa PlaneAconcaguaGoofyJosé Carioca
The Three Caballeros: Panchito PistolesPabloPenguinsAracuan BirdBurritoFlying GauchitoYayaToy Bull

Members of the Saludos Amigos Artist Tour: Walt DisneyFrank ThomasLee BlairMary BlairNorman Ferguson
Legend of the Three Caballeros: XandraDaisy DuckApril, May, and JuneBaron Von SheldgooseLord Felldrake SheldgooseLeopold the HorribleBaroness Von SheldgooseHumphrey the BearEugenia Ferdinand-FerdinandClinton CootPeteDonald's KettleLarry the MinotaurAstro MummiesMoon BotsJupiter, Venus, and MarsTermitesApolloMoai CommanderLava LizardsMoaiKing VomitGoblinsBaydoodiorSpike the BeeDapper DuckGeorge WashingtonAbraham LincolnThomas JeffersonTeddy RooseveltMonoHanzyClementinePriestessGods of Life and DeathKarasu TenguSheldgoose's AncestorsKing ArthurLancelot, Galahad, Kay, and BorsMerlinTyroneGaryYeti StaffMr. SpiritBlazebeak

Objects
Caballeros' AmuletsFelldrake's Staff Felldrake's RingSpark of LifeMagic MirrorsXandra's AtlasMystic BarrierWorld FruitXandra's Bow
Episodes
Legend of the Three Caballeros
"Dope-a Cabana" • "Labyrinth and Repeat" • "Pyramid-Life Crisis" • "World Tree Caballeros" • "No Man Is an Easter Island" • "Stonehenge Your Bets" • "Mount Rushmore (or Less)" • "Nazca Racing" • "Mexico à Go-Go" • "Mt. Fuji Whiz" • "Thanks a Camelot" • "Shangri-La-Di-Da" • "Sheldgoose Square Dance"
Songs
Saludos Amigos: Saludos AmigosLa Blanca PalomaEscravos de Jó Aquarela do BrasilTico-Tico no Fubá
The Three Caballeros: BaíaHave You Been to Baía?Pandeiro & FluteOs Quindins de YayáThe Three CaballerosLas PosadasMexicoJarabe PateñoLilongoYou Belong to My HeartLa ZandungaJesusita en Chihuahua
Legend of the Three Caballeros: Moai VacationGoblin JailDraw the LineShangri-La-Di-Da
Others: We Are The Three CaballerosMy Name is PanchitoPagode na Disney
Locations
South AmericaBrazilMexicoArgentinaChilePeruUruguay
Deleted Concepts
Pluto and the ArmadilloThe Laughing GauchitoCaxangaCuban CarnivalThe Hornero BirdBlame It on the SambaMiguelito Maracas
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