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4 Reviews
As is the case with literally hundreds of other Dizzy films . . .
pixrox19 July 2022
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Very fine, rather unknown Disney short film (contains minor spoilers)
alex_unnamed13 November 2015
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I fail to understand why this little gem has a rather mediocre rating; I find it well told and extremely charming. Maybe the fact that I've always liked Carl Barks' Benny Burro adds to my opinion.
Originally a part of 'The Three Caballeros', the story is about a boy who happens upon a donkey who has the ability to fly. They become friends fast and set out to win a horse race
Aside from the very fine animation (given that three of Disney's 'Nine Old Men' have worked on it, namely Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas and Eric Larson), I especially like the voice-over work, and the fact that the narrator (the boy himself as an adult) communicates with his younger self and the donkey. Another nice touch was the scene in the beginning playing with the structure of narration and people's memory (' it was a tree let's see, maybe it was a rock, after all although I could swear it was a tree!').
All in all, a very fine Disney short film which I can really recommend. I just which there had been a couple of follow-up stories on the lead duo!
Originally a part of 'The Three Caballeros', the story is about a boy who happens upon a donkey who has the ability to fly. They become friends fast and set out to win a horse race
Aside from the very fine animation (given that three of Disney's 'Nine Old Men' have worked on it, namely Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas and Eric Larson), I especially like the voice-over work, and the fact that the narrator (the boy himself as an adult) communicates with his younger self and the donkey. Another nice touch was the scene in the beginning playing with the structure of narration and people's memory (' it was a tree let's see, maybe it was a rock, after all although I could swear it was a tree!').
All in all, a very fine Disney short film which I can really recommend. I just which there had been a couple of follow-up stories on the lead duo!
It's a bird! It's a plane! No...it's a flying donkey!!
BrettErikJohnson2 October 2003
A little boy grabs a very large knife and sets out to find animals he can kill. However, things don't turn out as planned. Inside of a nest, the boy expects to find a condor and is happily surprised when it turns out to be a donkey with wings!!
Well, the kid figures that he could make a lot of money off of a flying donkey. He ties a rope around it and trains it to race. The two of them enter a race with a whopping grand prize of 1,000 pesos. (Isn't that worth, like, um...a dollar or something?) Charming. 1/10
Well, the kid figures that he could make a lot of money off of a flying donkey. He ties a rope around it and trains it to race. The two of them enter a race with a whopping grand prize of 1,000 pesos. (Isn't that worth, like, um...a dollar or something?) Charming. 1/10
Not nearly up to the usual Disney standards.
planktonrules5 November 2010
During WWII, Walt Disney was persuaded by the US government to take a good will tour of South America as well as do some cartoons featuring characters from this continent. Why? Well, it was in hopes of firming up relations with them...and hopefully either keeping these countries out of the war or on the side of the US. The cartoons that resulted generally were sub-par (a nice way of saying they sucked) and features like "Saludos Amigos" and "The Three Caballeros" were the result. There also were some short--like "The Flying Gauchito". And, while the cartoon is not horrible, it is clearly well below the usual standard of excellence established by Disney. As for this story, the plot was very contrived--with a story that s seems to show that Walt had a hard time coming up with something! After all, the plot involves a South American boy and his flying donkey! So in addition to a very weak story, you also had slightly poorer than average animation, weak characters and, oddly, on the DVD the picture kept bouncing about--and might just cause motion sickness in viewers. Overall, quite easy to skip.
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