South America, having a drink of cachaça with him and introducing him to the samba (to the tunes of "Aquarela do Brasil" and "Tico-Tico no Fubá"). Cast and characters Lee Blair – himself Mary Blair – herself Pinto Colvig – Goofy Walt Disney – himself Norman Ferguson – himself Frank Graham – himself Clarence Nash – Donald Duck José do Patrocínio Oliveira – José Carioca (Used in the Brazilian Portuguese version) Fred Shields – narrator Frank Thomas – himself Stuart Buchanan – flight attendant Soundtrack The film's original score was composed by Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, and Charles Wolcott. The title song, "Saludos Amigos", was written for the film by Charles Wolcott and Ned Washington. The film also featured the song "Aquarela do Brasil", written by the popular Brazilian songwriter Ary Barroso and performed by Aloísio de Oliveira, and an instrumental version of "Tico-Tico no Fubá", written by Zequinha de Abreu. "Aquarela do Brasil" was written and first performed in 1939, but did not achieve much initial success. However, after appearing in this film it became an international hit, becoming the first Brazilian song to be played over a million times on American radio. The film's soundtrack was first released by Decca Records in 1944 as a collection of three 78rpm singles. Track listing Side 1: "Saludos Amigos" b/w Side 2: "Inca Suite" Side 3: "Brazil ("Aquarela do Brazil")" b/w Side 4: "Argentine Country Dances" Side 5: "Tico-Tico" b/w Side 6: "Pedro from Chile" Release Theatrical Saludos Amigos premiered in Rio de Janeiro on August 24, 1942. It was released in the United States on February 6, 1943. It was theatrically reissued in 1949, when it was shown on a double bill with the first reissue of Dumbo. The film returned rentals to RKO by 1951 of $1,135,000 with $515,000 being generated in the U.S. and Canada. Home media In 1995, the film was released on Laserdisc under the "Exclusive Archive Collection" series. It was later released on both VHS and DVD on May 2, 2000 under the Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection banner, and again on DVD on April 29, 2008 under the Classic Caballeros Collection banner. The film received a third DVD release on November 30, 2010, as a bonus Feature on the Walt & El Grupo DVD. A fourth release, the first on Blu-ray, was released on January 30, 2018 as Saludos Amigos And The