The Road to El Dorado
The Road to El Dorado is a 2000 American animated adventure movie made by DreamWorks Animation. The movie was directed by Eric "Bibo" Bergeron and Don Paul; Will Finn and David Silverman directed additional sequences. It stars Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Jim Cummings, Frank Welker, Armand Assante, Edward James Olmos and Tobin Bell. It was composed by Elton John.
| The Road to El Dorado | |
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| Directed by | Eric "Bibo" Bergeron Don Paul Jeffrey Katzenberg (uncredited) Additional Sequences: Will Finn David Silverman |
| Written by | Ted Elliott Terry Rossio |
| Story by | Philip LaZebnik |
| Produced by | Bonne Radford Brooke Breton |
| Starring | Kevin Kline Kenneth Branagh Rosie Perez Armand Assante Edward James Olmos |
| Narrated by | Elton John |
| Edited by | John Carnochan Dan Molina Vicki Hiatt Lynne Sutherland |
| Music by | Hans Zimmer John Powell |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | DreamWorks Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $95 million[1] |
| Box office | $76.4 million[1] |
The movie follows two Spanish conmen who leave Spain and set off to the New World. As they head to the legendary city of gold, they are mistaken for gods by the people. The movie flopped at the box office. It was poorly received by critics.
Plot
In 16th century Spain, two con artists win a map to El Dorado from the dice game. They escape from the city and stow away on the ship of Hernán Cortés, while sailing to the New World. After befriending a horse named Altivo, they land off the Mexican coast. After seeing landmarks on the map, they take a direction to the legendary golden city. As they arrive at the waterfall, a woman and an army of guards recognize them as gods, and escort them to the city. There, they meet the elders, kindhearted Chief Tannabok and the malicious high priest Tzekel Kan. Tannabok welcomes the two to the city warmly, while Tzekel Kan mainly sees them as an opportunity to enhance his own standing. He also believes the gods' arrival will spark the "Year of the Jaguar", a time when everyone will be purged from the city.
Voice cast
- Kevin Kline as Tulio, one of the con artists who pretend to be gods so they can get gold. He is the strategic planner, often becoming anxious and overthinking things.
- Kenneth Branagh as Miguel, one of the con artists who pretend to be gods so they can get gold. He is more relaxed and easygoing than his con-partner Tulio.
- Rosie Perez as Chel, a beautiful native woman from El Dorado who discovers Tulio and Miguel's con and decides to play along in an effort to get out from El Dorado.
- Armand Assante as Tzekel-Kan, the fanatically vicious high priest who has a religious fixation for human sacrifices.
- Edward James Olmos as Chief Tannabok, the kind chief of El Dorado who believes that Tulio and Miguel are gods, though he at one point implies that he has figured out Miguel is not actually a god, though only after Miguel demonstrates kindness to his people.
- Jim Cummings as Hernán Cortés, the merciless and ambitious conquistador leader of the expedition to find the empires of the New World.
- Frank Welker as Altivo, Cortés' horse who befriends Tulio and Miguel.
- Tobin Bell as Zaragoza, a sailor on the voyage to the New World of El Dorado and the original owner of the map, which he loses to Tulio and Miguel after a game of dice.
- Duncan Marjoribanks as Acolyte.
- Elijah Chiang as Kid #1
- Cyrus Shaki-Khan as Kid #2
- Elton John as the Narrator
- Anne Lockhart as Girl in Barcelona
Additional voices
- Bruce Adler as Tzekel-Kan's Guards
- Jack Angel as Cortés's Soldiers
- Bob Bergen as Jaguar, Cortés's Soldiers
- Rodger Bumpass as Cortés's Soldiers
- Corey Burton as Cortés's Soldiers
- Philip L. Clarke as Tzekel-Kan's Guards
- Robert Clotworthy as Tzekel-Kan's Guards, Cortés's Soldiers, Male Villager #6
- David Cowgill as Cortés's Soldiers
- Jim Cummings as Cortés's Soldiers, The Cook, Warrior, Male Villager #1
- Jennifer Darling as Female Villager #4
- Paul Eiding as Cortés's Soldiers
- Bill Farmer as Cortés's Soldiers, Warriors
- Pat Fry as Cortés's Soldiers, Warriors, Sailors
- Nicholas Guest as Cortés's Soldiers
- Arthur Holden as Tzekel-Kan's Guards, Male Villager #7
- Marcel Jeannin as Male Villager #5, Tzekel-Kan's Guards, Cortés's Soldiers
- Carole Jeghers as Female Villager #1
- Sherry Lynn as Female Villager #2
- Danny Mann as Cortés's Soldiers, Sailors
- Kenneth Mars as Cortés's Soldiers, Male Villager #8
- Mickie McGowan as Female Villager #3
- Paul Pape as Cortés's Soldiers
- Patrick Pinney as Cortés's Soldiers, Male Villager #3
- Phil Proctor as Cortés's Soldiers, Male Villager #4, Male Villager #2
- Jan Rabson as Cortés's Soldiers
- Peter Renaday as Cortés's Soldiers
- Steve Susskind as Sailors
- Jim Ward as Cortés's Soldiers, Sailors
- Frank Welker as Bull
ADR Group
- Blayn Barbosa as Kid #3
- Elea Bartling as as Female Villager
- Steve Bulen as Male Villager
- Mark Carlton as Male Villager
- Rachel Crane as Female Villager
- Cody Dorkin as Kid #7
- Murphy Dunne as Male Villager
- Ashley Edner as Female Villager
- Bobby Edner as Male Villager
- Elisa Gabrielli as Female Villager
- Mike Gomez as Male Villager
- Javier Grajeda as Male Villager
- Brenda Grate as Female Villager
- Daisey Hamilton as Female Villager
- Daniel Hansen as Kid #6
- Wendy Hoffman as as Female Villager
- Poosy Holmes as Female Villager
- Marabina Jaimes as Female Villager
- Myles Jeffrey as Male Villager
- Lauri Johnson as Female Villager
- Luisa Leschin as Female Villager
- Don Maxwell as Male Villager
- Karmin Murcelo as Female Villager
- Jonathan Nichols as Male Villager
- Dyana Ortelli as Female Villager
- Barbara Ransom as Female Villager
- Al Rodrigo as Cortes's Soldiers
- Bert Rosario as Male Villager
- Michelle Ruff as Female Villager
- Lauren Schaffel as Female Villager
- Aaron Spann as Kid #5
- Ryan Sparks as Kid #4
- Sylvia Villagran as Female Villager
- Christopher Windsor as Male Villager
References
- "The Road to El Dorado (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 8, 2017.