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The Road to El Dorado

The Road to El Dorado is a 2000 American animated adventure comedy film[2] directed by Eric "Bibo" Bergeron and Don Paul in their feature directorial debuts, from a screenplay by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, as well as additional sequences directed by Will Finn and David Silverman. Starring the voices of Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante, and Edward James Olmos, the film follows two con artists who, after winning the map to El Dorado in Spain, wash ashore in the New World. The map leads the two men to the city of El Dorado, where its inhabitants mistake them for gods.

The Road to El Dorado
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written by
Produced by
  • Bonne Radford
  • Brooke Breton
Starring
Narrated byElton John
Edited by
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byDreamWorks Pictures
Release date
  • March 31, 2000 (2000-03-31) (United States)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$95 million[1]
Box office$76.4 million[1]

The soundtrack features an instrumental score composed by Hans Zimmer and John Powell, and songs written by Elton John and Tim Rice. John also periodically narrates the story in song throughout the film. Produced by DreamWorks Animation and released by DreamWorks Pictures, it was the third animated feature produced by the studio.

The Road to El Dorado was theatrically released in the United States on March 31, 2000, to mixed reviews from critics and performed poorly at the box office, grossing $76 million worldwide on a production budget of about $95 million. Zimmer's work on the score, however, received praise and earned him the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score alongside his work on Gladiator.[3] Despite its initial reception, reevaluation in later years has resulted in The Road to El Dorado becoming a cult classic.[4][5]

Plot Edit

In 1519 Spain, con-artists Miguel and Tulio win a map to the legendary City of Gold, El Dorado, in a rigged dice gamble (though they ironically win the map fairly after Tulio was given normal dice from one of the opponents). After their con is exposed, the two evade the guards and accidentally stow away on one of the ships to be led by conquistador Hernán Cortés for the New World. At sea, they are caught and imprisoned, but break free and steal a rowboat with the help of Cortés' mistreated horse, Altivo.

Their boat reaches land, where Miguel begins to recognize landmarks from the map, leading them to a totem marker near a waterfall that Tulio believes is a dead end. As they prepare to leave, they encounter a native woman, Chel, being chased by guards. When the guards see Tulio and Miguel riding Altivo as depicted on the totem, they escort them and Chel to a secret entrance behind the falls, into El Dorado. They are brought to the city's elders, kindhearted Chief Tannabok and wicked high priest Tzekel-Kan. The pair are mistaken for gods when a volcano coincidentally erupts but simultaneously stops during an argument between them and they are given luxurious quarters, along with the charge of Chel. She discovers that the two are conning her people, but promises to remain quiet if they take her with them when they leave the city. The two are showered with gifts of gold from Tannabok, but disapprove of Tzekel-Kan attempting to sacrifice a civilian at the gods' ritual. Meanwhile, Cortés and his men reach land.

Tulio and Miguel instruct Tannabok to build them a boat so that they can leave the city with all the gifts they have been given, under the ruse that they are needed back in the 'other world'. Chel gets romantically close to Tulio, while Miguel explores the city, coming to appreciate the peaceful life embraced by the citizens; when Tzekel-Kan sees Miguel playing a ball game with children, he insists the "gods" demonstrate their powers against the city's best players. Tulio and Miguel are outmatched, but Chel replaces the ball with an armadillo, allowing them to win. Miguel spares the ritual of sacrificing the losing team and berates Tzekel-Kan, to the crowd's approval and earning Tannabok's respect. Tzekel-Kan notices Miguel received a cut during the game and realizes the pair are not gods since gods do not bleed, hence the reason for the sacrifices. Afterward, Miguel, who has by then reconsidered leaving the city, overhears Tulio telling Chel that he would like her to come with them to Spain, before adding he would like her to come with specifically him and to forget Miguel – straining the relationship between the two. At a party being thrown for them, Miguel and Tulio begin to argue about Tulio and Chel's conversation and Miguel's desire to stay when Tzekel-Kan conjures a giant stone jaguar to chase them throughout the city. Tulio and Miguel manage to outwit the jaguar, causing it and Tzekel-Kan to fall into a giant whirlpool, thought by the natives to be the entrance to Xibalba, the spirit world. Tzekel-Kan then surfaces in the jungle, where he encounters Cortés and his men. Believing Cortés to be the real god, Tzekel-Kan offers to lead him to El Dorado.

Miguel decides to stay in the city while Tulio and Chel board the completed boat, before they see smoke on the horizon and realize Cortés is approaching. Suspecting the city will be destroyed if Cortés discovers it, Tulio suggests using the boat to ram the rock pillars under the waterfall and block the main entrance to the city, despite knowing they will lose the gold in the process and the warriors won't last against them. The plan succeeds with the citizens pulling over a statue in the boat's wake to give it enough speed. As the statue starts to fall too quickly, Tulio has difficulty in preparing the boat's sail. Forfeiting his ability to stay in the city, Miguel and Altivo jump onto the boat to unfurl the sails, assuring the boat clears the statue in time. The group successfully crashes against the pillars, causing a cave-in, while losing all their gifts in the process. They hide near the totem just as Cortés' men and Tzekel-Kan arrive. When they find the entrance blocked, Cortés brands Tzekel-Kan a liar and leaves, taking him as a slave. Tulio and Miguel, though disappointed they lost the gold (unaware that Altivo still wears the golden horseshoes with which he was outfitted in El Dorado, saving the best for last), know that El Dorado is forever safe. They appreciate the thrill of their adventure, and head in a different direction for a new adventure with Chel.

Voice cast Edit

  • Kevin Kline as Tulio, a con artist and Miguel's friend. He is the strategic planner, often becoming anxious and overthinking things.
  • Kenneth Branagh as Miguel, a con artist and Tulio's friend. Miguel is more relaxed and laid-back in contrast to Tulio's more frantic nature. Miguel becomes accustomed to the peaceful life in El Dorado and values the city's people as opposed to the gold.
  • Rosie Perez as Chel, a beautiful woman from El Dorado who discovers Tulio and Miguel's con and decides to play along in hopes of helping them escape El Dorado.
  • Armand Assante as Tzekel-Kan, the fanatically vicious high priest who has a religious fixation for human sacrifices. He initially believes Tulio and Miguel are gods until he discovers the truth.
  • Edward James Olmos as Chief Tannabok, the skeptical, yet kind chief of El Dorado who realizes that Tulio and Miguel are not gods, but treats them with kindness and hospitality because of the good they show 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.
    • Cummings also voices the cook on Cortés's ship, a warrior who gets stepped on by Tzekel-Kan's stone jaguar, and the native who warns Chief Tannabok about Cortés.
  • Frank Welker as Altivo, Cortés' horse who befriends Tulio and Miguel.
    • Welker also voices the Bull that chases Miguel and Tulio at the beginning of the movie.
  • 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.
  • Elton John as The Singing Narrator
  • Anne Lockhart as Girl in Barcelona (uncredited)
  • Bob Bergen as Jaguar (uncredited)
  • Duncan Marjoribanks as Acolyte

Production Edit

Development Edit

Shortly before the public announcement of DreamWorks SKG in October 1994, former Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg met with screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio and gave them a copy of Hugh Thomas's book Conquest: Montezuma, Cortes and the Fall of Old Mexico, desiring to make an animated film set in the Age of Discovery. By the spring of 1995, Elliott and Rossio devised a story treatment inspired by the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Road to... films with self-interested, comedic anti-heroes who would set out to find the Lost City of Gold after acquiring a map to its location.[6][7] Will Finn and David Silverman were originally the film's directors with a tentative release scheduled for fall 1999.[8] Originally, the story was conceived as a dramatic film due to Katzenberg's penchant for large-scale animated films, which conflicted with the film's lighthearted elements. This version of the story had Miguel initially conceived as a raunchy Sancho Panza-like character who died, but came back to life so much that the natives assumed he was a god, as well as steamier love sequences and scanty clothing designed for Chel.[9] In Elliott and Rossio's treatment, the film was meant to end with Miguel and Tulio saving the Mayan people from Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés as it would abandon its civilization to live in the nearby jungle amidst the tragic backdrop of the destruction of its culture.[6]

However, while The Prince of Egypt was in production, Katzenberg decided that their next animated project should be a departure from its serious, adult approach, and desired for the film to be an adventure comedy.[10] Because of this, the film was put on hold, where it was jokingly referred to as El Dorado: The Lost City on Hold due to several rewrites.[9] Miguel and Tulio were rewritten as petty swindlers, and the setting of the film was changed to a more luscious paradise.[10] Additionally, the romance was toned down, and new clothing was designed for Chel. Producer Bonnie Radford explained, "We originally thought it would be rated PG-13 and so we skewed it to that group... But then we thought we could not exclude the younger kids so we had to tone the romance down."[9] Finn and Silverman left the project in 1998 following disputes over the film's creative direction,[7] and were replaced by Eric "Bibo" Bergeron and Don Paul.[9] Katzenberg reportedly co-directed the film albeit uncredited.[11]

Casting Edit

On August 15, 1998, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, and Rosie Perez had signed onto the film.[12] Because the characters and film drew from the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Road to ... films, producer Bonne Radford remarked that "[t]he buddy relationship [between the duo] is the very heart of the story. They need each other because they're both pretty inept. They're opposites — Tulio is the schemer and Miguel is the dreamer. Their camaraderie adds to the adventure; you almost don't need to know where they're going or what they're after, because the fun is in the journey." Unusual for an animated film, Kline and Branagh recorded their lines in the same studio room together, in order for the two to achieve more realistic chemistry. This resulted in a good deal of improvised dialogue, some of which ended up in the film.[13]

Animation Edit

Early into production, a team of designers, animators, producers, and Katzenberg embarked on research trips to Mexico where they studied ancient Mayan cities of Tulum, Chichen Itza, and Uxmal in hopes of making the film's architecture look authentic.[9] By January 1997, one hundred animators were assigned onto the project.[14] However, because the animation department was occupied with The Prince of Egypt, the studio devoted more animators and resources on that film than on Road to El Dorado.[7][9] Additional fine line animation was outsourced to Stardust Pictures in London and Bardel Entertainment in Vancouver. The creation sequence in the film, possibly the opening number by Elton John, was provided with traditional animation and CGI provided by Pacific Data Images.

Music Edit

The Road to El Dorado
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedMarch 14, 2000
Recorded1997–99
Studio
Various
GenreRock, pop, Latin pop
Length62:14
LabelDreamWorks Records
ProducerPatrick Leonard, Hans Zimmer, Gavin Greenaway
Elton John chronology
The Muse
(1999)
The Road to El Dorado
(2000)
Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest Hits
(2000)
Singles from The Road to El Dorado
  1. "Someday Out of the Blue"
    Released: 2000
  2. "Friends Never Say Goodbye"
    Released: 2000

Marylata Jacob, who started DreamWorks' music department in 1995, became the film's music supervisor before the script was completed. Consulting with Katzenberg, Jacob decided the musical approach to the film would be world music.[15] In 1996, Tim Rice and Elton John were asked to compose seven songs which they immediately worked on.[16] Their musical process began with Rice first writing the song lyrics and giving them to John to compose the music. John then recorded a demo which was given to the animators who storyboarded to the demo as the tempo and vocals would remain intact.[15]

Eventually, the filmmakers decided not to follow the traditional musical approach by having the characters sing. Co-producer Bonne Radford explained, "We were trying to break free of that pattern that had been kind of adhered to in animation and really put a song where we thought it would be great... and get us through some story points."[15] On February 20, 1999, before the release of Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida, it was announced that ten songs had been composed for El Dorado, and that the release date had been pushed to March 2000.[17]

The instrumental score was composed by Hans Zimmer and John Powell. John, Rice, and Zimmer had previously collaborated on the soundtrack to Disney's The Lion King, another animated film. Zimmer had also previously composed the music score to DreamWorks Animation's previous film The Prince of Egypt.

In some instances (such as "The Trail We Blaze"), the songs have been altered musically and vocally from the way they appeared in the film. A "Cast & Crew Special Edition" recording of the soundtrack exists, but was a promo-only release. It includes the theatrical versions of the songs, including "It's Tough to Be a God" recorded by Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh (performed on the soundtrack by Elton John and Randy Newman), and several of the score tracks by Hans Zimmer. The Backstreet Boys provided uncredited backing vocals on "Friends Never Say Goodbye",[18] the group is "thanked" by John following the credits in the CD booklet. The Eagles members Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit are credited as background vocalists on the song "Without Question".

Release Edit

Marketing Edit

The film was first revealed in a double trailer with fellow DreamWorks animated feature Chicken Run on the home video of The Prince of Egypt. It was accompanied by a promotional campaign by Burger King.[19]

Home media Edit

The Road to El Dorado was released on DVD and VHS on December 12, 2000. There was also an event in El Dorado, Kansas in which the streets were painted gold and gold coins were donated to the city to build a movie theater. The DVD release includes an audio commentary, behind-the-scenes featurettes, music video of "Someday Out of the Blue", production notes, interactive games, trailers and television spots.[20] In July 2014, the film's distribution rights were purchased by DreamWorks Animation from Paramount Pictures (owners of the pre-2011 DreamWorks Pictures catalog)[21] and transferred to 20th Century Fox before reverting to Universal Pictures in 2018. Because of this, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment subsequently released the film on Blu-ray on January 22, 2019.[22]

Reception Edit

Critical response Edit

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 48% based on 106 reviews and an average rating of 5.50/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Predictable story and thin characters made the movie flat."[23] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 51 out of 100 based on 29 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[24] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[25]

Reviewing for the Chicago Tribune, Michael Wilmington summarized that "This movie is fun to watch in ways that most recent cartoons aren't. It's also more adult, though it's the same cartoonish sensuality as the original 'Road' movies, with their heavily coded prurience. It's a high-spirited movie, though it's not for all tastes. The John-Rice score isn't as rousingly on-target as The Lion King. The script, while clever, often seems too cute and show-biz snazzy, not emotional enough."[26]

Lisa Schwarzbaum, reviewing for Entertainment Weekly, remarked that "this trip down The Road to El Dorado proceeds under the speed limit all the way. Our Tulio and Miguel aren't big enough, nor strong enough, nor funny enough to buckle any swashes. They're as lost to us as the lost city into which they stumble."[27] Similarly, animation historian Charles Solomon remarked on the lack of character development writing "Tulio and Miguel move nicely, but the animators don't seem to have any more idea who they are than the audience does. Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh supply their voices, but the characters say and do similar things in similar ways. Who can tell them apart?"[28] Paul Clinton of CNN wrote, "The animation is uninspiring and brings nothing new to the table of animation magic," praising the Elton John/Tim Rice songs, but noting the weak plot.[29]

Among the film's more positive reviewers was Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, who gave the film three stars out of four. He acknowledged that although The Road to El Dorado is not "as quirky as Antz or as grown up as The Prince of Egypt", it is "bright and has good energy, and the kinds of witty asides that entertain the adults in between the margins of the stuff for the kids."[30] Joel Siegel, reviewing on the television program Good Morning America, called it "solid gold," claiming the film was "paved with laughs."[31] Jay Boyar of the Orlando Sentinel stated "The Road to El Dorado is borderline entertaining, I suppose, with animation that is, at times, truly impressive. And if the six Elton John/Tim Rice songs are thoroughly forgettable, they lack sufficient distinction to actually become annoying."[32]

In more recent years, Jason Schwartz of Geeks called the film "a hidden gem", and was taken aback at "how well it has aged and how baffling it is that this movie wasn't a success." He called the film "beautifully animated", and praised the Elton John songs/Hans Zimmer soundtrack. He also praised the characterizations writing, "Miguel and Tulio play off each other effortlessly. Not only does the humor between the two of them flow well, but their friendship is authentic."[33] Petrana Radulovic, writing for Polygon, praised the characters of Miguel and Tulio, as well as the "hilarious scenes and quippy dialogue."[5]

Indigenous rights organizations criticized the movie for its sexist and racist themes, and for its lack of historical sensitivity. Olin Tezcatlipoca, director of the Mexica Movement, pointed out that the movie portrays Chel as a "sex toy" for the two Spaniards, and that the representation of them as saviors from the barbarity of human sacrifices and from indigenous collaborationism with Cortés "has no respect for history."[34]

Box office Edit

The film grossed $12.9 million on opening weekend ranking second behind Erin Brockovich's third weekend.[35][36] The film closed on June 29, 2000, after earning $50.9 million in the United States and Canada and $25.5 million overseas for a worldwide total of $76.4 million. Based on its total gross, The Road to El Dorado was a box-office bomb, unable to recoup its $95 million budget.[1]

Accolades Edit

Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
Annie Awards Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature Nominated [37]
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Character Animation David Brewster Nominated
Rodolphe Guendonen Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Effects Animation Doug Ikeler Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production Hans Zimmer & John Powell / Elton John & Tim Rice Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in a Animated Feature Production Christian Schellewald Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Jeff Snow Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production Armand Assante (as "Tzekel-Kan") Nominated
Critics' Choice Awards Best Composer Hans Zimmer (Also for Gladiator and Mission: Impossible 2) Won [38]
Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing – Animated Feature Gregory King, Yann Delpuech, and Darren King Nominated
Best Sound Editing – Music – Animated Feature Adam Milo Smalley and Vicki Hiatt Nominated
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie Kevin Kline Nominated
Saturn Awards Best Music Hans Zimmer and John Powell Nominated

Internet popularity Edit

Twenty years after the film's release, The Road to El Dorado had an unexpected rise in popularity as an Internet meme. Petrana Radulovic, writing for Polygon, noted a range of memes and GIFs of moments from the film, writing that it "found a second life and a long-lasting legacy, since it came out at the perfect time to make it a nostalgic movie for people who grew up with the internet."[5]

See also Edit

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For the video game see Gold and Glory The Road to El Dorado The Road to El Dorado is a 2000 American animated adventure comedy film 2 directed by Eric Bibo Bergeron and Don Paul in their feature directorial debuts from a screenplay by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio as well as additional sequences directed by Will Finn and David Silverman Starring the voices of Kevin Kline Kenneth Branagh Rosie Perez Armand Assante and Edward James Olmos the film follows two con artists who after winning the map to El Dorado in Spain wash ashore in the New World The map leads the two men to the city of El Dorado where its inhabitants mistake them for gods The Road to El DoradoTheatrical release posterDirected byEric Bibo Bergeron Don PaulWritten byTed Elliott Terry RossioProduced byBonne Radford Brooke BretonStarringKevin Kline Kenneth Branagh Rosie Perez Armand Assante Edward James OlmosNarrated byElton JohnEdited byJohn Carnochan Vicki Hiatt Dan Molina Lynne SoutherlandMusic byHans Zimmer John PowellProductioncompanyDreamWorks AnimationDistributed byDreamWorks PicturesRelease dateMarch 31 2000 2000 03 31 United States Running time89 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 95 million 1 Box office 76 4 million 1 The soundtrack features an instrumental score composed by Hans Zimmer and John Powell and songs written by Elton John and Tim Rice John also periodically narrates the story in song throughout the film Produced by DreamWorks Animation and released by DreamWorks Pictures it was the third animated feature produced by the studio The Road to El Dorado was theatrically released in the United States on March 31 2000 to mixed reviews from critics and performed poorly at the box office grossing 76 million worldwide on a production budget of about 95 million Zimmer s work on the score however received praise and earned him the Critics Choice Movie Award for Best Score alongside his work on Gladiator 3 Despite its initial reception reevaluation in later years has resulted in The Road to El Dorado becoming a cult classic 4 5 Contents 1 Plot 2 Voice cast 3 Production 3 1 Development 3 2 Casting 3 3 Animation 4 Music 5 Release 5 1 Marketing 5 2 Home media 6 Reception 6 1 Critical response 6 2 Box office 6 3 Accolades 7 Internet popularity 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksPlot EditIn 1519 Spain con artists Miguel and Tulio win a map to the legendary City of Gold El Dorado in a rigged dice gamble though they ironically win the map fairly after Tulio was given normal dice from one of the opponents After their con is exposed the two evade the guards and accidentally stow away on one of the ships to be led by conquistador Hernan Cortes for the New World At sea they are caught and imprisoned but break free and steal a rowboat with the help of Cortes mistreated horse Altivo Their boat reaches land where Miguel begins to recognize landmarks from the map leading them to a totem marker near a waterfall that Tulio believes is a dead end As they prepare to leave they encounter a native woman Chel being chased by guards When the guards see Tulio and Miguel riding Altivo as depicted on the totem they escort them and Chel to a secret entrance behind the falls into El Dorado They are brought to the city s elders kindhearted Chief Tannabok and wicked high priest Tzekel Kan The pair are mistaken for gods when a volcano coincidentally erupts but simultaneously stops during an argument between them and they are given luxurious quarters along with the charge of Chel She discovers that the two are conning her people but promises to remain quiet if they take her with them when they leave the city The two are showered with gifts of gold from Tannabok but disapprove of Tzekel Kan attempting to sacrifice a civilian at the gods ritual Meanwhile Cortes and his men reach land Tulio and Miguel instruct Tannabok to build them a boat so that they can leave the city with all the gifts they have been given under the ruse that they are needed back in the other world Chel gets romantically close to Tulio while Miguel explores the city coming to appreciate the peaceful life embraced by the citizens when Tzekel Kan sees Miguel playing a ball game with children he insists the gods demonstrate their powers against the city s best players Tulio and Miguel are outmatched but Chel replaces the ball with an armadillo allowing them to win Miguel spares the ritual of sacrificing the losing team and berates Tzekel Kan to the crowd s approval and earning Tannabok s respect Tzekel Kan notices Miguel received a cut during the game and realizes the pair are not gods since gods do not bleed hence the reason for the sacrifices Afterward Miguel who has by then reconsidered leaving the city overhears Tulio telling Chel that he would like her to come with them to Spain before adding he would like her to come with specifically him and to forget Miguel straining the relationship between the two At a party being thrown for them Miguel and Tulio begin to argue about Tulio and Chel s conversation and Miguel s desire to stay when Tzekel Kan conjures a giant stone jaguar to chase them throughout the city Tulio and Miguel manage to outwit the jaguar causing it and Tzekel Kan to fall into a giant whirlpool thought by the natives to be the entrance to Xibalba the spirit world Tzekel Kan then surfaces in the jungle where he encounters Cortes and his men Believing Cortes to be the real god Tzekel Kan offers to lead him to El Dorado Miguel decides to stay in the city while Tulio and Chel board the completed boat before they see smoke on the horizon and realize Cortes is approaching Suspecting the city will be destroyed if Cortes discovers it Tulio suggests using the boat to ram the rock pillars under the waterfall and block the main entrance to the city despite knowing they will lose the gold in the process and the warriors won t last against them The plan succeeds with the citizens pulling over a statue in the boat s wake to give it enough speed As the statue starts to fall too quickly Tulio has difficulty in preparing the boat s sail Forfeiting his ability to stay in the city Miguel and Altivo jump onto the boat to unfurl the sails assuring the boat clears the statue in time The group successfully crashes against the pillars causing a cave in while losing all their gifts in the process They hide near the totem just as Cortes men and Tzekel Kan arrive When they find the entrance blocked Cortes brands Tzekel Kan a liar and leaves taking him as a slave Tulio and Miguel though disappointed they lost the gold unaware that Altivo still wears the golden horseshoes with which he was outfitted in El Dorado saving the best for last know that El Dorado is forever safe They appreciate the thrill of their adventure and head in a different direction for a new adventure with Chel Voice cast EditKevin Kline as Tulio a con artist and Miguel s friend He is the strategic planner often becoming anxious and overthinking things Kenneth Branagh as Miguel a con artist and Tulio s friend Miguel is more relaxed and laid back in contrast to Tulio s more frantic nature Miguel becomes accustomed to the peaceful life in El Dorado and values the city s people as opposed to the gold Rosie Perez as Chel a beautiful woman from El Dorado who discovers Tulio and Miguel s con and decides to play along in hopes of helping them escape El Dorado Armand Assante as Tzekel Kan the fanatically vicious high priest who has a religious fixation for human sacrifices He initially believes Tulio and Miguel are gods until he discovers the truth Edward James Olmos as Chief Tannabok the skeptical yet kind chief of El Dorado who realizes that Tulio and Miguel are not gods but treats them with kindness and hospitality because of the good they show to his people Jim Cummings as Hernan Cortes the merciless and ambitious conquistador leader of the expedition to find the empires of the New World Cummings also voices the cook on Cortes s ship a warrior who gets stepped on by Tzekel Kan s stone jaguar and the native who warns Chief Tannabok about Cortes Frank Welker as Altivo Cortes horse who befriends Tulio and Miguel Welker also voices the Bull that chases Miguel and Tulio at the beginning of the movie 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 Elton John as The Singing Narrator Anne Lockhart as Girl in Barcelona uncredited Bob Bergen as Jaguar uncredited Duncan Marjoribanks as AcolyteProduction EditDevelopment Edit Shortly before the public announcement of DreamWorks SKG in October 1994 former Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg met with screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio and gave them a copy of Hugh Thomas s book Conquest Montezuma Cortes and the Fall of Old Mexico desiring to make an animated film set in the Age of Discovery By the spring of 1995 Elliott and Rossio devised a story treatment inspired by the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Road to films with self interested comedic anti heroes who would set out to find the Lost City of Gold after acquiring a map to its location 6 7 Will Finn and David Silverman were originally the film s directors with a tentative release scheduled for fall 1999 8 Originally the story was conceived as a dramatic film due to Katzenberg s penchant for large scale animated films which conflicted with the film s lighthearted elements This version of the story had Miguel initially conceived as a raunchy Sancho Panza like character who died but came back to life so much that the natives assumed he was a god as well as steamier love sequences and scanty clothing designed for Chel 9 In Elliott and Rossio s treatment the film was meant to end with Miguel and Tulio saving the Mayan people from Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes as it would abandon its civilization to live in the nearby jungle amidst the tragic backdrop of the destruction of its culture 6 However while The Prince of Egypt was in production Katzenberg decided that their next animated project should be a departure from its serious adult approach and desired for the film to be an adventure comedy 10 Because of this the film was put on hold where it was jokingly referred to as El Dorado The Lost City on Hold due to several rewrites 9 Miguel and Tulio were rewritten as petty swindlers and the setting of the film was changed to a more luscious paradise 10 Additionally the romance was toned down and new clothing was designed for Chel Producer Bonnie Radford explained We originally thought it would be rated PG 13 and so we skewed it to that group But then we thought we could not exclude the younger kids so we had to tone the romance down 9 Finn and Silverman left the project in 1998 following disputes over the film s creative direction 7 and were replaced by Eric Bibo Bergeron and Don Paul 9 Katzenberg reportedly co directed the film albeit uncredited 11 Casting Edit On August 15 1998 Kevin Kline Kenneth Branagh and Rosie Perez had signed onto the film 12 Because the characters and film drew from the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Road to films producer Bonne Radford remarked that t he buddy relationship between the duo is the very heart of the story They need each other because they re both pretty inept They re opposites Tulio is the schemer and Miguel is the dreamer Their camaraderie adds to the adventure you almost don t need to know where they re going or what they re after because the fun is in the journey Unusual for an animated film Kline and Branagh recorded their lines in the same studio room together in order for the two to achieve more realistic chemistry This resulted in a good deal of improvised dialogue some of which ended up in the film 13 Animation Edit Early into production a team of designers animators producers and Katzenberg embarked on research trips to Mexico where they studied ancient Mayan cities of Tulum Chichen Itza and Uxmal in hopes of making the film s architecture look authentic 9 By January 1997 one hundred animators were assigned onto the project 14 However because the animation department was occupied with The Prince of Egypt the studio devoted more animators and resources on that film than on Road to El Dorado 7 9 Additional fine line animation was outsourced to Stardust Pictures in London and Bardel Entertainment in Vancouver The creation sequence in the film possibly the opening number by Elton John was provided with traditional animation and CGI provided by Pacific Data Images Music EditThe Road to El DoradoSoundtrack album by Elton JohnReleasedMarch 14 2000Recorded1997 99StudioVarious Johnny Yuma Recording The Enterprise Burbank California Silent Sound Studios Purple Dragon Studios Atlanta Georgia The Town House West London Airborne Audio Lenexa Kansas Cello Studios Mix This Studios Record Plant Los Angeles California Sony Scoring Stage Culver City California Sound Chamber North Hollywood California The Warehouse Studio Vancouver British Columbia Canada Air Studios London GenreRock pop Latin popLength62 14LabelDreamWorks RecordsProducerPatrick Leonard Hans Zimmer Gavin GreenawayElton John chronologyThe Muse 1999 The Road to El Dorado 2000 Elton John One Night Only The Greatest Hits 2000 Singles from The Road to El Dorado Someday Out of the Blue Released 2000 Friends Never Say Goodbye Released 2000Marylata Jacob who started DreamWorks music department in 1995 became the film s music supervisor before the script was completed Consulting with Katzenberg Jacob decided the musical approach to the film would be world music 15 In 1996 Tim Rice and Elton John were asked to compose seven songs which they immediately worked on 16 Their musical process began with Rice first writing the song lyrics and giving them to John to compose the music John then recorded a demo which was given to the animators who storyboarded to the demo as the tempo and vocals would remain intact 15 Eventually the filmmakers decided not to follow the traditional musical approach by having the characters sing Co producer Bonne Radford explained We were trying to break free of that pattern that had been kind of adhered to in animation and really put a song where we thought it would be great and get us through some story points 15 On February 20 1999 before the release of Elton John and Tim Rice s Aida it was announced that ten songs had been composed for El Dorado and that the release date had been pushed to March 2000 17 The instrumental score was composed by Hans Zimmer and John Powell John Rice and Zimmer had previously collaborated on the soundtrack to Disney s The Lion King another animated film Zimmer had also previously composed the music score to DreamWorks Animation s previous film The Prince of Egypt In some instances such as The Trail We Blaze the songs have been altered musically and vocally from the way they appeared in the film A Cast amp Crew Special Edition recording of the soundtrack exists but was a promo only release It includes the theatrical versions of the songs including It s Tough to Be a God recorded by Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh performed on the soundtrack by Elton John and Randy Newman and several of the score tracks by Hans Zimmer The Backstreet Boys provided uncredited backing vocals on Friends Never Say Goodbye 18 the group is thanked by John following the credits in the CD booklet The Eagles members Don Henley and Timothy B Schmit are credited as background vocalists on the song Without Question Release EditMarketing Edit The film was first revealed in a double trailer with fellow DreamWorks animated feature Chicken Run on the home video of The Prince of Egypt It was accompanied by a promotional campaign by Burger King 19 Home media Edit The Road to El Dorado was released on DVD and VHS on December 12 2000 There was also an event in El Dorado Kansas in which the streets were painted gold and gold coins were donated to the city to build a movie theater The DVD release includes an audio commentary behind the scenes featurettes music video of Someday Out of the Blue production notes interactive games trailers and television spots 20 In July 2014 the film s distribution rights were purchased by DreamWorks Animation from Paramount Pictures owners of the pre 2011 DreamWorks Pictures catalog 21 and transferred to 20th Century Fox before reverting to Universal Pictures in 2018 Because of this Universal Pictures Home Entertainment subsequently released the film on Blu ray on January 22 2019 22 Reception EditCritical response Edit On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 48 based on 106 reviews and an average rating of 5 50 10 The site s critical consensus reads Predictable story and thin characters made the movie flat 23 On Metacritic the film has a score of 51 out of 100 based on 29 critics indicating mixed or average reviews 24 Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of B on an A to F scale 25 Reviewing for the Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington summarized that This movie is fun to watch in ways that most recent cartoons aren t It s also more adult though it s the same cartoonish sensuality as the original Road movies with their heavily coded prurience It s a high spirited movie though it s not for all tastes The John Rice score isn t as rousingly on target as The Lion King The script while clever often seems too cute and show biz snazzy not emotional enough 26 Lisa Schwarzbaum reviewing for Entertainment Weekly remarked that this trip down The Road to El Dorado proceeds under the speed limit all the way Our Tulio and Miguel aren t big enough nor strong enough nor funny enough to buckle any swashes They re as lost to us as the lost city into which they stumble 27 Similarly animation historian Charles Solomon remarked on the lack of character development writing Tulio and Miguel move nicely but the animators don t seem to have any more idea who they are than the audience does Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh supply their voices but the characters say and do similar things in similar ways Who can tell them apart 28 Paul Clinton of CNN wrote The animation is uninspiring and brings nothing new to the table of animation magic praising the Elton John Tim Rice songs but noting the weak plot 29 Among the film s more positive reviewers was Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times who gave the film three stars out of four He acknowledged that although The Road to El Dorado is not as quirky as Antz or as grown up as The Prince of Egypt it is bright and has good energy and the kinds of witty asides that entertain the adults in between the margins of the stuff for the kids 30 Joel Siegel reviewing on the television program Good Morning America called it solid gold claiming the film was paved with laughs 31 Jay Boyar of the Orlando Sentinel stated The Road to El Dorado is borderline entertaining I suppose with animation that is at times truly impressive And if the six Elton John Tim Rice songs are thoroughly forgettable they lack sufficient distinction to actually become annoying 32 In more recent years Jason Schwartz of Geeks called the film a hidden gem and was taken aback at how well it has aged and how baffling it is that this movie wasn t a success He called the film beautifully animated and praised the Elton John songs Hans Zimmer soundtrack He also praised the characterizations writing Miguel and Tulio play off each other effortlessly Not only does the humor between the two of them flow well but their friendship is authentic 33 Petrana Radulovic writing for Polygon praised the characters of Miguel and Tulio as well as the hilarious scenes and quippy dialogue 5 Indigenous rights organizations criticized the movie for its sexist and racist themes and for its lack of historical sensitivity Olin Tezcatlipoca director of the Mexica Movement pointed out that the movie portrays Chel as a sex toy for the two Spaniards and that the representation of them as saviors from the barbarity of human sacrifices and from indigenous collaborationism with Cortes has no respect for history 34 Box office Edit The film grossed 12 9 million on opening weekend ranking second behind Erin Brockovich s third weekend 35 36 The film closed on June 29 2000 after earning 50 9 million in the United States and Canada and 25 5 million overseas for a worldwide total of 76 4 million Based on its total gross The Road to El Dorado was a box office bomb unable to recoup its 95 million budget 1 Accolades Edit Award Category Nominee s Result Ref Annie Awards Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature Nominated 37 Outstanding Individual Achievement for Character Animation David Brewster NominatedRodolphe Guendonen NominatedOutstanding Individual Achievement for Effects Animation Doug Ikeler NominatedOutstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production Hans Zimmer amp John Powell Elton John amp Tim Rice NominatedOutstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in a Animated Feature Production Christian Schellewald NominatedOutstanding Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Jeff Snow NominatedOutstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production Armand Assante as Tzekel Kan NominatedCritics Choice Awards Best Composer Hans Zimmer Also for Gladiator and Mission Impossible 2 Won 38 Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing Animated Feature Gregory King Yann Delpuech and Darren King NominatedBest Sound Editing Music Animated Feature Adam Milo Smalley and Vicki Hiatt NominatedKids Choice Awards Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie Kevin Kline NominatedSaturn Awards Best Music Hans Zimmer and John Powell NominatedInternet popularity EditTwenty years after the film s release The Road to El Dorado had an unexpected rise in popularity as an Internet meme Petrana Radulovic writing for Polygon noted a range of memes and GIFs of moments from the film writing that it found a second life and a long lasting legacy since it came out at the perfect time to make it a nostalgic movie for people who grew up with the internet 5 See also EditEl Dorado the legendary city of goldReferences Edit a b c The Road to El Dorado 2000 Box Office Mojo Archived from the original on March 12 2012 Retrieved March 8 2017 The Road to El Dorado 2000 American Film Institute Archived from the original on July 26 2022 Retrieved July 26 2022 Armstrong Mark December 19 2000 Broadcast Critics Eat Crowe E Online UK Archived from the original on January 5 2014 Retrieved January 4 2014 Gramulgia Anthony March 14 2020 The Road to El Dorado How the Box Office Bomb Became a Cult Classic CBR Archived from the original on July 18 2021 Retrieved March 29 2021 a b c Radulovic Petrana April 1 2020 The Road to El Dorado survived bad reviews financial failure and shitposting Polygon Archived from the original on April 2 2020 Retrieved April 1 2020 a b 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