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| Narrated by | Elton John |
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| Distributed by | DreamWorks Pictures |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Countries | United States France |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $95 million[1] |
| Box office | $76.4 million[1] |
The Road to El Dorado is a 2000 animated musical 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 soundtrack features an instrumental score composed by Hans Zimmer and John Powell, and songs written by Elton John and Tim Rice. Elton 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, received 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 at the 6th Critics' Choice Awards.[3] Despite its initial reception, reevaluation in later years has resulted in The Road to El Dorado becoming a cult classic.[4][5]
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- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.