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 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

- Joe Alaskey as Sylvester the Cat and Tweety
- Kevin Kline as Tulio
- Kenneth Branagh as Miguel
- Chris Wedge as Scrat
- Tara Strong as Roshan
- Alan Tudyk as Dab the Dodo
- Vincent Cassel as Monsieur Hood
- Frank Welker as Goddard (uncredited)
- Jeffrey Garcia as Sheen Estevez
- Carolyn Lawrence as Cindy Vortex and Tina Sue
- Crystal Scales as Libby Folfax and Ike
- Andrea Martin as Ms. Winfred Fowl
- Candi Milo as Nick Dean
- Rob Paulsen as Butch and Principal Willoughby
- Billy West as Sam
- Tobin Bell as Zaragoza
- Mark DeCarlo as Stavos
- Jim Cummings as Toy Factory Boss
- Jeff Bennett as an unemployment lady
- Grey DeLisle as Greystar Lead
- Elton John as the Narrator

### 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 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 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

## Infobox (movie)

- **name**: The Road to El Dorado
- **caption**: Theatrical release poster
- **director**: Bibo Bergeron, Eric "Bibo" Bergeron
Don Paul
Jeffrey Katzenberg
**Additional Sequences:**
Will Finn
David Silverman (animator), David Silverman
- **producer**: Bonne Radford
Brooke Breton
- **writer**: Ted Elliott
Terry Rossio
- **story**: Philip LaZebnik
- **starring**: Kevin Kline
Kenneth Branagh
Rosie Perez
Armand Assante
Edward James Olmos
- **narrator**: Elton John
- **music**: Hans Zimmer
John Powell (film composer), John Powell
- **editing**: John Carnochan
Dan Molina
Vicki Hiatt
Lynne Sutherland
- **studio**: DreamWorks Animation
- **distributor**: DreamWorks Pictures
- **runtime**: 89 minutes
- **country**: United States
- **language**: English
- **budget**: $95 million
- **gross**: $76.4 million