The Road to El Dorado

The Road to El Dorado
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Don Paul Eric "Bibo" Bergeron
Produced by	Brook Breton Bonne Radford
Screenplay by	Ted Elliott Terry Rossio
Starring	Kevin Kline Kenneth Branagh Armand Assante Jim Cummings Edward James Olmos Tobin Bell Rosie Perez
Narrated by	Elton John
Music by	Hans Zimmer John Powell
Edited by	John Carnochan Dan Molina Vicki Hiatt Lynne Sutherland
Production company	DreamWorks Animation
Distributed by	DreamWorks Pictures
Release date	March 31, 2000 (2000-03-31)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$95 million
Box office	$76.4 million

Review scores
Publication	Score
	GBC	PC	PS
Adventure Gamers	N/A		N/A
AllGame		N/A	N/A
EGM	N/A	N/A	7/10
Game Informer	4.5/10	N/A	1/10
Game Revolution	N/A	N/A	C−
GameSpot	7.3/10	N/A	3/10
IGN	5/10	4.2/10	4.8/10
Nintendo Power	7.3/10	N/A	N/A
OPM (US)	N/A	N/A
Aggregate scores
GameRankings	59%	60%	52%
Metacritic	N/A	N/A	34/100

The Road to El Dorado is a 2000 American animated adventure musicalfantasy comedy film directed by Eric "Bibo" Bergeron and Don Paul, with additional sequences by Will Finn and David Silverman, starring Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, and Rosie Pérez, and produced by DreamWorks Animation. The soundtrack features songs by Elton John and Tim Rice, as well as composers Hans Zimmer and John Powell.

The film follows two men, who after winning the map to El Dorado escape from Spain. After being stranded on the island, they use it to lead them to the city of El Dorado, where the people mistake them for gods.

It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $76.4 million worldwide on a $95 million budget.

In Spain 1519, two con artists, Tulio and Miguel, win a map to the legendary City of Gold, El Dorado, in a rigged gambling match. After their con is discovered, the two evade capture and hide aboard one of the ships to be led by Hernán Cortés to the New World. During the trip, they are caught as stowaways and imprisoned, but manage to break free and take a rowboat with the help of Cortés' horse, Altivo.

Later, they land on an unknown shore at the edge of Mexico, and Miguel begins to recognize landmarks from the map, leading them to a totem marker near a large waterfall. Believing it to be a dead end, they suddenly encounter a native woman being chased by guards; when the guards see Tulio and Miguel riding Altivo as depicted on the totem, they escort them to a secret entrance behind the falls, along with the woman, and into a city truly made of gold, El Dorado. They are brought to the city's elders, kind-hearted Chief Tannabok and wicked high priest Tzekel-Kan. Tzekel-Kan, seeking to seize the city from Tannabok, insists that the two, mistaken as gods, demonstrate their powers. Tulio and Miguel bicker between themselves, while a nearby volcano begins to erupt. When Tulio yells at Miguel to stop pestering him, the volcano suddenly stops erupting, and the citizens take this as proof of their godhood. Celebrations are held, and the pair are given luxurious quarters to stay, along with charge of the woman, Chel. Chel is aware the two are conning the 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 disapproves Tzekel-Kan in sacrificing a civilian as the gods' ritual.