The Road To El Dorado

: To save the city from Cortés (who is being led there by an exiled Tzekel-Kan), Tulio and Miguel sacrifice their gathered gold to seal the entrance, choosing to protect the people over their own riches . Main Characters

, which won a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score. Critical and Commercial Reception The Road to El Dorado

But perhaps that is for the best. El Dorado works perfectly as a standalone artifact. It is a time capsule of a specific era of animation: hand-drawn, adult-skewing humor, massive orchestral scores, and an earnestness that would be immediately undercut by irony in the post-9/11 era. : To save the city from Cortés (who

Upon arriving in El Dorado, they are welcomed by the city's inhabitants, a tribe of indigenous people who are kind and generous. The tribe's leader, Tannabok (voiced by Robert Patrick), greets Tulio and Miguel as honored guests, and they soon find themselves enjoying the city's luxuries and hospitality. El Dorado works perfectly as a standalone artifact

: Plans for a series based on the film were canceled due to poor financial performance. Visual and Musical Aspects Soundtrack : The film's music was created by the team behind The Lion King Elton John Hans Zimmer Animation Details