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Dean Kelly, the artist who boarded it, really captured that mystical, magical feeling
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Coco

Dean Kelly, the artist who boarded it, really captured that mystical,magical feeling

Coco • 2017
Dean Kelly, the artist who boarded it, really captured that mystical,magical feeling

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Dean Kelly, the artist who boarded it,
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really captured that mystical, magical feeling.
Available in 4 languages
Duration
8 seconds
Views
82
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:33
Uploaded
Jan 17, 2026
Genres
animation, adventure, comedy
Production
Pixar,Walt Disney Pictures

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Movie Summary

Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.
The details moved around a bit, but we always loved this kind of unholy act, this grave robber scene that forces all of Miguel's troubles to come to a head. - Coco 00:12
The details moved around a bit, but we always loved this...
UNKRICH: In earlier versions of the movie, when Miguel took the guitar and strummed it, the guitar was magically transported with Miguel, and he ended up having the guitar with him in the Land of the Dead, and in that version of the story, Miguel was tryi - Coco 00:21
UNKRICH: In earlier versions of the movie, when Miguel took...
Our family thinks music is a curse. - Coco 00:20
Our family thinks music is a curse.
It was kind of a ball and chain, having Miguel drag it around all the time. - Coco 00:06
It was kind of a ball and chain, having Miguel drag it...
I know the animators were particularly not happy about the idea of Miguel having to have a guitar strapped to his back through the entire film. - Coco 00:09
I know the animators were particularly not happy about the...
So they were happy when we told them that we were changing the story, and Miguel was gonna be leaving the guitar behind. - Coco 00:07
So they were happy when we told them that we were changing...
The guitar! It's gone! - Coco 00:22
The guitar! It's gone!
The guitar! - Coco 00:10
The guitar!
Saying, "The guitar, it's gone." -MOLINA: "It's gone." - UNKRICH: The animators actually built a big oversized guitar out of cardboard that was kind of roughly what the scale of the guitar would be to Miguel, so that they could work out the physicality of - Coco 00:21
Saying, "The guitar, it's gone." -MOLINA:...
All right, who's in there? - Coco 00:11
All right, who's in there?
ANDERSON: I did see animators running around the hallways, trying to figure out how they were going to figure that out. - Coco 00:07
ANDERSON: I did see animators running around the hallways,...
I think this more than any of the films I've worked on, effects were such an important part of the storytelling. - Coco 00:07
I think this more than any of the films I've worked on,...
- Miguel! - Coco 00:08
- Miguel!
- Miguel! - Mama! - Coco 00:19
- Miguel! - Mama!
How are these petals going to swirl and glow, and how are people going to be ghosts? - Coco 00:07
How are these petals going to swirl and glow, and how are...
We depend on the effects in this film for a lot of the storytelling. - Coco 00:05
We depend on the effects in this film for a lot of the...
Dios mio! Little boy. - Coco 00:10
Dios mio! Little boy.
We thought for the very first skeleton that we meet, it would be fun to have it be Catrina. - Coco 00:07
We thought for the very first skeleton that we meet, it...
MOLINA: I think when people hear, "Oh, it's a movie about skeletons," or "It's a movie about Day of the Dead," often times they assume, "Oh, it's meant to be "a horror or a Tim Burton film," or something like that and so, yeah, we really wanted to be in t - Coco 00:20
MOLINA: I think when people hear, "Oh, it's a...
UNKRICH: So we tried to make the skeletons, their designs, as appealing as possible, and one of the decisions I made very early on was to give them eyeballs, which you normally wouldn't see in a skeleton, but I just knew that we needed to connect with all - Coco 00:22
UNKRICH: So we tried to make the skeletons, their designs,...