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Great-great-grandfather,what am I supposed to do?

Coco • 2017
Great-great-grandfather,what am I supposed to do?

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Great great grandfather what am I supposed to do
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Duration
7 seconds
Views
89
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:18
Uploaded
Jan 31, 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.
UNKRICH: This gorgeous set and the lighting, the modeling, everything here really perfectly captures the feeling of so many of the cemeteries that we visited down in Mexico. - Coco 00:11
UNKRICH: This gorgeous set and the lighting, the modeling,...
I remember there was a particularly large cemetery in Oaxaca that we spent time at that this just really feels just like it to me. - Coco 00:09
I remember there was a particularly large cemetery in Oaxaca...
And, of course, we had to make de la Cruz's tomb, his mausoleum, kind of the most incredible thing in the cemetery because he's the beloved son of the town. - Coco 00:09
And, of course, we had to make de la Cruz's tomb, his...
No, no, no, no. - Coco 00:07
No, no, no, no.
So we looked at a lot of the tombs of beloved Mexican musicians and looked at how they were revered and tried to top them, even, because we wanted de Ia Cruz to be the most famous singer ever to come out of Mexico. - Coco 00:14
So we looked at a lot of the tombs of beloved Mexican...
MOLINA: There are a few scenes that stayed pretty much the same from our very first screening to our very last, and this is one of them. - Coco 00:10
MOLINA: There are a few scenes that stayed pretty much the...
Dean Kelly, the artist who boarded it, really captured that mystical, magical feeling. - Coco 00:08
Dean Kelly, the artist who boarded it, really captured that...
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! - Coco 00:10
The guitar!
The guitar! It's gone! - Coco 00:22
The guitar! It's gone!
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! - Mama! - Coco 00:19
- Miguel! - Mama!