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I pitched this idea to John Lasseter six years ago, and right from the very beginning, he was fully on board and excited about setting a story in this world
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Coco

I pitched this idea to John Lassetersix years ago, and right from the very beginning,he...

Coco • 2017
I pitched this idea to John Lassetersix years ago, and right from the very beginning,he was fully on board and excited about setting a storyin this world

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I pitched this idea to John Lasseter six years ago,
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and right from the very beginning, he was fully on board
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and excited about setting a story in this world.
Available in 2 languages
Duration
14 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
01:39:38
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.
He had us hop on planes down to Mexico within weeks of that pitch. - Coco 00:07
He had us hop on planes down to Mexico within weeks of that...
And so we went down to Mexico for Día de los Muertos. And from that day forward, John and everyone at the studio has been really supportive of making what they felt could be a really special movie. - Coco 00:13
And so we went down to Mexico for Día de los Muertos. And...
-I love that candle right there. - Coco 00:11
-I love that candle right there.
Because all these many years, we've always done this super charming thing about... - Coco 00:07
Because all these many years, we've always done this...
UNKRICH: Well, we had talked at one point about, since we had so many scenes in cemeteries, we had talked about maybe putting some people's names, real people's names onto the headstones as a way of remembering them. - Coco 00:11
UNKRICH: Well, we had talked at one point about, since we...
But the idea was still floating around of, like, how can we somehow remember the people who inspired us in our lives, or who were dear to us. - Coco 00:11
But the idea was still floating around of, like, how can we...
We started to build an ofrenda in the atrium of Pixar, putting a lot of our family photos on it. - Coco 00:07
We started to build an ofrenda in the atrium of Pixar,...
But we had this idea of having kind of a digital ofrenda at the end of the film. - Coco 00:06
But we had this idea of having kind of a digital ofrenda at...
And having everybody at the studio who wanted to submit photos of a loved one who had inspired them in some way. - Coco 00:10
And having everybody at the studio who wanted to submit...
Everyone was excited about the idea, and it's a real beautiful notion. - Coco 00:07
Everyone was excited about the idea, and it's a real...
And we not only, you know, have our own family, but we also put on the ofrenda, some people who we've worked with who were dear to us, who've passed away recently, like Don Rickles and Steve Jobs. - Coco 00:14
And we not only, you know, have our own family, but we also...
And a lot of people that we've worked with here at the studio over the years who unfortunately are no longer with us. - Coco 00:07
And a lot of people that we've worked with here at the...
MOLINA: I remember at our studio ofrenda, we invited people to put up photos in the atrium. - Coco 00:08
MOLINA: I remember at our studio ofrenda, we invited people...
And I remember thinking this film is so beautiful, and we remember these people, and we thank them for all the support they've given to us. - Coco 00:10
And I remember thinking this film is so beautiful, and we...
And hopefully this can be a little bit of a thank you to their spirits and an honor to their memories, that all the love that came from generations of people culminates in this wonderful place, these beautiful artists, and in a project like this that real - Coco 00:17
And hopefully this can be a little bit of a thank you to...
And, you know, our hope is that once people have seen this film, they want to reconnect with their own history and their own roots and their own stories. - Coco 00:08
And, you know, our hope is that once people have seen this...
UNKRICH: I'd love to see people building an ofrenda, just kind of in their own way, however they want, to take the time to remember their family and pass down the stories to their kids in the same kind of joyful way that is done during Día de lo - Coco 00:21
UNKRICH: I'd love to see people building an ofrenda,...
So, it's really great that we got to end the film on that note. - Coco 00:05
So, it's really great that we got to end the film on...
UNKRICH: So, thank you for listening to our voices drone on for the last hour and a half. - Coco 00:09
UNKRICH: So, thank you for listening to our voices drone on...
And thank you for listening to our stories. - Coco 00:07
And thank you for listening to our stories.