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Coco

Watch your step - they make 'caquitas' everywhere

Coco • 2017
Miguel:

Are those... Alebrijes? Tío Oscar:
Real Alebrijes. Spirit creatures. Tía Rosita:
They guide souls on their journey. Tío Felipe:
Watch your step - they make 'caquitas' everywhere

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Duration
30 seconds
Views
8,306
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:00
Uploaded
Dec 12, 2020
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.

Actors

Anthony Gonzalez
Miguel
Anthony Gonzalez
Hello and welcome. - Coco 00:19
Hello and welcome.
We did it just for fun while we were making the movie, and then we ended up loving it so much, we decided to keep it in the film. - Coco 00:08
We did it just for fun while we were making the movie, and...
ANDERSON: I remember the first time it came on, people were so excited about it, and it really set the tone for our movie. - Coco 00:07
ANDERSON: I remember the first time it came on, people were...
Subtitles by explosiveskull Resync by GoldenBeard - Coco 00:08
Subtitles by explosiveskull Resync by GoldenBeard
We had a version where we started in an old de la Cruz movie, and then we finally revealed Miguel watching it. - Coco 00:07
We had a version where we started in an old de la Cruz...
MOLINA: We had one that was a big musical number, that turned out to be this giant stage show where de la Cruz was performing. - Coco 00:08
MOLINA: We had one that was a big musical number, that...
UNKRICH: And they were all fun openings, but in every case, we felt like it was taking too long to meet Miguel. - Coco 00:07
UNKRICH: And they were all fun openings, but in every case,...
Sometimes, I think I'm cursed. Because of something that happened before I was even born. See, a long time ago, there was this family. The papa, he was a musician. He and his family would sing and dance and count thei - Coco 00:34
Sometimes, I think I'm cursed. Because of something...
We ended up telling that story kind of through this 2D papel picado animation, which was an idea we had very early on. - Coco 00:10
We ended up telling that story kind of through this 2D papel...
And it took us a while to figure out just kind of the right place to use it, but I'm glad it ended up in the film because we always thought it would be clever. - Coco 00:09
And it took us a while to figure out just kind of the right...
MOLINA: Yeah. - Coco 00:12
MOLINA: Yeah.
So that became really helpful for hiding different secrets that get revealed over the course of the film. - Coco 00:08
So that became really helpful for hiding different secrets...
ANDERSON: These gorgeous paper banners are called "papel picado," which I believe literally means "paper with holes cut in it." You see them everywhere down in Mexico. - Coco 00:11
ANDERSON: These gorgeous paper banners are called...
And the mama... - Coco 00:16
And the mama...
And the mama... - Coco 00:23
And the mama...
She rolled up her sleeves and she learned to make shoes. - Coco 00:06
She rolled up her sleeves and she learned to make shoes.
So, when we then realized that we needed to open the film differently, we resurrected the idea and brought it to its fruition. - Coco 00:09
So, when we then realized that we needed to open the film...
They just kind of splintered off and did that project, kind of separately from the animation on the rest of the film. - Coco 00:08
They just kind of splintered off and did that project, kind...
MOLINA: Here, we see the ofrenda with that guy's face ripped out, which, again, is an important story point. - Coco 00:07
MOLINA: Here, we see the ofrenda with that guy's face...
This really is an amalgamation of all the different beautiful ofrendas that we saw during our travels. - Coco 00:07
This really is an amalgamation of all the different...