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UNKRICH: We tried to be as efficient as possible, as we could, with setting up de la Cruz and his legend, and why Miguel loves him so much, and so it was fun coming up with all these different old
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Coco

We tried to be as efficientas possible, as we could, with setting up de la Cruzand his...

Coco • 2017
UNKRICH:We tried to be as efficientas possible, as we could, with setting up de la Cruzand his legend, and why Miguel loves him so much, and so it was fun coming upwith all these different old movie clips

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toward becoming the most beloved singer in Mexican history
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He started out a total nobody from Santa Cecilia like me
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But when he played music he made people fall in love with him
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He starred in movies
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He had the coolest guitar He could fly
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And he wrote the best songs
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But my all time favorite it's
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Remember me
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Remember me
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Though I have to say goodbye
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Remember me Remember me
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Don't let it make you cry For even if I'm far away
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I hold you in my heart I sing a secret song to you
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Each night we are apart Remember me
Available in 10 languages
Duration
11 seconds
Views
942
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:12
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.
This next section here, where we see de la Cruz singing Remember Me, this actually used to be part of a much bigger sequence that we opened the film with, where we saw a whole concert in the supper club, and what's remaining in the finished film he - Coco 00:17
This next section here, where we see de la Cruz singing...
MOLINA: All of this dancing, the animators, actually, we brought in some dance consultants, and they all got to put on the dresses and learn these folklórico dances, and it really is a great way to see it all appear onscreen. - Coco 00:14
MOLINA: All of this dancing, the animators, actually, we...
ANDERSON: It was fun to see all the men and women in the skirts, working it up. - Coco 00:05
ANDERSON: It was fun to see all the men and women in the...
When we first hired him, he said, "You know, I'm not really a singer," and I'm like, "That's okay, de la Cruz is a great showman, "and I know you can pull that off. - Coco 00:11
When we first hired him, he said, "You know, I'm...
Until 1942. When he was crushed by a giant bell. I want to be just like him. - Coco 00:13
Until 1942. When he was crushed by a giant bell. I want to...
MOLINA: I think it fits into the celebration of the holiday, though, which is with a little kind of tongue-in-cheek, a little irreverence. - Coco 00:07
MOLINA: I think it fits into the celebration of the holiday,...
It sets the tone for death being a thing, but not necessarily the scariest. - Coco 00:07
It sets the tone for death being a thing, but not...
They wanna laugh, but they're also like, "Wait, should I be laughing at that?" - Coco 00:06
They wanna laugh, but they're also like, "Wait,...
MOLINA: I like how when you meet the mariachi, -he's playing a little bit of Llorona. - A tiny little setup for later on in the film. - Coco 00:10
MOLINA: I like how when you meet the mariachi, -he's...
UNKRICH: The mariachi is played by a great character actor named Lombardo Boyar, who we found, and we loved him so much that we ended up giving him two different parts in the film because he plays both the mariachi and he also plays Gustavo, the musician - Coco 00:18
UNKRICH: The mariachi is played by a great character actor...
MOLINA: I like to imagine that Gustavo is actually -this guy's great-great-grandfather. - Coco 00:08
MOLINA: I like to imagine that Gustavo is actually -this...
-MOLINA: Musical genes. - Coco 00:08
-MOLINA: Musical genes.
I thought the same thing, that they're for sure related. - Coco 00:05
I thought the same thing, that they're for sure...
They just did an incredible job filling and populating Santa Cecilia, as well as the Land of the Dead in a really natural, believable way. - Coco 00:09
They just did an incredible job filling and populating Santa...
Miguel! - Coco 00:29
Miguel!
Then one of the great results of working with our fantastic cultural consultants is that they turned us onto the idea of la chancla, or slipper, which is a much feared weapon of Latina grandmothers in Mexico and beyond. - Coco 00:15
Then one of the great results of working with our fantastic...
It was one of those kind of serendipitous, it was already there. - Coco 00:05
It was one of those kind of serendipitous, it was already...
UNKRICH: Having Abuelita put her chancla back on kind of in this gunslingery kind of way was kind of a callback to when we used to have her carry a wooden spoon around with her in her apron string, kind of like a gun. - Coco 00:13
UNKRICH: Having Abuelita put her chancla back on kind of in...
Ay, pobrecito. Oh, estas bien, mijo. You know better than to be here in this place! - Coco 00:14
Ay, pobrecito. Oh, estas bien, mijo. You know better than to...
That idea kind of stayed with us here when we used the chancla instead of the wooden spoon. - Coco 00:07
That idea kind of stayed with us here when we used the...