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 third Pixar film to feature the full 2011 Disney opening logo as a closing logo, after Finding Dory (2016) and Cars 3 (2017).
Mamá Imelda:
I am trying to save your life!
Miguel:
You're ruining my life!
Mamá Imelda:
What?
Miguel:
Music's the only way that makes me happy. And, you wanna take that away! You'll never understand!
Miguel:
I thought you hated music.
Mamá Imelda:
I LOVED it! I remember that my husband would play, and I loved ...
When Miguel's abuelita catches him in the plaza with the Mariachi, Miguel pushes the guitar back. The Mariachi puts his hands up to keep his sombrero on and between shots, the guitar flips over in his lap. In one shot, the neck is on the Mariachi's right hand--the position Miguel, facing opposite, was holding it in--and in the next, the neck is on the Mariachi's left hand, as if the Mariachi was about to play it.
On the opening Pixar logo, the last sound is muted. After the lamp stops moving as usual, a bell chiming is heard leading to the opening shot.
English, Spanish
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