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The Book of Life (2014)

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Film details

Featuring

Christina Applegate Ice Cube Kate Del Castillo
Director

Jorge R. Gutierrez
Country

USA
Year

2014
Genres

Children's Animation Musical Fantasy
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

A group of children visiting a museum on 2 November, the Day of the Dead, are told by a mysterious tour guide a story from the Book of Life, a huge, colorful miscellany of Mexican folklore. The story tells of two young men in the town of San Angel, who are in love with beautiful, hard-to-impress animal-lover María. Manolo is from a bullfighting family, but he prefers singing and refuses to kill bulls. Joaquín loves battling bandits and displaying his bravery and medals. A bet on the romantic outcome is made by the otherworldly deities La Muerte (in charge of the happy afterlife Land of the Remembered) and her scheming husband, the grotesque Xibalba (in charge of the sorrowful Land of the Forgotten), with power over humans' peace in the safe hands of La Muerte if Manolo is chosen, but in the clutches of Xibalba if Joaquín is chosen. Xibalba resorts to cheating in this contest and Manolo duly finds himself in an afterlife realm with his ancestors, who then help him in his quest for María's heart.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Mary Beth
    
    Christina Applegate
  - Candle Maker
    
    Ice Cube
  - La Muerte
    
    Kate Del Castillo
  - Manolo
    
    Diego Luna
  - Xibalba
    
    Ron Perlman
  - María
    
    Zoë Saldana
  - Joaquín
    
    Channing Tatum
  - Grandma
    
    Grey Griffin
  - General Posada/Dali/Chuv
    
    Carlos Alazraqui
  - Carlos Sanchez
    
    Hector Elizondo
  - skeleton Carmen
    
    Ana de la Reguera
  - skeleton Luis
    
    Danny Trejo
  - skeleton Carmelo
    
    Jorge R. Gutierrez
  - skeleton Jorge
    
    Plácido Domingo
  - Pepe Rodríguez
    
    Gabriel Iglesias
  - Pancho Rodríguez
    
    Cheech Marin
  - Pablo Rodríguez
    
    Sanchez, Ricardo 'Mandril'
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Jorge R. Gutierrez
  Rights:
  - ©
    
    Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
  - ©
    
    Reel FX Productions II, LLC
  Production:
  - A Guillermo del Toro production
    
    Guillermo del Toro
  - Presents
    
    Twentieth Century Fox
  - Presents
    
    Reel FX Animation Studios
  - Executive Producer
    
    Aron Warner
  - Executive Producer
    
    Cary Granat
  - Executive Producer
    
    Chuck Peil
  - Produced by
    
    Guillermo del Toro
  - Produced by
    
    Aaron D. Berger
  - Produced by
    
    Carina Schulze
  - Produced by
    
    Brad Booker
  - Post-production Supervisor
    
    Jonas Thaler
  Casting:
  - Casting by
    
    Christian Kaplan
  Writing:
  - Screenplay by
    
    Jorge R. Gutierrez
  - Screenplay by
    
    Doug Landale
  Special Effects:
  - Visual Effects Supervisor
    
    Augusto Schillaci
  Animation:
  - Head of Animation
    
    Wesley Mandell
  - Supervising Animator
    
    Bill Haller
  - Supervising Animator
    
    Louis Jones
  - Effects Supervisor
    
    D. Erich Turner
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Ahren Shaw
  Design:
  - Production Designer
    
    Varela, Simón Vladimir
  - Art Director
    
    Paul J. Sullivan
  Titles:
  - Opening and Main on End Titles Designed by
    
    Claus Studios
  - End Titles
    
    Scarlet Letters
  Film processing:
  - Digital Intermediate Colourist
    
    David Cole
  - Prints by
    
    FotoKem
  - Digital Intermediate by
    
    Modern VideoFilm
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Gustavo Santaolalla
  Sound:
  - Sound Supervision & Design
    
    Gersin, Scott Martin
  - Re-recording Mixer
    
    Andy Koyama
  - Re-recording Mixer
    
    Beau Borders

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