Coco Page #4

Miguel holds the pan dulce over Dante's head.

MIGUEL:

Sit. Down. Roll over. Shake.

Fist bump.

Dante obeys to the best of his ability.

MIGUEL:

Good boy, Dante!

Miguel tosses the pan dulce to his furless friend who topples

back into the trash can.

CUT TO:

MARIACHI PLAZA - MOMENTS LATER

Miguel rounds the corner toward the town square. Vendors

sell sugar skulls and marigolds, and musicians fill the

square with music.

MIGUEL (V.O)

I know I'm not supposed to love

music -- but it's not my fault!

(beat)

It's his:
Ernesto de la Cruz...

Miguel approaches a statue of a handsome mariachi at the

heart of the plaza.

8.

MIGUEL (V.O)

...The greatest musician of all

time.

A tour group and their TOUR GUIDE are gathered around the

base of the statue.

TOUR GUIDE:

And right here, in this very plaza,

the young Ernesto de la Cruz took

his first steps toward becoming the

most beloved singer in Mexican

history!

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CLIPS of de la Cruz in his hay day: playing as a young man in

the plaza, serenading bystanders in a train car...

MIGUEL (V.O.)

He started out a total nobody from

Santa Cecilia, like me. But when

he played music, he made people

fall in love with him.

MORE CLIPS from de la Cruz's films. He leaps from a tree

branch onto a galloping horse. He plays his signature skull

guitar with flourish and flair.

MIGUEL (V.O.)

He starred in movies. He had the

coolest guitar... He could fly!

A CLIP features de la Cruz dressed as a hovering priest, held

up by strings, in front of a cycling sky flat.

MIGUEL (V.O.)

And he wrote the best songs! But

my all-time favorite? It's--

A CLIP of de la Cruz performing in a fancy nightclub.

DE LA CRUZ:

(singing)

REMEMBER ME:

THOUGH I HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE

REMEMBER ME:

DON'T LET IT MAKE YOU CRY

FOR EVEN IF I'M FAR AWAY

I HOLD YOU IN MY HEART

I SING A SECRET SONG TO YOU

EACH NIGHT WE ARE APART

REMEMBER ME:

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