The Book of Life (2014 film)
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The Book of Life is a 2014 American musical comedy animated adventure film produced by Reel FX Creative Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Co-written and directed by Jorge Gutierrez.
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Dialogue[edit]
- (General Posada looks at the mess that María set the animals free)
- General Posada: That girl is in so much trouble!
- Young María: Uh-oh.
- General Posada: (yelling) MA-RI-A!!!
- Young María: (to General Posada) I'm sorry, Papa. It's just that I-- (María gasps as she looks at Manolo's broken guitar) Manolo's guitar.
- Young Manolo: (gasps)
- General Posada: María, this rebellious nonsense ends now! You are going to become a proper lady.
- Young María: (confused) Why?
- General Posada: BECAUSE I SAID SO! I'm sending you to Spain. The sisters at the convent of the perpetual flame of purity will straighten you out.
- All: What?!
- Young María: But, Papa!
- General Posada: No, it is decided. NOW GO HOME!
- (María runs away crying)
- Carmelo: He's new
- Jorge: He reminds me of me. (laughs) But less handsome.
- Manolo: Meet me at the bridge at dawn.
- Maria: I can't, Manolo. My father won't...
- Manolo: Please, Maria. I beg you.
- (Maria agrees, Manolo slides down the streetlamp, Xibalba watches Manolo running for the Proposal Tree.)
- Xibalba: If she meets him alone, I will lose the wager. (summons his two-headed snake) Fix this for me, old friend.
- (Maria rushes outside San Angel to see candles glowing to the Proposal Tree to follow Manolo)
- Maria: Manolo.
- Manolo: Wise men say only fools rush in,
- But I can't help falling in love with you
- But I can't help falling in love with you.
- (Maria approaches Manolo's singing in the Proposal Tree.)
- Manolo: This is... this is what I wanted to show you.
- (Manolo sees Maria looking at the glowing sparkling lights at San Angel.)
- Maria: It's so beautiful.
- Manolo: What you’re feeling... that’s how I feel every time I’m with you.
- (Maria gasps)
- Manolo: I can't offer you a ring, I have nothing to give but my love.
- Maria: Oh Manolo.
- Manolo: I may not be the town hero, Maria. But I swear with all my heart, I will never ever stop loving you.
- Maria: And I will never stop loving the man who plays from the heart.
- (Xibalba's two-headed snake approaches Manolo to bite him and Maria gasps)
- Maria: Snake! (Pushes Manolo)
- Manolo: No!
- (Maria screams and gets bitten by Xibalba's two-headed snake)
- Manolo: Maria!
- (Maria falls down her death and Manolo catches her body)
- Manolo: No...
- (Manolo mourns Maria's death and started to scream in rage)
- Manolo: HHEEEELLLLPPP!!!
- Carlos: Manolo! Manolo! Get up!
- (Manolo wakes up after Carlos and Anita for not killing it)
- Manolo: I'm sorry Papa...
- Carlos: Do not make it worse by apologizing! A Sanchez man never apologizes... NEVER!
- Anita: Ever...
- Manolo: If being a bullfighter means, it means killing the bull... well, then I'm no bullfighter.
- Carlos: No... You are no Sanchez!
- (Carlos walks away with Anita with a wheelchair leaving Manolo for not killing the bull)
- Xibalba: So then, if my boy marries the girl, I will finally rule the Land of the Dead.
- La Muerte: And if my boy marries the girl, you will... (grabs Xibalba's beard) you will stop interfering with the affairs of man!
- Xibalba: What?! I can't do that! C'mon, it's the only fun I ever get!
- La Muerte: Then the bet is off.
- Xibalba: Very well, my dear. By the ancient rules, (Xibalba and La Muerte shake hands) the wager is set.
- Mary Beth: And so, Joaquin learned that to be a true hero...
- Jane: You have to be selfless.
- Xibalba: You never cease to amaze me, mi amor. Such passion.
- La Muerte: Anyone can die. These kids, they will have the courage to live.
- Xibalba: I'll wager you are right, my love.
- (Xibalba and La Muerte kiss)
- Candle Maker: Hey, write your own story.
- Carlos: People said I was the greatest bullfighter in our family's history, but it is you, my son, who'll be the greatest Sanchez ever! They will write songs about you.
- Young Manolo: And I will sing them!
- Carlos: Wait, what?
- Young Manolo: (laughs nervously) I will sing them?
- Carlos: (sighs) Son, music is not work fit for a Sanchez bullfighter.
- Young Manolo: But I want to be a musician.
- Carlos: No, you must focus. Your training begins at once. Your grampa, Luis, taught me when I was about your age.
- Young Manolo: Wait, isn't that when that bull put you in a coma?
- Carlos: Ah, memories. My only son fighting angry, thousand-pound beasts. The family tradition continues.
- Young Manolo: (sarcastically) Yay!
- Joaquin: What did you do Manolo?
- Manolo: There was a snake and...
- (Manolo holds Maria's dead body to Joaquin)
- Joaquin: She's gone... (Posada's men are shock and General Posada rushes to Joaquin) WHY DIDN'T YOU PROTECT HER?!
- General Posada: (shocked) Maria! Oh no... Oh no!
- (General holds Maria Posada's dead body and gets angry at Manolo)
- General Posada: (angered) THIS is all your doing! Leave! or so help me! I'll... (thunder claps and gets saddened to Maria) My little girl. What have you done boy? What have you done...
- (General Posada sadly walks away with Maria's dead body making Joaquin mad at Manolo's fault)
- Manolo: It should had been me.
- Joaquin: Yes. It should have.
- (Joaquin walks away making Manolo feel despair in the rain)
- Manolo: I will never see her again...
- (Manolo kneels in sadness until Xibalba disguises as an old man behind)
- Old Man (Xibalba): Are you certain?
- (thunder strikes revealing Xibalba's shadow over Manolo)
- Old Man (Xibalba): Do you want to see Maria again?
- Manolo: With all my heart...
- Xibalba: (Xibalba reveals himself) Think about what you say, boy.
- (Manolo looks at Xibalba in sadness, thunder claps revealing a skeleton form, looking at his guitar reading: "Always play from the heart- ❤ Maria")
- Manolo: With all... my... heart...
- Xibalba: Done. (snaps his fingers)
- (Xibalba's snake staff bites Manolo and dies)
- Manolo: Maria...
- (Manolo dies after bitten by Xibalba's snake staff)
- General Posada: Oh thank goodness! It's a miracle!
- Nuns: Thank you! (Father Domingo and his nuns are singing cheerfully)
- Maria: I'm... I'm.... (cut to the Land of the Remembered)
- Manolo: ....Alive. (The Sanchez family and the others are shocked at Manolo)
- Xibalba: Cheers.
- Manolo: One bite...? Your snake! It bit me twice! YOU CHEATED! You will pay for this!
- Xibalba: In all my years, no one, in any realm... has ever talked to me like that... and survived. So, I ask you... [Xibalba faces Manolo] are you threatening me, boy?
- Manolo: I will expose you to La Muerte! And then you and me can settle things!
- Xibalba: You'll never reach her in her new realm... I should know. I rotted there for eons...
- Manolo: La Muerte! I need a word for you, my lady!
- La Muerte: (gasps and faces Manolo and his crew) Manolo? But how did you get here?
- Manolo: I had some crew. (shows his crew)
- Candle Maker: (giggles) Hey there.
- La Muerte: Candle Maker! Carmen! And the head of Luis? (snaps her fingers and puts Luis' body)
- Luis: Great! My arthritis is back.
- Manolo: I know about the wager. Xibalba cheated!
- La Muerte: He did WHAT?!
- Manolo: Yeah! With a two-headed snake!
- (La Muerte starts to boil with rage)
- Candle Maker: You might wanna cover your ears right now.
- La Muerte: XIIIIIIII...BAAAAALLLLLLL...BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! (engulfs the Land of the Forgotten in light)
- Xibalba: (suddenly appears when the brightness faded) Yes, my dear? (suddenly shocked when he sees Manolo and the group) Oh.
- La Muerte: You misbegotten son of a leprous donkey! YOU CHEATED!! AGAIN!!!
- Xibalba: I did no such thing! (La Muerte grabs Xibalba's two-headed snake and turns it back into a staff) Oh, that. It has a mind of its own...or two.
- La Muerte: That is unforgivable!
- Xibalba: Oh, please! I never sent that snake to Maria, and I never gave that medal to Joaquin! (realizes what he just said)
- La Muerte: (suspicious) What...medal?
- Xibalba: The..... one I never gave him. Ever at all. Never. Who is this Joaquin?
- La Muerte: (grabs Xibalba) You gave Joaquin the MEDAL OF EVERLASTING LIFE?!
- Xibalba: Yes...?
- Manolo: "Medal of Everlasting Life"?
- La Muerte: Whoever wears the medal cannot die or be injured. (slaps Xibalba)
- Carmen: Please, may I? (is lifted, and then slaps Xibalba repeatedly) Thank you. (glares at Xibalba as she descends back down)
- Candle Maker: Uh, can I get a slap, too?
- Carmen: My son did not deserve this!
- Manolo: Come on! I... I have to go back!
- La Muerte: Hmm... It's only fair. (Xibalba groans and turns his back) Please, Balby?
- Manolo, Carmen, Luis, and Candle Maker: "Balby"?!
- Xibalba: No, never.
- La Muerte: You better do this!
- Xibalba: No.
- Manolo: Hey, what about a wager?
- La Muerte and Xibalba: A wager?
- Manolo: If I win, you give me my life back.
- Xibalba: You have nothing I want.
- La Muerte: But I do. If you win, Xibalba, you can rule both realms.
- Manolo: You name the task, anything you want, and I will beat you. What?! Are you afraid you might lose?!
- Candle Maker: Watcha doin', kid?
- Manolo: Do we have a deal?
- Xibalba: We have a deal. Now, tell me, boy... What keeps you up at night? What eats you on the inside? What, do tell, is your worst fear? Got it.
- Butchler: Do you take Manolo to be your husband?
- Maria: I do. [Manolo and Maria smile at each other]
- Candle Maker By the power vested in us by, The Book of Life..
- Butchler: I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss- [Maria kisses Manolo and sweeps him to the side]
- Butchler: The groom?! [Candle Maker laughs]
- Carmen: She is gonna be a great Sanchez [ Carlos holds back tears]
- Maria: Manolo?! [Manolo hands out his hand then sweeps Maria to the side and kisses her with passion]
- Chakal:[Growles] [Manolo puts his finger up while kissing Maria(his dream)][Manolo is finally done kissing Maria and stands her back up while she is still in shock he looks at her satisficed]
- Manolo Hold this for me amigo [Manolo tosses his guitar to Joaquin] [Joaquin catches]
Mary Beth[edit]
- And the one truth we know, it held true one more time, that love, true love, the really, really good kind of love... never dies.
Cast[edit]
- Diego Luna - Manolo Sánchez
- Emil-Bastien Bouffard - Young Manolo
- Joe Matthews - Young Manolo (singing)
- Emil-Bastien Bouffard - Young Manolo
- Zoe Saldana - María Posada
- Genesis Ochoa - Young María
- Channing Tatum - Joaquín Mondragon
- Elias Garzia - Young Joaquín
- Christina Applegate - Mary Beth
- Ice Cube - The Candle Maker
- Ron Perlman -Xibalba
- Kate del Castillo - La Muerte
- Tonita Castro (Old Women)
- Héctor Elizondo - Carlos Sánchez
- Grey DeLisle - Grandma Sánchez
- Danny Trejo - Skeleton Luis Sánchez
- Carlos Alazraqui - General Ramiro Posada/Dali/Chuy
- Ana de la Reguera - Carmen Sánchez
- Plácido Domingo - Skeleton Jorge Sánchez
- Jorge R. Gutierrez - Skeleton Carmelo Sánchez
- Eugenio - Chato
- Anjelah Johnson - Adelita/Nina
- Sandra Equihua - Scardelita
- Dan Navarro - Chakal
- Miguel Sandoval - Land of the Remembered Captain
- Ben Gleib - Dali 2/Goya
- Eric Bauza - Cave Guardian/Father Domingo
- Trey Bumpass - Goth Kid/Orphan
- Angelica Maria - Sister Ana
- Aron Warner - Thomas
- Brad Booker - Conductor
- Callahan Clark - Jane
- Cheech Marin - Pancho Rodriguez
- Gabriel Iglesias - Pepe Rodriguez
- Ricardo El Mandrill Sanchez - Pablo Rodriguez
- Guillermo del Toro - Land of the Remembered Captain's Wife
- Gunner Sizemore - Ignacio
- Ishan Sharma - Sanjay
- Kennedy Peil - Sasha
- Sandra Echeverria - Claudia
- Troy Evans - Old Man Hemmingway
Additional Voices[edit]
External links[edit]
- Official website
- The Book of Life quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- Book of Life at Mojo
- Book of Life at Rotten Tomatoes