The Book of Life

The Book of Life (2014)

Timing: 1:35 (95 min)

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Release date

2014-10-01

Country

United States

Production

Reel FX Creative Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation, Chatrone

Genre

Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Budget

$50 000 000

Revenue

$97 437 106

Website

https://family.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-book-of-life

Director

Jorge R. Gutierrez

Actors

Diego Luna, Channing Tatum, Zoe Saldaña, Christina Applegate, Eugenio Derbez, Cheech Marin, Gabriel Iglesias, Ron Perlman, Kate del Castillo, Ana de la Reguera
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Scenario

Doug Langdale, Jorge R. Gutierrez

Producer

Guillermo del Toro, Brad Booker, Aaron Berger, Carina Schulze, Aron Warner, Cary Granat, Pete Herzog, Chuck Peil

Operator

Composer

Gustavo Santaolalla

Artist

Audition

Christian Kaplan

Editing

Ahren Shaw, Kathy Cavaiola
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• Diego Luna voiced his character for both the English-language and Spanish-language versions of the film.
• The initial title was "El Matador" (The Matador), then it was changed to "Day of the Dead," and finally to the definitive title "The Book of Life."
• The songs "I Love You Too Much" and "The Apology Song" featured in the film were co-written with Paul Williams.
• The song "Decaptacon" by Le Tigre plays at the beginning of the film.
• Towards the end of the film, Ice Cube’s character says, "Today was a good day"—this is a reference to Ice Cube’s song "It Was A Good Day".
• The song "Creep," which Manolo sings after his first bullfight, is a cover of the song of the same name by Radiohead.
• The original title was “El Matador,” then it was changed to “Day of the Dead,” after which it was changed to the final title “The Book of Life.”
• The songs “I Love You Too Much” and “The Apology Song” featured in the film were co-written with Paul Williams.
• The song “Decaptacon” by Le Tigre plays at the beginning of the film.
• Towards the end of the film, Ice Cube's character says, "Today was a good day" – this is a reference to Ice Cube's song "It Was A Good Day".
• The song "Creep", which Manolo sings after his first bullfight, is a cover of the song of the same name by Radiohead.