The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada(2005)

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Synopsis

A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico.
A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to …
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In Theaters

  • December 14, 2005

MPAA Rating

R (for language, violence and sexuality)

Genres

Drama, Western

Run Time

2 hours

Distributors

Sony Pictures Classics

Box Office

$5,023,275

Also Known As

  • Los Tres entierros de Melquiades Estrada

Production Status

Released

Filming Locations

  • Texas, USA

Produced In

France

Director

CAST

Tommy Lee Jones

Pete Perkins

Julio Cesar Cedillo

Melquiades Estrada

Vanessa Bauche

Mariana

Dwight Yoakam

Sheriff Frank Belmont

Barry Tubb

A. L.

January Jones

Lou Ann Norton
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