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A 2005 neo-Western film directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones, inspired by a real-life killing of a Mexican worker by a Border Patrol officer. The film follows the journey of his friend who kidnaps the killer and buries him in his hometown in Mexico.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada: Directed by Tommy Lee Jones. With Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Dwight Yoakam. Ranch foreman Pete Perkins looks to fulfill the promise to his recently deceased best friend by burying him in his hometown in Mexico.
- (42K)
- Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Tommy Lee Jones
- 2006-02-24
When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton (Barry Pepper) wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones), the latter is reminded of a promise he made to...
- (149)
- Tommy Lee Jones
- R
- Tommy Lee Jones
Feb 2, 2006 · “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” tells the kind of story that John Huston or Sam Peckinpah might have wanted to film. It begins with a bedrock of loyalty and honor between men, and mixes it with a little madness.
For Justice. For Loyalty. For Friendship. The body of Mexican Melquiades Estrada is found in a shallow grave in the desert, where it was hastily buried after...
- 2 min
- 11.9K
- Madman Films
A ranch foreman kidnaps a border patrolman and forces him to bury his Mexican friend in his hometown in Mexico. The film explores the themes of friendship, justice, and the human condition in the harsh landscape of the Texas-Mexico border.
The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada. 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.
