Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 12/14/05 (LA/NY) 02/03/06 Limited Home Video 06/06/06 MPAA Rating Rated R for language, violence and sexuality Running Time 2 hours 1 minute Genre Drama Director 'Tommy Lee Jones Writer Guillermo Arriaga Cast Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio César Cedillo, January Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Levon Helm, Melissa Leo, Vanessa Bauche Studio Sony Pictures Classics |
THREE BURIALS OF
MELQUIADES ESTRADA
MELQUIADES ESTRADA
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.
--© Sony Pictures Classics
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.
--© Sony Pictures Classics
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