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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

R·2005·121m

Summary

When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.

Crew

Director

Tommy Lee Jones

Screenplay

Guillermo Arriaga

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$15,000,000.00

Revenue:

$12,036,149.00

Keywords

mexico
texas
illegal immigration
border patrol
usa–mexico border
promise
corpse
desert
neo-western
coyote