The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Name: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Director: Tommy Lee Jones
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
Released: 2005-11-23
Duration: 7260000 s
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Dwight Yoakam

2005 · 2 hr 1 min

R7.381%85%71%

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.

Directed By

Tommy Lee Jones

Written By

Guillermo Arriaga

Studio

EuropaCorp, The Javelina Film Company

Genre

Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western