The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada -

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The film follows a rancher (Jones) who tries to honor a promise to a recently shot friend by burying him in his Mexican homeland. To this end he kidnaps a Border Patrolman and makes him dig up the body...the three then set out for Mexico.

Movie information

Release Date (USA): 2006-02-03
Rating (USA): R
Release Date (UK): 2006-03-31
Rating (UK) : 15
Director: Tommy Lee Jones
Producer: Tommy Lee Jones
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Writer/s: Guillermo Arriaga

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones Pete Perkins
Barry Pepper Mike Norton
Julio Cedillo Melquiades Estrada (as Julio Cesar Cedillo)
Dwight Yoakam Sheriff Belmont
January Jones Lou Ann Norton
Melissa Leo Rachel
Vanessa Bauche Mariana
Levon Helm Old Man W/Radio
Mel Rodriguez Captain Gomez
Cecilia Suárez Rosa
Ignacio Guadalupe Lucio

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