The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Tom Lee Jones
Steve Sawhill
Montserrat De Leon
Juan Gabriel Pareja
Guillermo Von Son
Raul Molinar
Film Details
Technical Specs
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.
Director
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Tom Lee Jones
Cast
Steve Sawhill
Montserrat De Leon
Juan Gabriel Pareja
Guillermo Von Son
Raul Molinar
Victoria Jones
Dwight Yoakam
Sean Hennigan
Melissa Leo
Angelina Calderon Torres
Barry Pepper
Julio Cesar Cedillo
Karen Jones
Edwin Broussard
Diana Chavez
Mel Rodriguez
Spike Spencer
Levon Helm
Cecilia Suárez
Rene Campero
Josh Berry
Uriel Chavez
Maya Zapata
Richard Dillard
Ariel Castro
Guillermo Arriaga
Terry Parks
Lupe Campos
Sergio Rodriguez
Ignacio Guadalupe
Richard A Jones
Irineo Alvarez
Hugo Perez
Sonny Carl Davis
Vanessa Bauche
January Jones
Barry Tubb
Rodger Boyce
Charles Sanders
Adrian Navarette
Lonnie Nelson
Jesse De Luna
Jourdan Henderson
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Tom Lee Jones
Brent Smiga
Gustavo Sanchez Parra
Paulina Reyes
Crew
Anna Abbey
Troy Anderson
Natalie Angel
T. L. Skeet Anglin
James Apted
Guillermo Arriaga
Deborah Dobson Bach
Jeri Baker
Dominique Baran
Eric Bassoff
Robert Baumgartner
Steve Beeson
Marco Beltrami
Luc Besson
John Blake
Jo Edna Boldin
Clay Boss
Merideth Boswell
Mark Bristol
Richard Bucher
Billy Burton
Arian Cabot
Don Carr
Douglas Carter
Chris Castaldi
Dirk Clark
Jack Colmenero
Lawrence L Commons
Matthew Cowan
Tim Dingle
Derek M Drewes
Michel Dupuis
Cleta Ellington
Doug Field
Tommy Fine
Mary Finn
Michael Fitzgerald
Cliff Fleming
Cliff Fleming
Karen Foster
Ramon Frank
David Galbraith
Chris Garnaas
Sara Giustini
Chris Grossnickle
J W Hall
Chris Hamala
Mark Hanks
Clifford Happy
Sean Happy
Philip Hardage
Joel Harlow
David Shawn Harper
Jourdan Henderson
Robert Hicks
Rob Hinderstein
Christopher Jackson
Edison Jackson
Mark Jarrett
Susan Jasso
John Johns
Dawn Laurel Jones
Tom Lee Jones
Tom Kalbfleisch
Kathleen Kiatta
Greg Kilmer
Jeff Knipp
Ellen Lampl
Al Laverde
Pierre-ange Le Pogam
Jon Lindsay
Jeff Magers
Duane 'dc' Manwiller
Christopher Martin
Pat Martine
Clay Martinez
Jeanne Mccarthy
Beverly Mccord
Chris Menges
Chris Menges
Chris Milani
Mike Moad
Danny Navarrette
Tyler Noel
Sean O'neill
Wesley Oliver
John Parker
Shane Patrick
John K Patterson
Grayson Paynter
Eric Pickett
Leeann Radeka
Brian Rae
Karen Ramirez
Robert Ramos
Tara Reimers
Phillip Renke
Robert B. Reynolds
Taylor Rierden
Bruce A Robinson
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Wally Rowell
Dana Sanchez
Jimmy Schwertner
Charles Seale
Joe Self
Pete Sharp
Phil Shirey
Roberto Silvi
John C Smith
Leila Smith
Michael Smothers
Richard Snell
Justin Stafford
Vincent Stevenel
Gay Studebaker
Kara Sutherlin
Byron Scott Thomas
John E. Townes
Katie Tull
Pam Fuller Vasquez
Ezra Venetos
Aaron Vyvial
Karen Wacker
Aaron Walrod
Tom Ward
Zak Ward
Mark Weingarten
Steve White
Yvonne Wilburn
Michael Wilks
Eric A Williams
Eric A Williams
Robin Williams
Gary Wimmer
Allen Wong
Robert Wonson
Jeffery Woodrel
Dina Woodworth
Koen Wooten
Sean R Wright
Sean R Wright
John C Young
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of Best Actor (Tommy Lee Jones) and Best Screenplay (Guillermo Arriaga) at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
Limited Release in United States December 14, 2005
Released in United States 2006
Released in United States May 2005
Released in United States November 2005
Released in United States on Video June 6, 2006
Released in United States September 2005
Released in United States Winter December 14, 2005
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Competition) May 11-22, 2005.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Time and Tide) January 25-February 5, 2006.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Gala Presentation) September 8-17, 2005.
Feature directorial debut for Tommy Lee Jones.
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Time and Tide) January 25-February 5, 2006.)
Released in United States May 2005 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Competition) May 11-22, 2005.)
Released in United States on Video June 6, 2006
Released in United States September 2005 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Gala Presentation) September 8-17, 2005.)
Released in United States November 2005 (Shown at AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival (Gala) November 3-13, 2005.)
Limited Release in United States December 14, 2005 (Oscar qualifying run; New York City and Los Angeles)
Released in United States Winter December 14, 2005