The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Release: 2005-11-17
·Runtime: 121m
·★ 7.0
Adventure
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Western
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
France
Production Companies
EuropaCorp
The Javelina Film Company
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Rodger Boyce
as Salesman
Maya Zapata
as El Tostón Woman #1
Barry Pepper
as Mike Norton
Mel Rodriguez
as Captain Gomez
Irineo Alvarez
as Manuel
Guillermo Arriaga
as Juan
Sonny Carl Davis
as Kruger
Gustavo Sánchez Parra
as Tomas
Diana Chavez
as Woman
Melissa Leo
as Rachel
Julio Cesar Cedillo
as Melquiades Estrada
Ignacio Guadalupe
as Lucio
Richard Andrew Jones
as Bob
Terry Dale Parks
as Neil
Tommy Lee Jones
as Pete Perkins
Dwight Yoakam
as Sheriff Frank Belmont
January Jones
as Lou Ann Norton
Josh Berry
as Border Patrolman
Sean Hennigan
as Chuck
Levon Helm
as Old Man with Radio
Cecilia Suárez
as Rosa
Vanessa Bauche
as Mariana
Crew
Michael Fitzgerald
Producer
Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
Producer
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Stunts
Mark Weingarten
Sound Mixer
Karen Wacker
Assistant Production Coordinator
Chris Navarro
ADR Recordist
Samuel Potin
Music Editor
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Thanks
Luc Besson
Producer
Guillermo Arriaga
Screenplay
Marco Beltrami
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Chris Menges
Director of Photography
Tommy Lee Jones
Director, Producer
Chris Castaldi
Second Second Assistant Director