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