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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

R 121 minutes EN Adventure , Crime , Drama , Mystery , Western
Nobody is beyond redemption.
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.
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Tommy Lee Jones
Pete Perkins
Barry Pepper
Mike Norton
Dwight Yoakam
Sheriff Frank Belmont
January Jones
Lou Ann Norton
Melissa Leo
Rachel
Julio Cesar Cedillo
Melquiades Estrada
Levon Helm
Old Man with Radio
Mel Rodriguez
Captain Gomez

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Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Production Design
Still Photographer
Visual Effects Producer
Supervising Sound Editor
Production companies: EuropaCorp, The Javelina Film Company
Production countries: United States of America, France
Budget: $15,000,000
Revenue: $12,036,149

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