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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

    All titles (3)
    Feature Film | 2004-2005 | Adventure, Drama, Whodunit | France, USA

    Shooting data

    LocationsWest Texas

    Project data

    Length of movie116'

    Brief 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.

    Cast

    ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
    Tommy Lee JonesPete Perkins [L]
    Barry PepperMike Norton [L]
    Julio Cesar CedilloMelquiades Estrada [L]
    Dwight YoakamBelmont [SR]
    January JonesLou Ann Norton [SR]
    Melissa LeoRachel [SR]
    Vanessa BaucheMariana [SR]

    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    Director of photographyChris Menges
    Casting directorJeanne McCarthy
    Costume designerKathleen 'Kathy' Kiatta
    DirectorTommy Lee Jones
    EditorRoberto Silvi
    ComposerMarco Beltrami
    ProducerMichael Fitzgerald [1]
    ProducerTommy Lee Jones
    ProducerLuc Besson
    ProducerPierre-Ange Le Pogam
    Production designerMerideth Boswell
    Line producerEric Austin Williams
    ScreenwriterGuillermo Arriaga
    Sound re-recording mixerDominique Hennequin
    Adr editorFelicitas Heck

    Production companies

    CompanyComment
    EuropaCorp [fr]
    The Javelina Film Company [us]

    Festivals

    YearCountryFestivalComment
    2005FranceFestival de Cannes
    Official Selection - Competition
    Official Selection - Competition

    Cinema releases and premieres

    TypeCountryDateComment
    PremiereWednesday, 23/11/2005