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Feb 2, 2006 · Powered by JustWatch. "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" tells the kind of story that John Huston or Sam Peckinpah might have wanted to film. It begins with a bedrock of loyalty and honor between men, and mixes it with a little madness. In an era when hundreds of lives are casually destroyed in action movies, here is an entire film in ...
Summaries. Ranch foreman Pete Perkins looks to fulfill the promise to his recently deceased best friend by burying him in his hometown in Mexico. 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.
For Justice. For Loyalty. For Friendship. The body of Mexican Melquiades Estrada is found in a shallow grave in the desert, where it was hastily buried after...
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. 1,239 IMDb 7.3 2 h 1 min 2006. X-Ray R. Drama · Western · Downbeat · Emotional.
Available on Philo. Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones (Best Supporting Actor, The Fugitive, 1993) directs and stars in this poetic and striking modern-day Western. Peter Perkins (Jones) is a veteran cowboy who embodies the values of the old west, living in a small Texas town bordering the U.S. and Mexico. He hires Melquiades Estrada as a ranch hand ...
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Feb 24, 2006 · Overview. 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.
