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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...
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- Madman Films
Dec 16, 2005 · Summary 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. Peter Perkins (Jones), 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 i...
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May 19, 2005 · Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review dave s Tommy Lee Jones' The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada has all of the markings of a film that is good but had all of ...
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- Adventure, Crime, Drama
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Synopsis. 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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Jun 6, 2006 · The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is my new favorite film. It takes place in West Texas and in Mexico. The landscape is rough, barren in places, yet indescribably beautiful. The people resemble the land: they are not shiny and perfectly groomed, but rugged, worn down by life (as opposed to erosion).
Feb 24, 2006 · Guillermo Arriaga. 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.
About. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. DRAMA. 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.
