The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Release December 14, 2005 (Limited)
Cast Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio César Cedillo, January Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Levon Helm, Melissa Leo, Vanessa Bauche
Director Tommy Lee Jones
Writer Guillermo Arriaga
Genres Drama
Studio Sony Pictures Classics / Mongrel Media
Length 120 mins.
Website www.threeburialsfilm.com

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.

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