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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (20-May-2005)

Director: Tommy Lee Jones

Writer: Guillermo Arriaga

Music by: Marco Beltrami

Producers: Michael Fitzgerald; Luc Besson; Pierre-Ange Le Pogam; Tommy Lee Jones

Keywords: Drama

A Mexican cowboy is accidentally killed by a trigger-happy patrolman, prompting his revenge-enamored friend to work to set matters straight.

ABSTRACT
Mexican cowboy Melquiades Estrada is inadvertently shot and killed by trigger-happy Latino-fearing border patrolman Mike Norton, buried in the high desert of west Texas shortly thereafter. Ranch foreman Pete Perkins, Melquiades' best friend, discovers his body a week later; eager to fulfill his friend's wishes, he moves to re-bury him in his hometown of Jimenez, kidnapping Mike along the way when he learns of his identity.

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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Levon Helm
Drummer
26-May-1940 19-Apr-2012 Drummer for The Band
January Jones
Actor
5-Jan-1978   Mad Men
Tommy Lee Jones
Actor
15-Sep-1946   Men in Black
Melissa Leo
Actor
14-Sep-1960   Sgt. Kay Howard on Homicide
Barry Pepper
Actor
4-Apr-1970   The Green Mile
Barry Tubb
Actor
13-Feb-1963   Lonesome Dove
Dwight Yoakam
Country Musician
23-Oct-1956   Country star, This Time

CAST

Tommy Lee Jones   ...   Pete Perkins
Barry Pepper   ...   Mike Norton
Julio César Cedillo   ...   Melquiades Estrada
Dwight Yoakam   ...   Belmont
January Jones   ...   Lou Ann Norton
Melissa Leo   ...   Rachel
Levon Helm   ...   Old Man with Radio
Mel Rodriguez   ...   Capt. Gomez
Cecilia Suárez   ...   Rosa
Ignacio Guadalupe   ...   Lucio
with
Vanessa Bauche   ...   Mariana
Irineo Álvarez   ...   Manuel
Guillermo Arriaga   ...   Juan
Josh Berry   ...   Border Patrolman
Rodger Boyce   ...   Salesman
Edwin "Bubba" Broussard   ...   Bubba
René Campero   ...   Don Casimiro
Lupe Campos   ...   Sands Guy #2
Ariel Castro   ...   Jorge
Diana Chávez   ...   Woman
Uriel Chávez   ...   Cowboy #2
Sonny Carl Davis   ...   Kruger
Montserrat de León   ...   El Toston Woman #2
Jesse DeLuna   ...   Miller
Richard Dillard   ...   Jim
Jorge Ádrian Espíndola   ...   Cowboy #1
Jourdan Henderson   ...   Mary (Soap Opera Girl)
Sean Hennigan   ...   Chuck
Karen Jones   ...   Dog Lady
Richard Jones   ...   Bob
Victoria Jones   ...   Immigrant Girl
Raul Molinar   ...   Radio Announcer #1
Adrian Navarette   ...   Agustin
Lonnie Nelson   ...   Gravedigger
Juan Pareja   ...   Sands Guy #1
Terry Parks   ...   Neil
Gustavo Sánchez Parra   ...   Tomas
Hugo Perez   ...   Man
Paulina Reyes   ...   Piano Player
Sergio Rodriguez   ...   Radio Announcer #2
Charles Sanders   ...   Doctor
Brent Smiga   ...   Deputy Antonio
Spike Spencer   ...   John (Soap Opera)
Angelina Torres   ...   Adriana
Barry Tubb   ...   A. L.
Guillermo Von Son   ...   Chino
Maya Zapata   ...   El Toston Woman #1
Cliff Fleming   ...   Helicopter Pilot

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