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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Year:

2006

Duration:

121 min | Argentina:121 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | Turkey:107 min (TV version)

Genres:

Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Western

IMDB rate:

7.5

Director:

Tommy Lee Jones

Awards:

4 wins & 8 nominations

Details

Country: France

Release Date: 2006-02-03

Filming Locations: Shafter, Texas, USA

Earnings

Budget: $15,000,000

Opening Weekend: $205,994 (USA) (5 February 2006)

Gross: $5,023,275 (USA) (4 June 2006)

Cast

Actor

Character

Melissa Leo

Juan Gabriel Pareja

Tommy Lee Jones

Pete Perkins

Barry Pepper

Mike Norton

Julio Cedillo

Melquiades Estrada

Dwight Yoakam

Belmont

January Jones

Lou Ann Norton

Levon Helm

Old Man with Radio

Mel Rodriguez

Captain Gomez

Cecilia Suárez

Rosa

Ignacio Guadalupe

Lucio

Vanessa Bauche

Mariana

Irineo Alvarez

Manuel (as Irineo Álvarez)

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 Chavez

Woman (as Diana Chávez)

Uriel Chávez

Cowboy #2

Sonny Carl Davis

Kruger

Montserrat de León

El Toston Woman #2 (as Montserrat De León)

Jesse De Luna

Miller (as Jesse DeLuna)

Richard Dillard

Jim

Jorge Adrián Espíndola

Cowboy #1 (as Jorge Ádrian Espíndola)

Jourdan Henderson

Mary - Soap Opera Girl

Sean Hennigan

Chuck

Karen Jones

Dog Lady

Richard Andrew Jones

Bob (as Richard Jones)

Victoria Jones

Immigrant Girl

Raul Molinar

Radio Announcer #1

Adrian Navarette

Agustin

Lonnie Nelson

Gravedigger

Terry Dale Parks

Neil (as Terry Parks)

Gustavo Sánchez Parra

Tomas

Hugo Pérez

Man (as Hugo Perez)

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

Elena Hurst

Lorena (scenes deleted)

Tiki Davis

Border Patrol Thomas (uncredited)

Jason Starritt

Extra (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Director/Actor Jones gave each cast member a copy of Albert Camus' "The Stranger" to read so that they would understand alienation, a big theme in both the novel and the film.

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Much of the movie was shot on Tommy Lee Jones's own ranch.

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The producers tried to sway Tommy Lee Jones from using Mexican pastel colors for the title cards, but he told them he wouldn't budge on his decision.

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Goofs

After the hotel scene, when Pete and Melquiades Estrada drop the girls off at their vehicle, Melquiades Estrada gets back in the truck and puts the window up, a crew member can be seen in the reflection of the window.

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Mike Norton shows no sign of beard growth during the entire stretch of his captivity. He should have had at least several days of beard growth by the time he and Pete made it to "Jimenez".

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Pepper's hair doesn't change in length for the entire stretch of his kidnapping.

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Quotes

Mike Norton: Hey! Hey, you!

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Pete Perkins: You need to investigate them border patrols that use a 223.

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Pete Perkins: Thank you!

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