Ranch foreman Pete Perkins looks to fulfill the promise to his recently deceased best friend by burying him in his hometown in Mexico.Ranch foreman Pete Perkins looks to fulfill the promise to his recently deceased best friend by burying him in his hometown in Mexico.Ranch foreman Pete Perkins looks to fulfill the promise to his recently deceased best friend by burying him in his hometown in Mexico.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 9 nominations
Julio Cesar Cedillo
- Melquiades Estrada
- (as Julio César Cedillo)
Irineo Alvarez
- Manuel
- (as Irineo Álvarez)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaMuch of the movie was shot on Tommy Lee Jones's own ranch.
- GoofsWhen Pete and Mike are in the ruins at Jiminez, a crew member can be clearly seen crouching in a corner as the camera pans past him.
- Quotes
Melquiades Estrada: Promise me one thing, Pete. If I die over here, carry me back to my family and bury me in my home town. I don't want to be buried on this side among all the fucking billboards.
- Crazy creditsThe title of the film and the various title cards are in both English and Spanish.
- Soundtracks9 Million Pictures
Written by Augie Meyers
Performed by Augie Meyers
© Brujo Music, Administered Worldwide by Bug Music Inc.
Courtesy of French Fried Music
Courtesy of Brujo Music
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The road to redemption
As if we were being thrown smack in the middle of a Cormac McCarthy novel, >>Three Burials<< powerfully serves up the borderlands milieu through its bipolar texture and tone: both graphic and dreamy, tragic and comical. That fusion is accented by memorable characters and age-old themes: immigration and the Rio Grande; Spanish and English and Spanglish; violence and personal relationships; coyotes and border patrol; a tired waitress with a Chekhovian longing and an inept sheriff with nervous problems; a young, blonde wife terribly out of place, and an aging, rugged cowboy firmly in place (>>Ride the High Country<<, anyone?). Finally, the film centers on a classically picaresque story of personality development through trials and tribulations: Pete (Tommy Lee Jones), on a flashback-laden quest for his own way of justice, dragging along the rapidly disintegrating corpse of his friend, brings about the personal journey of a trigger-happy, macho-racist border patrol officer (played by Barry Pepper) from guilt to redemption... Wonderfully borderlands, comparable to >>Lone Star<<. Watch it.
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- Countries of origin
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- Languages
- Also known as
- The 3 Burials of Melquiades Estrada
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,027,684
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $23,859
- Dec 18, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $12,045,362
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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