DVD 121 mins IMDB 7.6
R (Restricted)
The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada
Optimum Home Entertainment (2005)
In Collection
#983

Seen It:
Yes
Drama, Adventure, Western, Crime
USA  /  English

Tommy Lee Jones Pete Perkins
Barry Pepper Mike Norton
Julio Cedillo Melquiades Estrada
Dwight Yoakam Belmont
January Jones Lou Ann Norton
Melissa Leo Rachel
Mel Rodriguez Captain Gomez
Cecilia Suárez Rosa
Ignacio Guadalupe Lucio
Levon Helm Old Man with Radio
Rodger Boyce
Sonny Carl Davis
Julio Cesar Cedillo
Vanessa Bauche
Cecilia Suarez

Director Tommy Lee Jones
Producer Luc Besson; Michael Fitzgerald; Tommy Lee Jones
Writer Guillermo Arriaga
Cinematography Chris Menges
Musician Marco Beltrami

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is about Mexican cowboy Melquiades Estrada (Julio César Cedillo) who comes to Texas to work as a ranch hand. One day Melquiades is out hunting and is shot and murdered by a border patrol agent (Barry Pepper), who buries him in the desert. His body is found a week later and is reburied in the town cemetery. While working for ranch foreman Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones) Melquiades asked him to bring his body back to his hometown of Jimenez, Mexico if he dies. To keep his promise to his friend, Pete kidnaps the border agent and forces him to dig up the body from the town grave and travel through Mexico with the dead body tied to a mule to Jimenez.

Edition Details
Distributor Sony Pictures
Edition Special Edition
Barcode 043396148253
Region Region 1
Release Date 06/06/2006
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Subtitles English; French; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 1: Extras to be confirmed, Interactive menus, Bonus footage, Trailers, Deleted scenes, Commentary (Tommy Lee Jones, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones), Other documentaries ('Making of the Music', Cannes Film Festival footage)