“Nobody is beyond redemption.”
Overview
When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.
Directed by Tommy Lee Jones
Written by Guillermo Arriaga
Produced by Tommy Lee Jones, Michael Fitzgerald, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
Box OfficeBudget: $15.0MRevenue: $12.0M
About The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is a adventure, crime, drama, mystery, western film released in 2005 exploring themes of mexico, texas, illegal immigration, border patrol, usa–mexico border, promise. Directed by Tommy Lee Jones, it stars Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Dwight Yoakam. When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.