The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	December 14, 2005 (LA/NY) February 3, 2006 (Limited)
On DVD:	June 6, 2006
Genre:	Drama
Director:	Tommy Lee Jones
Writer:	Guillermo Arriaga
Cast:	Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio César Cedillo, January Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Levon Helm, Melissa Leo, Vanessa Bauche
Studio:	Sony Pictures Classics
Official site:	sonyclassics.com/comingsoon.php?filmid=295&page=1
Running Time:	121 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for language, violence and sexuality

A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico....

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Gay cowboy movies dominated 2005, yet it was "Brokeback Mountain" that got all the glory. While Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal are up for Academy Awards, Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper and Julio Cedillo are nowhere to be found - and that's a three-way relationship! Full movie review »