The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

  • Director: Tommy Lee Jones
  • Countries of origin: France, Mexico, United States
  • Language: English, Spanish
  • Release date: February 24, 2006
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: The 3 Burials of Melquiades Estrada
  • "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" is an action mystery film jointly produced by Europa Film Company and The Javelina Film Company. Directed by Tommy Lee Jones , co-starring Tommy Lee Jones , Barry Pepper and Rodger Boyce . The film was released in France on May 20, 2005.
    The film tells the story of a farm housekeeper taking his friend’s corpse and embarking on an arduous journey to his hometown of Mexico in order to fulfill his friend’s legacy of returning to his roots   .

    Details

    • Release date February 24, 2006
    • Filming locations Van Horn, Texas, USA
    • Production companies EuropaCorp, The Javelina Film Company

    Box office

    Budget

    $15,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $5,027,684

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $23,859

    Gross worldwide

    $12,045,362

    Movie reviews

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    • By Trycia 2022-03-23 09:02:43

      Knowing the face without knowing the heart

      I rubbed two wives who had an affair casually. Their husbands are incompetent, one is a border patrol officer, and the other is a restaurant owner. They are not afraid of being found out by them. Escada, a Mexican, shot the mountain dog. Who knew that the bitch's husband he had done before was watching pornographic magazines on the hillside and preparing to jerk off. He was frightened and thought someone shot him, so he counterattacked and killed him, karma. Pete is a lunatic, bastard. Paint...

    • By Rahul 2022-03-20 09:02:18

      Escada's Three Funerals--The Story of Escort

      I haven't written anything for a few weeks, and the editor wants to draft this day. I watched five DVDs in one go. The last one was played by old Tommy. I felt like bald Lee in "Brothers" watched five butts in one go, and the last one was The ass of their Liu Zhen beauty has the same feeling.

      Old Tommy's beard was white, but the function of the black super SWAT's memory stick didn't work for him. He still remembered a violent tragedy on the border between western Texas and Mexico many...

    • By Marley 2022-03-20 09:02:18

      The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

      Synopsis
        The story takes place in a border town in western Texas, United States, on the border with Mexico. Patrol officers here pay attention to the border at all times every day, because illegal immigrants from Mexico are always in constant stream. Escada, a good-hearted Mexican immigrant, is a cowboy who finds a job on a farm in a small town and becomes close friends with the farm housekeeper Pete (Tommy Lee Jones). He entrusts Pete with one thing, If he dies in this place, be sure to...

    • By Patsy 2022-01-10 08:01:16

      [Film Critic] The Three Funerals of Escada: The Pilgrimage and Return of Western Films

      I watched this film because almost all of the film reviews of "Leaf Returning to the Root", which is also a "Thousand Miles Behind Corpse" film, point to this Jimmy Lee Jones's second film directed and won the Cannes actor's work. The title of the film should actually be translated into Estrada's three funerals, so it seems that the Taiwanese translation of the name "Marquis's Three Funerals" is more reliable. Screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga won the 2005 Cannes Best Screenplay by virtue of this...

    • By Israel 2022-01-10 08:01:16

      Homecoming Road, Commitment Journey

      At the end of January 2007, a working farmer kept his promise to take the dead worker's body home. The story of going to land for peace was known to more Chinese audiences on the screen. Zhao Benshan and Yigan guest stars used good acting skills to make a humorous and yet A laugh with a bitter story with tears. In fact, stories like this "returning the corpse" have been put on the screen. The "Three Funerals of Escada" directed by veteran Hollywood movie star Tommy Lee Jones is such a film, and...

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    • By Emmanuelle 2022-10-08 16:57:36

      This is "The Fallen Leaves Returning to the Roots", the American Western version. Spicy old Tommy Lee Jones maiden director. Bonus points for western scenery, plus points for Mexican music, plus points for love-hate karma, plus points for old roads on the road, plus points for big hats and...

    • By Zechariah 2022-09-21 08:19:29

      Naturally, it will be reminded of falling leaves returning to their roots. Cool and powerful...

    • By Ayla 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      Mexico and South America are indeed different flavors. Texas is so...

    • By Garett 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      I can't comment on this prose-style script, and there are too many things I want to...

    • By Leo 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      Redemption, border style, heroic...

    Movie plot

    In the border town of western Texas on the border with Mexico, the patrol here has to keep an eye on the border every day, because illegal immigrants from Mexico are always in an endless stream. Virtuous Mexican immigrants Escada ( Julio Zedillo decoration ) a cowboy, find a job on a farm in the town and farm butler and Pete Perkins ( Tommy Lee Jones ornaments ) become fast friends of Yes, he entrusted Pete with one thing. If he dies...
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    Creative Background

    The border between western Texas and Mexico has always been a frequent occurrence. A large river separates the United States and Mexico, and violent crimes and racial discrimination are not uncommon in its vicinity. In 1997, the 18-year-old American citizen Ezekiel Hernández lived by the boundary river. At that time, four heavily armed US Marines were lying in ambush around them. The task was to stop drug-trafficking criminals. They...
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    Filming process

    Shooting of the film started in late September 2004 and finished shooting in early December. The filming locations mainly include the small town of Van Horn on the western border of Texas and the Davis Mountains. In order to film the vast deserts and magnificent canyons, the crew must be prepared to deal with heat waves and mountain floods at any time.
    The most thrilling scene of the film is the shot of a white horse full of supplies...
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    Movie quotes

    • Rachel: Viagra works for Bob.

      Belmont: I'll turn truck-stop queer and blowjob-giver before I use that shit.

    • Pete Perkins: Thank you!

      Old Man with Radio: I need to ask you a favor.

      Pete Perkins: Anything you want.

      Old Man with Radio: I need you to go ahead and shoot me. My son, he ain't coming back.

      Pete Perkins: Oh, he'll come back.

      Old Man with Radio: He said he had cancer. Told me to go into town with him. But I don't want to go. I've lived here all my life. I don't want to offend God by shooting myself. It's a problem, you see.

      Pete Perkins: We don't want to offend God neither.

      [Pete and Mike start to leave]

      Old Man with Radio: You're good people. You need to go ahead and shoot me.

    • Pete Perkins: What's Belmont doing?

      Rachel: He went on vacation. He said that it wasn't his problem, that it was between you and the Border Patrol, and he wanted to go to Sea World.