Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The 2006

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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada): 15 (for language, violence land sexuality)
Cast: Tommy Jones, Julio Cedillo, Vanessa Bauche, Dwight Yoakam, Barry Tubb, January Jones, Barry Pepper, Melissa Leo, Sonny Davis, Jesse De Luna
Director: Tommy Jones
Producer: Michael Fitzgerald, Tommy Jones, Luc Besson, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
Writer: Guillermo Arriaga
Duration: 02:01:00
Official Site: http://www.threeburials.co.uk/
Release: Friday March 31 2006
Genres: Drama, Western
Distributor: Optimum Releasing

Synopsis

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.