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The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada
2005
Ranch hand Pete Perkins (Jones) looks to fulfill the promise to his recently deceased best friend by burying him in his hometown in Mexico. Read more
| Starring | Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, Dwight Yoakam |
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| Director | Tommy Lee Jones |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada
Ranch hand Pete Perkins (Jones) looks to fulfill the promise to his recently deceased best friend by burying him in his hometown in Mexico.
| Starring | Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones, Levon Helm, Vanessa Bauche |
|---|---|
| Director | Tommy Lee Jones |
| Studio | HIGH FLIERS DISTRIBUTION LTD. |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 56 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 1 min |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Wild Westerns |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 07 Aug 2006 Blu-ray: 06 Apr 2009 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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Cut from the same bloody cloth as John Hillcoats recent The Proposition, Tommy Lee Jones directing debut... read more on Time Out
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56 out of 60 people found this review helpful
Simply brilliant
This slow paced movie is instantly engaging. The texan/ mexican locations are beautifully captured and the direction allows the actors to breathe. The result is a visually beautiful, engaging drama that is often witty and keeps you fully intrigued throughout its duration. A masterclass in all things film.
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39 out of 43 people found this review helpful
If you go to Jimenez, Iswear your heart will break with so much beauty
I enjoyed this journey through one man's madness, obsession and promise to his friend and anothers realisation of the stupidity of his racism, misogyny and selfishness. Yes the begining is contrived and the ending leaves you wondering what happens next, but this is a much more interesting exploration of the ways in which men can love each other than Brokeback Mountain (and without the laughable sex scenes). The reviewers who hated this appear to have thought it was a John Wayne film or 'I know what you did last summer in Cancun'. Just read the synopsis before you watch any film, I am sure there are people who think Police Academy 27 was great, but I would know in advance that it wasn't a documentary about the NYPD. I may be a bit biased about the cross border relationship between the the US and Mexico as I have lived in both Texas and northern Mexico and understood a little of the background to the story.
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