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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
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.
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Full Credits
  • Director:
    Tommy Lee Jones,
  • Writer:
    Guillermo Arriaga,
  • Producer:
    Luc Besson, Tommy Lee Jones, Michael Fitzgerald, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam,
  • Cinematographer:
    Chris Menges,
  • Editor:
    Roberto Silvi,
  • Cast:
    January Jones, Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Dwight Yoakam, Julio Cedillo, Melissa Leo,
  • Line Producer:
    Eric A. Williams,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    Karola Storr,
  • Camera Operator:
    Duane Manwiller,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Pam Fuller, Ana Rebuelta,
  • Art Department Coordinator:
    Jourdan Henderson,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    Tom Ward,
  • Property Master:
    Byron Scott Thomas,
  • Music Supervisor:
    Jérôme Lateur, Annette Fradera,
  • Music Editor:
    Samuel Potin,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Dominique Hennequin,
  • Assistant Art Director:
    Mary Saisselin,
  • Visual Effects Supervisor:
    Lawrence Carroll, Jam Abelanet,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Marco Beltrami,
  • Thanks:
    Kay Bailey Hutchison,
  • Still Photographer:
    Dawn Jones,
  • Visual Effects Coordinator:
    Charlotte Raffi, Terron Pratt,
  • Costume Supervisor:
    Anna Abbey, Rocío Ceja Amezcua,
  • Casting Associate:
    Melissa Mercer,
  • Visual Effects Producer:
    Karine Binaux, Laurel Lyn Schulman,
  • Dialogue Editor:
    David V. Butler,
  • Casting:
    Jo Edna Boldin, Jeanne McCarthy,
  • Makeup Department Head:
    John Blake,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Richard Snell,
  • Rigging Grip:
    Robert Hicks,
  • Special Effects Coordinator:
    Jeffery D. Woodrel,
  • Production Design:
    Merideth Boswell,
  • Set Decoration:
    Phil Shirey,
  • Hair Department Head:
    Jeri Baker,
  • Sound Recordist:
    Loïc Gourbe,
  • Dolby Consultant:
    Francis Perreard,
  • Art Direction:
    Jeff Knipp,
  • Gaffer:
    Robby Baumgartner, Sérgio Suaste Guzmán,
  • Costume Design:
    Kathy Kiatta,
  • Foley:
    Gregg Barbanell,
  • Screenplay:
    Guillermo Arriaga,
  • Stunts:
    Thomas Rosales Jr.,

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