Three Burials
– When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of..
When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.
24 Feb 2006
English, Spanish
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Tommy Lee Jones
Guillermo Arriaga
Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Dwight Yoakam
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.
5 wins & 8 nominations.
$4,913,407
Sony Pictures Classics