Cinematic background from The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada 2005 - 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.

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

2005

Adventure, Crime, Drama

Directors:
Tommy Lee Jones
Writers:
Guillermo Arriaga
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Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A group of people riding horses in the desert; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person with curly hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing a straw cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man drinking a cup of coffee while standing next to a truck; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing a white lab coat and glasses; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man wearing a cowboy hat in front of a stone wall; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man wearing a cowboy hat in front of a window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person wearing a cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing a straw hat sitting in front of a bar; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A woman with duct tape over her mouth; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person with a shaved head; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing a cowboy hat near clothes line; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A car parked in a field near a fence; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A beautiful young lady sitting in front of a blue wall; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – Two men sitting next to each other in cowboy hats; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man with a beard and mustache looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man in a straw cowboy hat holding a gun; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing a straw hat and shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man wearing a cowboy hat sitting in front of a wagon; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man wearing a cowboy hat and glasses; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man and a woman sitting next to each other on a couch; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing a cowboy hat with a cactus in the background; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A group of people riding horses in a barn; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person wearing a head band; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person wearing a straw hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man and a woman sitting next to each other near a body of water; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person holding a cell phone; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A woman tied to a chair with tape over her mouth; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An old man wearing a straw cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man and a woman standing next to each other in front of a sunset; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man wearing a cowboy hat looking out of a window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man in a cowboy hat is holding a cigar; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing a straw hat and a beige shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man wearing a hat sitting in the driver's seat of a car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man wearing a cowboy hat in front of a window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man standing on top of a hill looking out at a valley; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing a straw cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing a straw cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing an apron looking at a plate of food; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person touching the ear of another person; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person wearing a cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A woman holding a pen in front of an older man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing a paper hat looking upward; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing a straw cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person with curly red hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man and a woman embracing in front of a wall; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man and a young woman are talking to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man and a young woman talking to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person wearing a cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man sitting on a chair in a room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing a straw cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A woman with blonde hair and blue eye shadow; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person looking out of a window; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A dirt field with a lot of buildings in the background; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person wearing a cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man riding a horse through a river; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man with a shaved head is standing in front of a rock wall; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – Two young women holding hands and one covering her face; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man standing in front of an open window; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man in a cowboy hat sitting in front of another man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person wearing a striped shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – The sun is setting over a desert plain; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man in a cowboy hat is holding a gun; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man and a woman sitting next to each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing a cowboy hat and a yellow shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man wearing a cowboy hat and sun glasses; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing a cowboy hat with a cactus in the background; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man in a hat sitting in the driver's seat of a car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man's face in front of a stone wall; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A woman sitting at a table smoking a cigarette and looking at her cell phone; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A truck driving down a dirt road in the middle of the desert; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A beautiful young lady holding a cigarette in her mouth; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man wearing a hat sitting in the driver's seat of a car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man holding a gun in his hand; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person wearing a straw hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person with a mustache; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A beautiful blonde woman sitting in a chair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing a cowboy hat in front of lights; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man with a straw hat is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing a straw cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person with curly hair wearing a necklace; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man holding a gun in front of a woman in front of a mirror; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man and a woman sitting on a couch in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person wearing a cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A woman with blonde curly hair wearing a necklace; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A beautiful blond woman with a cigarette in her mouth; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man wearing a straw hat and a beard; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person wearing a camouflage shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man wearing a cowboy hat looking out over a river; Extreme Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man wearing a cowboy hat talking to another man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – An older man with a gray beard looking down; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man in a hat driving a car in a field; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man and a woman sitting on a couch together; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A person wearing a straw hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man wearing a cowboy hat standing in front of a store; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (2005), directed by Tommy Lee Jones – A man holding a bottle of alcohol in his hand; Close Up shot, Low angle