The Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

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  • Rating:
     R — for language, violence and sexuality
  • Language:
      Eng
  • Studio:
      Sony Pictures
  • UPC:
      043396148253
  • Year of Release:
      2005
  • Item Number:
      COL014825
  • Release Date:
      05/22/2007
  • Genre:
     

    Modern Western –

    Western

  • Format:
     

    DVD

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

    Veteran screen star Tommy Lee Jones makes his directorial debut with the fractured tale of murder and injustice on the U.S.-Mexico border scripted by Amores Perros and 21 Grams screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga. Mike Norton (Barry Pepper) is a fresh-faced Border Patrol officer in Cibolo County, TX, whose dedication to his new job leaves his lonely wife, Lou Ann (January Jones), with little to do but spend her days at the local diner, where she strikes up a friendship with waitress Rachel (Melissa Leo). Despite her own status as a married woman, Rachel is unfulfilled in her marriage and is intimately involved with both rugged rancher Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones) and local sheriff Belmont (Dwight Yoakam). Soon after Pete hires Mexican illegal Melquiades Estrada (Julio Cesar Cedillo) as a ranch hand, the growing bond between the pair is suddenly shattered when, in a moment of panic on a routine patrol, Mike hastily guns down the innocent Melquaides. When an enraged Pete learns that Mike has unceremoniously buried the illegal immigrant in an unmarked desert grave and local authorities opt to overlook the case, he kidnaps the crooked lawman and sets out to ensure that justice is served with or without the involvement of the local police force. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:
  • Region: 1
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
  • Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
  • Features:
    • cc
    • Commentary with Tommy Lee Jones, Dwight Yoakam and January Jones
AWARDS
  • Cannes Film Festival
  •     Won Best Actor - 2005 (Tommy Lee Jones)
  •     Won Best Screenplay - 2005 (Guillermo Arriaga)
  • Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Association
  •     Won Top Ten Film - 2005
  • Independent Spirit Awards
  •     Nominated Best Cinematography - 2005 (Chris Menges)
  •     Nominated Best Picture - 2005
  •     Nominated Best Screenplay - 2005 (Guillermo Arriaga)
  •     Nominated Best Supporting Actor - 2005 (Barry Pepper)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
REVIEW:
  • For his debut feature, Tommy Lee Jones follows in the footsteps of other fine actors who paid attention when they were directed -- Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, and Robert Duvall spring to mind. That is to say, he comes on the scene a confident, honed storyteller. This -- with the assistance of scripter Guillermo Arriaga -- enables a film like The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. In what could be the same border town John Sayles presents in Lone Star, Jones mines a subject that's both timely to the nation, and timeless to Texans: the unexpected byproducts of illegal immigration. But the director steers clear of a heavy-handed message movie, fixating on a single Mexican, a ranch hand named Melquiades Estrada (Julio Cedillo), who is accidentally shot by an overzealous border patrol agent (Barry Pepper). As Pete Perkins, Jones the performer is no human-rights crusader; he just cares about this particular man. In keeping a promise to his compadre -- even when it involves carrying his decaying corpse across the desert on horseback -- Jones radiates an unyielding determination, kidnapping Pepper's Mike Norton and teaching him a lesson with an almost disembodied sense of calm. But the film leaves all interpretation of the characters' growth and change up to the audience, never cheating them through a big speech or a moment of dramatic clarity. Every detail feels real, and the cinematography (by veteran Chris Menges and neophyte Hector Ortega) makes the barren Mexican countryside as formidable as any wilderness on film -- a dying frontier for men of justice. Arriaga's script also effectively carries out the parallel subplot of several stolid women resigned to disappointment back in town. While its deliberate pace may not move fast enough for some viewers, those who fall in stride with Estrada will find plenty of buried treasures. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

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