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Certificate 15

Cast Tommy Lee Jones Barry Pepper Julio Cedillo Dwight Yoakam January Jones Melissa Leo

Directors Tommy Lee Jones

Screenwriters Guillermo Arriaga

Running Time 121 minutes

The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada
Tommy Lee Jones stars and directs.

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Plot
Boorish border patrol officer Mike Norton (Pepper) semi-accidentally shoots an illegal immigrant (Cedillo) dead. Local law enforcement turns a blind eye, but the dead man’s buddy (Tommy Lee Jones) has other ideas, forcing Norton on a bizarre pilgrimage to bury the body in Mexican soil.

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