The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005 · 121 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 42,440 VOTES · DIR. Tommy Lee Jones
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 846 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:12 There's some coyotes hopping around across the road from that windmill.
00:04:51 Cincinnati.
00:07:55 And take me to the mall this Saturday in Odessa.
00:12:28 You need to get outside and do something.
00:16:39 Someone else paying the bills? Putting a roof over your head?
00:19:42 ...but l ain't seen him out here busting his ass.
00:26:03 But this is different.
00:31:17 But the Border Patrol is everywhere.
00:38:31 That's different. Bob's my husband.
00:44:04 -Who do you think you are? -That fellow who killed Melquiades.
00:49:32 Good news here is no one was seriously injured.
00:54:33 Then turn east and follow the sierra until you come to Coahuila.
00:57:42 We'll head southeast over to Alarid Canyon.
01:06:18 Well, help yourself, then.
01:10:10 And he told me to go back to town with him.
01:18:00 l ain't seen anybody in 30 years.
01:20:53 Tomas, keep going with them. l'll take the gringo to get cured.
01:23:57 l don't need this bullshit! l mean it! l'm serious--
01:30:25 You said l was the only you loved.
01:38:10 Oh, yes, I do care.
01:40:58 We were worked on the other side.
01:43:36 Because you'll get me in trouble with my husband, Javier Martinez...
01:47:58 Garden.
01:56:04 You gonna be all right?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed846
Dialogue density7.0 lines / min
First line00:02:12
Final line01:56:04
Production Record
DirectorTommy Lee Jones
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15,000,000
Revenue$12,036,149
IMDb votes42,440