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
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00:02:12 There's some coyotes hopping around across the road from that windmill.
00:04:51 Cincinnati.
00:07:54 Okay.
00:12:17 He's a good Mexican.
00:16:32 Stuffed zucchini and broccoli.
00:19:36 Saturday afternoon.
00:25:46 Cincinnati"s real pretty in the springtime.
00:30:31 Hey, Bob, how long we been married?
00:38:18 -When am l gonna see you again? -l can't next week.
00:43:23 He told Belmont a Border Patrol killed him in a shootout.
00:48:49 Get out.
00:54:03 lf l die over here...
00:57:19 -What about rangers? -Told them we had it covered.
01:03:46 Well, Pete...
01:09:18 But it's been six months since he was here.
01:12:23 Whoa, Bill.
01:20:12 He's dying.
01:23:03 Just the horse.
01:29:38 I'm in Mexico.
01:37:23 Do you even know what the mileage on your little foreign car is?
01:39:24 What'd the guy on TV say?
01:42:26 She lives around the corner.
01:45:51 Don't you see? There's no Jiménez!
01:52:40 l didn't want it to happen.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed846
Dialogue density7.0 lines / min
First line00:02:12
Final line01:52:40
Production Record
DirectorTommy Lee Jones
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15,000,000
Revenue$12,036,149
IMDb votes42,440