Directed by Tommy Lee Jones   Written by Guillermo Arriaga   Cast Tommy Lee Jones ... Pete Perkins Barry Pepper ... Mike Norton Julio Cesar Cedillo ... Melquiades Estrada (as Julio César Cedillo) Dwight Yoakam ... Belmont January Jones ... Lou Ann Norton Melissa Leo ... Rachel Levon Helm ... Old Man with Radio Mel Rodriguez ... Captain Gomez Cecilia Suárez ... Rosa Ignacio Guadalupe ... Lucio Vanessa Bauche ... Mariana Irineo Alvarez ... Manuel (as Irineo Álvarez) Guillermo Arriaga ... Juan Josh Berry ... Border Patrolman Rodger Boyce ... Salesman Edwin 'Bubba' Broussard ... Bubba René Campero ... Don Casimiro Lupe Campos ... Sands Guy #2 Ariel Castro ... Jorge Diana Chavez ... Woman (as Diana Chávez) Uriel Chávez ... Cowboy #2 Sonny Carl Davis ... Kruger Mon de León ... El Toston Woman #2 (as Montserrat De León) Jesse De Luna ... Miller (as Jesse DeLuna) Richard Dillard ... Jim Jorge Adrián Espíndola ... Cowboy #1 (as Jorge Ádrian Espíndola) Jourdan Henderson ... Mary - Soap Opera Girl Sean Hennigan ... Chuck Karen Jones ... Dog Lady Richard Andrew Jones ... Bob (as Richard Jones) Victoria Jones ... Immigrant Girl Raul Molinar ... Radio Announcer #1 Adrian Navarette ... Agustin Lonnie Nelson ... Gravedigger Juan Gabriel Pareja ... Sands Guy #1 (as Juan Pareja) Terry Dale Parks ... Neil (as Terry Parks) Gustavo Sánchez Parra ... Tomas Hugo Pérez ... Man (as Hugo Perez) Paulina Reyes ... Piano Player Sergio Rodriguez ... Radio Announcer #2 Charles Sanders ... Doctor Brent Smiga ... Deputy Antonio Spike Spencer ... John - Soap Opera Angelina Torres ... Adriana Barry Tubb ... A. L. Guillermo Von Son ... Chino Maya Zapata ... El Toston Woman #1 Elena Hurst ... Lorena (scenes deleted) Uncredited Cast Robert Barge ... Border Patrolman Tiki Davis ... Border Patrol Thomas Jason Starritt ... Extra Produced by Luc Besson   Michael Fitzgerald   Tommy Lee Jones   Pierre-Ange Le Pogam   Eric A. Williams   Original Music by Marco Beltrami

Additional Info Premiere: May 20, 2005 Theatrical Release: February 03, 2006 DVD Release: June 06, 2006 Countries: Distributor: Sony Home Entertainment Websites: Alternate Titles Les Trois Enterrements De Melchiades Estrada Production Companies EuropaCorp (presents) (producer) (as Europacorp) The Javelina Film Company (producer) (as Javelina Film Company) Distributors EuropaCorp. Distribution   (2005) (World-wide) (theatrical) (released by) (as Europacorp) Sony Pictures Classics   (2005) (USA) (theatrical) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2006) (USA) (DVD) Sony Pictures Television   (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.3 / 10 Our Rating 4.1 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 4.1 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,639 / 21,054 Ratings Breakdown Average 1 total rating Mediocre 1 total rating Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #2,635 The A-Team: Season 5 (1986) #2,636 The A-Team: Season 4 (1985) #2,637 The A-Team: Season 3 (1984) #2,638 The Seven Year Itch (1955) #2,639 The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada (2005) #2,640 The Transformers: The Movie (1986) #2,641 Abominable (2019) #2,642 Evil (2003) #2,643 So I Married An Axe Murderer (1993)