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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

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Movie Info
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Director -
Tommy Lee Jones -
Producer -
Michael Fitzgerald , Luc Besson , Pierre-Ange Le Pogam , Tommy Lee Jones -
Screenwriter -
Guillermo Arriaga -
Distributor -
Sony Pictures Classics -
Production Co -
EuropaCorp -
Rating -
R (Sexuality|Language|Violence) -
Genre -
Adventure , Crime , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
May 19, 2005, Original -
Rerelease Date (Theaters) -
Dec 14, 2005 -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jan 1, 2015 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$5.0M -
Runtime -
2h 1m