Club Events 2006 : 2006-03-14 : CCC - 3 Burials of Melaquides Estrada

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3 Burials of Melaquides Estrada Arrive at 6:55 pm. The movie starts at 7:10 pm. Winner at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival for Best Actor Tommy Lee Jones & Best Screenplay (Guillermo Arriaga – Amores Perros & 21 grams) this powerful and moving modern Western was also directed by Tommy Lee Hones. A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn’s town cemetery. Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones), a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to travel with him. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico. Subject to classification. http://www.sonyclassics.com/threeburials/
This movie was not for the faint of heart. A lot of gruesome scenes but Melaquides Estrada was finally buried. Set in the very picturque SW US-Mexican border area, this movie depicted a theme of extreme obsession for revenge. Food for thought and worth a viewing but don't go on a full stomach. My buddy Levon Helm was great.


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