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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada 2005

Feature · 2005 · 117 min · Western, Drama · Directed by Tommy Lee Jones

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) was filmed in Canyon, Cibolo, Lajitas and Midland, Texas, with locations including Big Bend Ranch State Park, Lindsay's Cafe and Big Bend National Park, from Sep to Nov 2004. Production also shot in Mexico.

Locations

11 locations
LocationTownSource
1CanyonRandall CountyTexas Film Commission
2CiboloGuadalupe CountyTexas Film Commission
3Big Bend Ranch State ParkLajitasWikipedia
4MidlandMidland CountyTexas Film Commission
5MonahansWinkler CountyTexas Film Commission
6OdessaEctor CountyTexas Film Commission
7RedfordPresidio CountyTexas Film Commission
8ShafterPresidio CountyTexas Film Commission
9Van HornCulberson CountyTexas Film Commission
10Lindsay's CafeVan HornTexas Film Commission
11Big Bend National ParkTerlinguaWikipedia

Location map

DallasAustinEl PasoCorpus ChristiLubbockAmarilloAbileneWacoSan AngeloWichita FallsMarfaVictoria101010101035E30353535354040274520202037441Canyon2Cibolo3Big Bend Ranch State Park4Midland5Monahans67Redford8Shafter9Van Horn11Big Bend National Park

Location stills

Numbered as on the location sheet
Canyon, a filming location for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
1Canyon
Cibolo, a filming location for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2Cibolo
Big Bend Ranch State Park, a filming location for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
3Big Bend Ranch State ParkLajitas
Midland, a filming location for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
4Midland
Monahans, a filming location for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
5Monahans
Odessa, a filming location for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
6Odessa
Redford, a filming location for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
7Redford
Shafter, a filming location for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
8Shafter
Van Horn, a filming location for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
9Van Horn
Big Bend National Park, a filming location for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
11Big Bend National ParkTerlingua

Texas vendors on this production

Directory
BusinessDepartmentSupplied
Bobbi Colorado & The Wild BunchAnimalsanimal actors and trainers (hawk, coyotes, wolves, dogs, ants)

Shooting in Canyon, Cibolo and Lajitas around 2005

YearProductionShot in
2007No Country for Old MenMarfa, Terlingua, Lajitas
2003Terminator 3: Rise of the MachinesTerlingua, Lajitas

More filmed in Canyon

All 4
YearProductionShot in
1950The SundownersAmarillo, Canyon, Stinnett
2026Joe's College Road TripAmarillo, Canyon
2022What RemainsAmarillo, Canyon, Claude
Image credits (17)

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada poster: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; 1 Canyon: Renelibrary, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; 2 Cibolo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; 3 Big Bend Ranch State Park: Surfsupusa, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons; 4 Midland: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; 5 Monahans: Shane.torgerson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; 6 Odessa: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; 7 Redford: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons; 8 Shafter: Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; 9 Van Horn: Talshiarr, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons; 11 Big Bend National Park: eclectico63, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; Barry Pepper: Philkon Phil Konstantin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons; Dwight Yoakam: Dirk Hansen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; January Jones: Peabody Awards, Danyele, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; Tommy Lee Jones: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; Melissa Leo: sagindie, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; Guillermo Arriaga: Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

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