Tag: Guillermo Arriaga

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Script

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Year:2005
Director:Tommy Lee Jones
Written by:Guillermo Arriaga (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis: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.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Script Resources:

  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Script PDF - FINAL DRAFT. 7/4/2004. at Script City ($)

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  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada ( tt0419294 ) at IMDb
  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada ( 8053 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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The Burning Plain

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Year:2008
Director:Guillermo Arriaga
Written by:Guillermo Arriaga (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes from both families, before and after the dramatic events, suggest an unusual connection between them. But what is their secret?
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Babel

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Year:2006
Director:Alejandro González Iñárritu
Written by:Alejandro González Iñárritu (Idea), Guillermo Arriaga (Screenplay), Guillermo Arriaga (Idea)

Script Synopsis:Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.
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Amores Perros

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Year:2000
Director:Alejandro González Iñárritu
Written by:Guillermo Arriaga (Author)

Script Synopsis:A fatalistic car crash in Mexico City sets off a chain of events in the lives of three persons: a young man aching to run off with his sister-in-law, a supermodel, and a homeless man. Their lives are catapulted into unforeseen circumstances instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog.
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21 Grams

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Year:2003
Director:Alejandro González Iñárritu
Written by:Guillermo Arriaga (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girl; and Jack Jordan, an ex-convict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will learn harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably—forever.
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