Al Gore to Co-Host Moving Image Premiere of Tommy Lee Jones film on December 12

Museum of the Moving Image is pleased to announce that former Vice President Al Gore will co-host the New York premiere of Tommy Lee Jones’ acclaimed new film The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada at the Paris Theatre in Manhattan on Monday, December 12, 2005, at 6:30 p.m. Vice President Gore was the Harvard roommate of Tommy Lee Jones, the film's star and director. Jones placed Gore’s name in nomination for the presidency at the 2000 Democratic National Convention.After the screening, Jones will participate in a Pinewood Dialogue moderated by Chief Curator David Schwartz. The film will be released by Sony Pictures Classics on December 14th.Jones’s directorial debut was one of the most highly praised films at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, winning him the Best Actor award, and the Best Screenplay award for Guillermo Arriaga (Amores Perros, 21 Grams).Tickets are $18 for the general public and $12 for Museum members, and are available by calling 718-784-4520 (between 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.). The Paris Theatre is located at 4 West 58th Street in Manhattan.The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada stars Jones as Pete Perkins, a grizzled ranch foreman investigating the killing of one of his hired hands, a young illegal immigrant named Melquiades Estrada (Julio Cesar Cedillo). When Pete discovers the killer, a young border patrolman named Mike (Barry Pepper), he forces him to dig up Melquiades's body and journey with him on horseback into Mexico to bury Estrada near his family in his native land. Featuring stunning widescreen cinematography by Chris Menges, Melquiades Estrada is an atmospheric, intriguing tale of life, death and justice that was described by Variety as “the best Sam Peckinpah movie since the late maverick himself ventured south of the border.” (2005, 121 mins. Sony Pictures Classics. Directed by Tommy Lee Jones. With Jones, Melissa Leo, Barry Pepper, Dwight Yoakam. In English with some Spanish dialogue.)

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