Tommy Lee Jones
This goo was worth a point in October 2023.
publication date: Friday, October 20, 2023 (part of October 2023)
category: 
Movies
clue: He's starring in a new movie about a burial, but a couple of decades ago, he starred in (and directed) a movie about three burials. A decade before that, he starred in movies about killers and heaven, and those came a decade after a movie about facing the executioner.
explanation: Jones starred in The Burial, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Natural Born Killers, Heaven & Earth, and The Executioner's Song. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, and Erik Bates
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