Ulee's Gold
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Victor Nuñez |
| Produced by | Jonathan Demme |
| Written by | Victor Nuñez |
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| Music by | Charles Engstrom |
| Cinematography | Virgil Mirano |
| Edited by | Victor Nuñez |
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Clinica Estetico
Nunez-Gowan |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
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Running time
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113 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.7 million |
| Box office | $9,054,736 (U.S.) |
Ulee's Gold is a 1997 American independent drama film written and directed by Victor Nuñez and starring Peter Fonda in the title role. Co-stars include Patricia Richardson, Christine Dunford, Tom Wood, Jessica Biel, J. Kenneth Campbell and Vanessa Zima. It was released by Orion Pictures, with Jonathan Demme receiving presenter credits for his role in the film's financing.
The film was the "Centerpiece Premiere" at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. Fonda won a Golden Globe for his performance and was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
The film's title refers most concretely to the honey Ulee produces as a beekeeper, particularly that made from the nectar of the tupelo tree.
Van Morrison sings "Tupelo Honey" (the title song of his 1971 album) over the end credits.
Ulee (short for Ulysses) Jackson is a Vietnam veteran, widower and grandfather. He is a beekeeper by profession, who raises two granddaughters (Biel and Zima) because his son (Wood) is in prison and his daughter-in-law Helen (Dunford), a drug addict, has run away. The son implores him to look for his wife and bring her home.
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