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Ulee's Gold

  • 1997
  • R
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
7.7K
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Peter Fonda in Ulee's Gold (1997)
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Drama

A reclusive beekeeper slowly pulls his dysfunctional family back together, but not without having to fight his son's previous dastardly cohorts.A reclusive beekeeper slowly pulls his dysfunctional family back together, but not without having to fight his son's previous dastardly cohorts.A reclusive beekeeper slowly pulls his dysfunctional family back together, but not without having to fight his son's previous dastardly cohorts.

  • Director
    • Victor Nunez
  • Writer
    • Victor Nunez
  • Stars
    • Peter Fonda
    • Patricia Richardson
    • Christine Dunford
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    7.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Victor Nunez
    • Writer
      • Victor Nunez
    • Stars
      • Peter Fonda
      • Patricia Richardson
      • Christine Dunford
    • 66User reviews
    • 57Critic reviews
    • 77Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 8 wins & 17 nominations total

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    Peter Fonda
    Peter Fonda
    • Ulee Jackson
    Patricia Richardson
    Patricia Richardson
    • Connie Hope
    Christine Dunford
    Christine Dunford
    • Helen Jackson
    Tom Wood
    Tom Wood
    • Jimmy Jackson
    Jessica Biel
    Jessica Biel
    • Casey Jackson
    Vanessa Zima
    Vanessa Zima
    • Penny Jackson
    Steven Flynn
    Steven Flynn
    • Eddie Flowers
    Dewey Weber
    Dewey Weber
    • Ferris Dooley
    J. Kenneth Campbell
    J. Kenneth Campbell
    • Sheriff Bill Floyd
    Traber Burns
    • Chance Barrow
    Ryan Marshall
    • Charley Myers
    Chad Fish
    • Markie
    Will Sexton
    • Child at Rest Stop
    Dale C. Marshall
    • Beekeeper Assistant
    James T. Whitehurst
    • Beekeeper Assistant
    Charles Branner
    • Beekeeper Assistant
    Jim Flanagan
    • Pool Player
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Victor Nunez
    • Writer
      • Victor Nunez
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Peter Fonda wore his father's (Henry Fonda) watch throughout filming as a good-luck charm.
    • Goofs
      When Eddie attacks Ulee with the knife he uses an underarm motion, which would place the wound in his lower back. Then when the view changes to inside the truck the wound is shown on the upper part of the back, near the shoulder blade, which would be in the wrong part of his back.
    • Quotes

      Penny Jackson: [explaining her drawing] See, sometimes the bees get confused, and run away. That's them there on the tree. But they don't really want to be gone. And they're happy when someone helps them back into their home. But you got to keep calm and don't panic when they sting, 'cause they don't mean nothing by it.

    • Crazy credits
      The bees are thanked at the end of the credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Speed 2/Broken English/Ulee's Gold/Temptress Moon/Wedding Bell Blues (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Boom Boom Boom
      Written by Daz Dillinger (as Dillinger) and Juvenile
      Performed by Juster
      Used with Permission of TVT Music Inc.
      Courtesy of TVT Records

    User reviews66

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    Fonda gave the performance of a lifetime!

    Peter Fonda should have won the Oscar for this film. After he didn't, I boycotted the movies for a full 12 months. Fonda gave the performance of a lifetime in this film about a solitary Florida bee-keeper trying to keep what's left of his family together.

    This is not light entertainment. This is realistic film-making at its best.

    There is no Hollywood "fix" ending. These are real people with really serious problems trying to make their way through with the least amount of damage.

    Forget the Academy....see this film and ask yourself who deserved the Best Actor Oscar....
    • lynne/tx
    • Oct 14, 1999
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 18, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El oro de Ulises
    • Filming locations
      • Apalachicola, Florida, USA
    • Production companies
      • Clinica Estetico
      • Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA)
      • Nunez-Gowan
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,700,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $9,161,691
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $89,563
      • Jun 15, 1997
    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,161,691
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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