Ulee's Gold Movie Review 1997

Slow-paced, deliberate character study, set in the Florida panhandle. Ulysses "Ulee" Jackson (Fonda) is a widowed, middle-aged Vietnam vet who puts most of his energies into his work as a beekeeper, much to the detriment of his family. Son Jimmy (Wood) is in prison and druggie daughter-in-law Helen (Dunford) has disappeared, leaving the taciturn Ulee to care for his troubled granddaughters, teenaged Casey (Biel) and nine-year-old Penny (Zima). But their ordinary lives change when Helen turns up in Orlando with two violent hoods from Jimmy's past and Ulee must not only rescue her but find the emotional release to make them all a home. Splendidly moving performance from Fonda.

Distribution

MGM Home Entertainment, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404-6061, Phone: (310)449-3000, Fax: (310)449-3100, URL: http://www.mgmhomevideo.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 111 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Family Ties, Drug Use & Abuse, Parenthood, Men in Prison, Florida

Screenplay

Victor Nunez

Cast

Peter Fonda, Tom Wood, Vanessa Zima, Jessica Biel, Christine Dunford, Patricia Richardson, Steve Flynn, Dewey Weber, J. Kenneth Campbell

Cinematography

Virgil Marcus Mirano

Director

Victor Nunez

Music

Charles Engstrom

Producer

Victor Nunez, Edward Saxon, John Sloss, Valerie Thomas, Clinica Estetico, Orion Pictures

Awards

Golden Globes 1998: Actor--Drama (Fonda); N.Y. Film Critics 1997: Actor (Fonda).