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''Ulee's Gold'' is a 1997 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, Steven Flynn, Dewey Weber, Chad Fish, and Vanessa Zima. The film 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.〔"Making of" pamphlet accompanying the DVD release〕 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. During a 1997 interview held in Melbourne,〔http://www.thei.aust.com/film97/cellinfonda.html〕 Fonda commented on the character he portrayed: 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. Nuñez used the Lanier family, a third-generation beekeeping family in Wewahitchka, Florida〔(Ulee's Gold - L.L. Lanier and Son's Tupelo Honey - Wewahitchka, Florida )〕 as "bee consultants" for the film; the Lanier family swamp lands and bee yards served as filming locations, with some members of the family appearing as extras in the film.〔 Other filming locations were Orlando, Apalachicola and Port St. Joe, Florida. Van Morrison sings "Tupelo Honey" (the title song of a 1971 album) over the end credits. ==Plot== Fonda plays Ulee (short for Ulysses) Jackson, 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. Upon returning home with Helen, Ulee's granddaughters see their mother going through withdrawal, and the youngest pleads with their neighbor Connie (Richardson) to help her. Connie is a twice-divorced nurse who assists Ulee in getting his daughter-in-law through detox. The film shows Ulee holding the family together and attempting to protect them from two young criminals, associates of his son, who come looking for a hidden stash of cash. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ulee's Gold」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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