Ulee's gold

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Movie
German title Ulee's gold
Original title Ulee's gold
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1997
length 112 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Victor Nuñez
script Victor Nuñez
production Sam Gowan
Stewart lip
Peter Saraf
music Charles Engstrom
camera Virgil Mirano
cut Victor Nuñez
occupation

Ulee's Gold is an American film drama from the year 1997 . It was directed by Victor Nuñez , who also wrote the script.

action

Ulysses ("Ulee") Jackson, who fought as a soldier in the Vietnam War, lives in Florida and, like his father, raises bees . He has been widowed for six years. Ulysses raises Casey and Penny, the daughters of his son Jimmy, who was arrested for an armed robbery, and his missing drug addict wife, Helen. The girls befriend their neighbor Connie Hope, a nurse who has been divorced twice.

One day Ulysses is called by Jimmy, who tells that Helen is being held captive by his two former accomplices in Orlando . He manages to bring her home, but the granddaughters then have to watch the detox and withdrawal symptoms up close. Connie is at your side with words and deeds these days. The strenuous manual labor in the beehives helps the patient to clear her head.

The men demand a share of the booty from a crime. Ulysses prevails against the criminals and is injured in the process. The two men are arrested and the money confiscated by the police. The local sheriff - friends with Ulee - does not investigate further into the background. The event welded the family back together. Jimmy would like to continue working in the family business after his release from prison. Ulysses - who was initially very opposed to Connie's help - invites her to his home for dinner.

reception

Reviews

As of August 2019, the film on Rotten Tomatoes is 94 percent with 52 evaluated reviews. The IMDb counts exactly 7 out of 10 points with more than 6000 audience ratings.

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the portrayal of Peter Fonda was reminiscent of his father Henry Fonda . His “subtle” and “nuanced” play shows the pain and uncertainty of the main character behind the “carefully constructed facade”. The criminal aspects of the plot would hardly exceed the level of the stereotypes. However, the film also offers more complex elements such as Ulysses' relationship with his grandchildren.

Janet Maslin wrote in the New York Times on June 13, 1997 that the "quietly striking" portrayal of Peter Fonda was the "big surprise" of the 1997 Sundance Film Festival . It is the "finest work" of his career. The film is also the director's best work; he is "beautiful" and "deeply felt", an "oasis of humanity".

Awards

Peter Fonda was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1998 . He won in 1998 as Best Actor - Drama the Golden Globe Award ; He also won the New York Film Critics Circle Award in 1997 , the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award in 1998, and the Southeastern Film Critics Association Award . Fonda was nominated for the 1998 Screen Actors Guild Award and the Online Film Critics Society Award .

The film was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award in five categories : Victor Nuñez as director and screenwriter, the producers, Peter Fonda and Patricia Richardson. Jessica Biel won the Young Artist Award in 1998 , for which Vanessa Zima was also nominated.

Victor Nuñez was nominated in 1997 for a prize at the Italian Festival Internazionale del Giallo e del Mistero di Cattolica (MystFest) . In 1997 he won a Deauville Film Festival award and was nominated for another. In 1998 he won the audience award of the Fantasporto festival and was nominated for the ALMA Award .

backgrounds

The film was shot in Florida . Its production amounted to an estimated 2.7 million US dollars . The world premiere took place on January 22, 1997 at the Sundance Film Festival ; on June 13, 1997, the film was released in US cinemas, grossing approximately $ 9.05 million. The first performance date in the Federal Republic of Germany was April 30, 1998.

Jessica Biel played her first role in a feature film in Ulee's Gold .

The song in the credits is Tupelo Honey , taken from Van Morrison 's album of the same name .

See also

About the Tupelo Honey: Ogeche Tupelo Tree

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film review by James Berardinelli, accessed November 8, 2007
  2. ^ Film review by Janet Maslin, accessed November 8, 2007
  3. ↑ Filming locations for Ulee's Gold, accessed November 8, 2007
  4. ↑ Box office / business for Ulee's Gold, accessed November 8, 2007
  5. ↑ Ulee's Gold premiere dates, accessed November 8, 2007
  6. ^ Ulee's gold. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 18, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used