El oro de Ulises (1997)
Para el apicultor Ulysses Jackson, el trabajo con los panales de abejas es la esencia más pura de la vida, a pesar de que el pesado trabajo de las colmenas todas las mañanas lo obliga a dormir en el piso del comedor, debido a los terribles dolores de espalda que debe soportar. Su vida es rutinaria, pero sana, y transcurre en una casa de la zona de los pantanos de Florida. Mantiene y cría a dos hermosas nietas, una de ellas adolescente. Ambas son hijas del matrimonio de su hijo, encerrado en la prisión estatal, con una mujer alcohólica y drogadicta. Ulises es un hombre decente hasta la médula, y jamás se imaginará que dos antiguos amigos de su hijo han salido de prisión y buscan un supuesto botín que aquél había escondido en la propiedad de Ulises. Allí es donde este hombre, más dedicado a su trabajo que a los problemas familiares, interviene para proteger a su familia de la amenaza de los criminales. (FILMAFFINITY)
Directora: Victor Nuñez
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Peter Fonda as Ulee Jackson |
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Patricia Richardson as Connie Hope |
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Christine Dunford as Helen Jackson |
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Tom Wood as Jimmy Jackson |
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Jessica Biel as Casey Jackson |
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Vanessa Zima as Penny Jackson |
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Steven Flynn as Eddie Flowers |
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Dewey Weber as Ferris Doley |
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J. Kenneth Campbell as Sheriff Bill Floyd |
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Traber Burns as Chance Barrow |
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Ryan Marshall as Charley Myers |
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Chad Fish as Mark |
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Will Sexton as Child at Rest Stop |
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Dale C. Marshall as Beekeeper Assistant |
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James T. Whitehurst as Beekeeper Assistant |
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Charles Branner as Beekeeper Assistant |
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Jim Flanagan as Pool Player (uncredited) |
| Crew | Jonathan Demme | Presenter |
| Writing | Victor Nuñez | Writer |
| Directing | Victor Nuñez | Director |
| Directing | Tim Lewis | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Dominick Tavella | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Tim J. Carroll | Sound |
| Sound | Pete Winter | Sound Designer |
| Directing | Aloura Melissa Charles | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Gus Holzer | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Alberto García | Sound Effects Designer |
| Sound | Jon Oh | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Charles Engstrom | Original Music Composer |
| Production | John Sloss | Executive Producer |
| Production | Edward Saxon | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marilyn Wall-Asse | Costume Design |
| Production | Stewart Lippe | Line Producer |
| Production | Sam Gowan | Co-Producer |
| Production | Judy Courtney | Casting |
| Production | Valerie Thomas | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peter Saraf | Co-Producer |
| Art | Pat Garner | Production Design |
| Camera | Virgil Mirano | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Victor Nuñez | Editor |
| Art | Charles Kulsziski | Set Decoration |
| Art | Debbie DeVilla | Art Direction |
| Production | Jonathan Demme | Producer |