ULEE’S GOLD is the story of Ulysses Jackson (Peter Fonda), a solitary beekeeper working in the tupelo marshes of the Florida Panhandle. Wishing only to work his bees and live withdrawn from past ties, Ulee is a war veteran devastated by his wife’s death and the collapse of his family. With his son Jimmy (Tom Wood), in jail and his daughter-in-law Helen (Christine Dunford), run off now for almost two years, Ulee has had to become caretaker for his two granddaughters, Penny (Vanessa Zima) and Casey (Jessie Biel) Jackson.