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 Wishing only to work his bees and live withdrawn from past ties, Ulee is a war veteran devastated by his wife's death and the collapse of his family.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. The trio lives an ordered, if somewhat narrow life until a call from Jimmy changes everything. Helen is in trouble, and only Ulee can fetch her home. Ulee must travel to Orlando to retrieve Helen from two of Jimmy's former partners in crime, Eddie Flowers (Steven Flynn) and Ferris Dooley (Dewey Weber). The duo turns out to have their own reasons for getting Ulee to Orlando. Old robbery money is involved, and the two will haunt the Jackson family to the end. Help comes from surprising places -- a new neighbor (Patricia Richardson), an old friend from the past (Kenneth Campbell), and the thoughts and insights of a child. Torn from his isolating routine, Ulee must draw on old strengths and craftiness to save his family, and ultimately, himself.