Search results for: with Jonathan Demme receiving presenter credits for his role in the film's financing.[2] The film was the "Centerpiece Premiere" at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival.[3] Fonda won a Golden Globe Award for his performance and was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor and a Screen Actors Guild Award. The film's title refers most concretely to the honey Ulee produces as a beekeeper