The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Jay Chandrasekhar

Writers (WGA):

John O'Brien (screenplay)
John O'Brien (story) ...

Release Date:

5 August 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

Meet the Dukes. One family having so much fun there oughta be a law.

Plot:

Cousins Bo and Luke Duke, with a little help from their cousin Daisy and Uncle Jesse, egg on the authorities of Hazzard County, Boss Hogg and Sheriff Coltrane.

Plot Keywords:

Cousin | Uncle | Sheriff | Moonshine | Race Car

Awards:

2 wins & 9 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Nov. 17

2:05 AM

USA

Cast

Johnny Knoxville	...	Luke Duke
Seann William Scott	...	Bo Duke
Alice Greczyn	...	Laurie Pullman
Steve Lemme	...	Jimmy
Michael Weston	...	Deputy Enos Strate
Mitch Braswell	...	Out of Towner #1
Michael Roof	...	Dil Driscoll
Jessica Simpson	...	Daisy Duke
Rusty Tennant	...	Local #1
Dolan Wilson	...	Local #2
James Roday	...	Billy Prickett
Heather Hemmens	...	Girl #1
David Leitch	...	Puncher
A.J. Foyt IV	...	Race Car Driver #1
M.C. Gainey	...	Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, crude and drug-related humor, language and comic action violence.

Runtime:

104 min | 107 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:MG6 | Germany:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Taiwan:PG-12 | Brazil:14 | Sweden:7 | Belgium:KT | Singapore:M18 (unrated version) | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | Peru:14 | USA:Unrated (DVD version) | Norway:15 | Canada:14A (Manitoba/Ontario) (unrated version) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:15 | USA:PG-13 | UK:12A (cut) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The location for the drifting scene where the General Lee makes several laps around a monument is actually Lee Circle in New Orleans. In one shot, the camera angle is such that the statute of General Robert E. Lee, himself, appears to be looking down upon the General Lee as it passes.

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the end of the film, just before the General Lee "shoots the moon" to clear the roadblock, Cooter sets up his flatbed and lowers the ramp so the General can use it to launch. During all of the establishing shots, there is a large metal barrier affixed to the end of the flatbed's ramp that the General Lee would have to crash through, however, as the General approaches, the barrier suddenly disappears.

Quotes:

Sheev: [Bo, luke, and Sheev are about to blow open a safe, but the fuse goes out] Hmm, must be a wet fuse.
Bo Duke: Maybe its backwards.
Sheev: Of course its supposed to be backwards it's a Chinese fuse.
Bo Duke: No, I mean its backwards from the way it's supposed to be.
Sheev: Have you ever been to China? Have you ever been to China?
Bo Duke: I ate Chinese food once.
Sheev: Yea, well you don't blow up Mu Shu Pork my friend

Movie Connections:

Featured in 2006 MTV Movie Awards (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Funk #49

Hollywood should be ashamed of themselves.

When I heard that the Dukes of Hazzard was going to be remade with current actors and a solid script, I was like, "alright, I'll give it a chance, it's not going to be better than the first, but we'll see what happens." Well, I saw what happened. I saw a great late 70's/80's show that was a classic, basically humiliated by Hollywood. It's so sad to see that Hollywood scriptwriters cannot come up with something original these days. They are seeming to take a great show that had a great target audience, and try to "REMAKE" the classic show. HEADS UP Hollywood... IT AIN'T WORKIN!!!! Anyway, more about the show. I think they could have casted a better actor than Sean William Scott (Stiffler from American Pie) to play Bo. I'm sure that John Schneider is definitely disappointed with how his character was portrayed and taken advantage of. Also, Get for real, Johnny Knoxville, as Luke Duke. How low can you go?? A crappy jackass actor to play lovable Luke. This sickens me. Also, I'll give Jessica Simpson is a beautiful woman, but her acting sucks. Catherine Bach who played the original Daisy, was smart, sexy, strong, opinionated and a good IL' southern girl. She was every little girls role model growing up! (I owned the doll and the Jeep - thank you very much!!!) Anyway, Jessica Simpson played a smart ass, 2-bit slut as Daisy Duke. Daisy never was blonde. Why did they have to cast her. Jessica Alba would have played a great Daisy Duke. She can speak with a great southern accent, and she is gorgeous, and would have done a wonderful job. Anyway, I'd like to say that this movie blew something fierce. I feel like I got ripped off by paying $8.50 for tickets, and they should refund my money. If you like the Dukes of Hazzard (the original series) don't see this movie. It'll just upset you. CMT (country music television) plays the reruns of the Dukes all the time later at night. So set your TIVO's and go with the real thing, not the imitation on the big screen in Hollywood.