The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

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

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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: When Luke and Bo steal Boss Hogg's safe, it is dark out. Later, when Rosco informs Boss Hogg of this in the bar, it is light out. Then, when Rosco goes to see Sheev, it is dark again.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Prisoner #2: [to Boss Hogg] Don't you know you're not supposed to wear white after Labor Day?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Worst of 2005" (2006)

Soundtrack:

La Grange

C'mon folks it's The Dukes of Hazzard NOT Citizen Kane

I'm a huge fan of the Dukes of Hazzard TV show. And I really enjoyed this flick. I enjoyed myself here a lot more than I did with other summer blockbusters.

It's funny hearing people rail against this movie with excuses like "lame plot" and "it's much cruder than the show." Does ANYONE remember the crudeness of the humor in the pilot episode? Daisy makes incest jokes and Bo says that Luke had probably fathered half the kids in the orphanage. The only reason it was cleaned up is because it changed to and earlier time slot.

And as far as the plot goes. It was the perfect Dukes plot. In fact as a remake it probably stays truer to the source material than any TV show that has migrated to the big screen.

While Sean William Scott and Johnny Knoxville aren't EXACTLY like their small screen versions, they do a great job and work very well together. I wasn't too keen on Burt's Boss Hogg though. And I would have like a little bit more incompetence from Sheriff Roscoe. In the movie Roscoe is a little... scary.

And who didn't have a smile on their face as the General Lee is racing through the streets of Atlanta and the back roads of Hazzard?

Folks, allow yourself to enjoy a movie that is just an excuse for nostalgia, bikinis and car chases, you won't be sorry. It's just a great dumb movie!