The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

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.

Director:

Jay Chandrasekhar

Writers:

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

Stars:

Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott, Alice Greczyn

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

Storyline

Bo and Luke Duke are southern cousins. In Hazzard County, Bo and Luke help their Uncle Jesse and their sexy cousin Daisy run the Moonshine business and always getting into trouble with Sherriff Roscoe P. Coltrane and recklessly driving in their orange car "General Lee". Boss Hogg, the mean and corrupt local county commissioner who hates The Dukes evicts The Dukes from their farm. Bo and Duke travels to Atlanta and meets up with old friend Katie Johnson and her friend Annette as they set out to find out why Boss Hogg has evicted them from their farm and what he plans to do. With local ace race car driver Billy Prickett in town to take part in the Annual Hazzard Road Race rally, Bo and Luke sets out to save their farm and foil Boss Hogg's scheme.

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Plot Keywords:

farm | sheriff | moonshine | race car | auto repair | 

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Taglines:

Welcome to Hazzard County. Things move kind of slow here, unless, of course, your last name is... Duke

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros [fr] Warner Bros. [us]

Country:

USA Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 August 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ein Duke kommt selten allein

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$93,787 (Brazil) (30 September 2005)

Gross:

$80,270,227 (USA) (28 October 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros, Village Roadshow Pictures, Gerber Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min 107 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The original Dukes - Tom Wopat, John Schneider and Catherine Bach - were all offered cameos in this movie. All three declined because they had read the screenplay and hated it.

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Goofs

While sitting in traffic in the outskirts of Atlanta, an SUV pulls up next to 'the boys' and reflected in the side window of the SUV is a reflector bounce board.

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Quotes

Cop: What seems to be the problem, sugar?
Daisy Duke: I think something bounced up into my undercarriage.

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Crazy Credits

There are bloopers, interlaced with Willie Nelson performing on stage, during the closing credits

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Connections

Referenced in The DiCaprio Code (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Burn It Off"
Written by Blues Explosion
Performed by Blues Explosion
Courtesy of Sanctuary Records Group and Mute Records

User Reviews

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.