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:

Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson

5 wins & 14 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:

1969 dodge charger | tow truck | misogynist | bikini | farm | 

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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 [France] Warner Bros. [United States]

Country:

USA Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 August 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ein Duke kommt selten allein

Filming Locations:

Louisiana State University - Highland Road & Dalrymple Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$30,675,314 (USA) (5 August 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

In the original series, the Duke cousins used bows and arrows instead of firearms because they were on probation for moonshining. This was carried over into the film, but no explanation was that they were still running moonshine. Although the Duke cousins never used a firearm, this film had Smith & Wesson product placement. Sheev had an S&W cleaning mat on the counter when Roscoe came to his house. Bo and Luke carried the core samples into the lab in an S&W duffel bag.

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Goofs

In the highway chase, the General Lee hits a Highway Patrol car and the General's bumper falls off. In the next scene, the bumper is back in place.

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Quotes

Uncle Jesse: Here's another one; drunk walks out of a bar and runs into a guy carrying an antique grandfather clock. The guy drops the clock, breaking into a million pieces. He looks at the drunk and says, "Why don't you watch where you're going?" The drunk looks at him and says, "Why don't you carry a wristwatch like everybody else?"

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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 Cinema Snob: Foreskin Gump (2014)

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Soundtracks

Mississippi Queen
Written by David Rea, Felix Pappalardi, Laurence Laing and Leslie West (as Leslie Weinstein)
Performed by Mountain
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with SONY BMG Music Entertainment

User Reviews

If you were a fan of the TV show...

...then you'd better not watch this movie. They've completely ruined the premise of the show. In the movie the Duke boys are idiots, Daisy is trampy, Roscoe is sinister, Boss Hogg is capable, Uncle Jessie is a criminal...only Cooter and Flash are true to the original characters. At least Enos is kinda close.

At one point they open the doors to get into the General Lee -- nuff said.

The original show may not have been great TV, but it was entertaining and the characters made sense. This movie is like Dumb & Dumber meets the Simple Life.