The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (2007) (TV)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Robert Berlinger

Writer:

Shane Morris (writer)

Release Date:

11 January 2009 (Sweden)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

These are the Duke boys... from the beginning

Plot:

Teenaged cousins Bo and Luke Duke spend their first few weeks in Hazzard County getting into trouble running outlawed liquor in order to save their Uncle Jesse's farm.

Plot Keywords:

Prequel | Bed | Prequel To Cult Favorite | Buxom | Cleavage

Cast

Jonathan Bennett	...	Bo Duke
Randy Wayne	...	Luke Duke
April Scott	...	Daisy Duke
Joel Moore	...	Cooter
Harland Williams	...	Rosco P. Coltrane
Sherilyn Fenn	...	Lulu Hogg
Christopher McDonald	...	Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg
Willie Nelson	...	Uncle Jesse Duke
Todd Grinnell	...	Hughie
Adam Shulman	...	Enos
Trishelle Cannatella	...	Ally Handy
Jennifer Hill	...	Brooke Handy
Gary Cole	...	Balladeer (voice)
Rufus Dorsey	...	DMV Examiner
Joe Gieb	...	Carnival Midget
Challen Cates	...	Psychic
Bud Mathis	...	Old Man Abernathy
Grace C. Gerber	...	Grace
Carrie Minter	...	Sunbathing Girl #1
Casey Durkin	...	Sunbathing Girl #2
Doug Jones	...	Patron
Doug Pieschel	...	Buyer
Sam Zeller	...	Shiner #1
Lance Smith	...	MC
Sy Richardson	...	Shiner #2
Alex Boling	...	Father
Beans Morocco	...	Old Shiner
Eve Sigall	...	Tough Woman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Johnny Wilson	...	Deputy #1
Kimberly Bosso	...	Hogget Hottie (uncredited)
Brittney Harrington	...	Other Dream Girl (uncredited)
Joshua Mason	...	Shop Class Student (uncredited)
Vanessa Motta	...	Cocktail waitress (uncredited)
Patricia Nasr	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Eric Shackelford	...	Shiner / Townie (uncredited)
Gary Sievers	...	Moonshinner (uncredited)
Kym Stys	...	Mechanical Bullrider (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Berlinger

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Shane Morris		writer

Produced by
Robert Benjamin	....	co-producer
Bill Gerber	....	producer
Phillip B. Goldfine	....	producer
Taylor Latham	....	associate producer
Alison Semenza	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John DeFaria

Cinematography by
Roy H. Wagner

Set Decoration by
Robin Peyton

Costume Design by
Tricia Gray

Makeup Department
Peter Montagna	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Darren M. Demetre	....	unit production manager
Jan Kikumoto	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Maximillian D. Day	....	first assistant director
Richard Gonzales	....	second second assistant director
Michael R. Melamed	....	second assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Colleen Broderick	....	set decoration buyer
Ron Licari	....	props
John McKey	....	storyboard artist
Michael Panevics	....	first assistant property master
Jason Puga	....	painter
Stella Starlight	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Bob Arons	....	sound effects editor
David S. DiPietro	....	sound recordist
Paul Drenning	....	adr mixer
Shelik Fernandez	....	sound recordist
Stephen Fitzmaurice	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael J. Fox	....	adr mixer
Mark Lanza	....	supervising sound editor
Erik Magnus	....	additional production sound mixer
Marla McGuire	....	adr supervisor
Matthew Nicolay	....	production sound mixer
Vic Radulich	....	dialogue editor
Eric Reuveni	....	adr mixer
Stacey A. Washer	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Aida Caefer	....	hair technician
Joe Giles	....	creature effects crew
Jim Greenall	....	animatronic designer and fabricator: pig
Doug Hudson	....	creature effects crew
Reggie Rizzo	....	fabrication & hair punching of animatronic pig
William H. Schirmer	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Stefan Bredereck	....	digital effects artist: EdenFX
John F. Gross	....	visual effects supervisor
Sean M. Scott	....	digital effects artist
Jason Michael Zimmerman	....	compositing supervisor
Rick Cortes	....	Inferno artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Brian Avery	....	stunt double
Joe Bucaro III	....	stunt double
Jacob Chambers	....	stunt double
John Clagett	....	stunt driver
Courtney Farnsworth	....	utility stunts
Diamond Farnsworth	....	stunt coordinator
Nicola C. Hindshaw	....	utility stunts
Chris LaCentra	....	utility stunts
Dina L. Margolin	....	stunts
Tom McComas	....	stunt driver
Vanessa Motta	....	stunts
Mike Mukatis	....	stunt double
Tarah Paige	....	stunts
Joni Podesta	....	stunts
Rick Seaman	....	stunt driver
Kym Stys	....	stunt performer
Tom McComas	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Anderson	....	director of photography: second unit
Michael Avallon	....	generator operator
Ethan Brannon	....	grip
Brian Crane	....	gaffer
Sean Patrick Crowell	....	key grip
Sam Emerson	....	still photographer
David Fordham	....	grip
Bobby Foster	....	dolly grip
Cory Gunter	....	assistant camera
John Koth	....	best boy grip
Darin Krask	....	second assistant camera
James E. Krattiger	....	gaffer: second unit
Chris Lewis	....	chief lighting technician: underwater reshoot
Bryan Marks	....	electrician
Conan Mastrangelo	....	electrician
Graham McPherson	....	grip
Greg Morris	....	first assistant camera
Lance Oyabu	....	electrician
Blake Santoro	....	grip
Simon Scheeline	....	grip
Al Stewart	....	grip
David Thielhart	....	best boy electric
David Wood	....	electrician

Casting Department
Vanessa Portillo	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Danielle Feller	....	costume supervisor
Alyssa Kim	....	set costumer
Aaron Millsap	....	costumer
Susan Strubel	....	key set costumer

Editorial Department
Adam M. Duthie	....	assistant editor
Nick Smith	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Will Kaplan	....	music editor

Transportation Department
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Dennis Lape	....	driver
Frank Mejerski	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Daniel Beals	....	production assistant
Kasey Bell	....	production assistant
Vivian Boyer	....	unit publicist
Logan Burdick	....	production assistant
Deborah Chung	....	additional set production assistant
Roy DeMarco	....	production assistant: re-shoots
Rob Fegen	....	production coordinator
Ben Friedmann	....	production assistant
Jim Greenall	....	puppeteer
James Henderson	....	stand-in: Bo Luke
Matti Klutz	....	production assistant
Kristofer Kolpek	....	additional set production assistant
Wendy Kutzner	....	production coordinator
Robert Lepucki	....	location manager
Susan Magee	....	first accountant
Melanie Mander	....	script supervisor
Steven Milosavleski	....	production assistant
Stephanie A. Purdy	....	animal trainer
Bryan S. Sexton	....	assistant to producers
Aviv Surkin	....	key location assistant
M. Ryan Traylor	....	production assistant
David E. Van Houten	....	production consultant
Jake Worden	....	set production assistant
Thomas Zamora	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Warner Premiere
• Gerber Pictures
• Hollywood Media Bridge

Distributors

• ABC Family (2007) (USA) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Animal Makers (animatronic animals)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Keslow Cameras  camera equipment provided by
• Paws for Effect  animals by
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility

Also Known As:

The Dukes of Hazzard 2 (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual humor and dialogue.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | USA:TV-14 (cut TV version) | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Singapore:M18 | USA:PG-13 (re-rated) | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Premiere

Trivia:

In this film, the General Lee's first jump was Hogg's Ravine, which was really big and nobody had jumped it before. This jump is based off the creek that made the first jump in the show, and was seen many times.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Luke and Bo were running away from Boss Hogg's mansion, Luke was wearing a open shirt without white t-shirt under it. You can see his bare chest. When their car was almost hit by a bulldozer, Luke was only wearing a white t-shirt.

Quotes:

Luke Duke: Can I be your special helper?
Lulu Hogg: Of course!

Movie Connections:

References Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Soundtrack:

The Awakening

Worst.Movie.Ever

In short - offensive, painful to watch and not even remotely entertaining. As witless as the original Dukes of Hazzard TV series was it was at least wholesome/entertaining/witless fun with mostly talented and likable cast members. No such thing can be said about this direct to video 'prequel' to the TV series. As a person who (sadly on so many levels) remembers and enjoyed the original series I was trying to keep an open mind and hoping for a new spin on the old and 95 minutes of entertaining fluff and car chases with the General Lee. The choice for script material, acting, childish/offensive language, music, sound effects, editing and the actors themselves make the old series seem like Masterpiece Theater by comparison. Christopher McDonald and Harland Williams as Boss Hogg and Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane respectively will go down in movie history as possibly the two worst replacements for the talented Sorrell Booke and James Best from the series. Rather than good, family fun this movie is another in a long series of horn-dog teenage films with more in common with Porky's or American Pie. Full of crude language and sexual innuendo (even in the rated version) and references, likely only to get an 'R' rating, as a replacement for actual humor or storyline. I won't even comment on the pointless and excruciating to watch cross-dressing scene. Even the sound is poorly done with, in one scene, the exhaust noise from the General Lee coming from the left (hood) side of the screen as it was started for the first time. Don't buy this movie, don't even rent it - go out and buy/rent one of the first 2-3 seasons of the series.