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

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Robert Berlinger

Writer:

Shane Morris (writer)

Release Date:

11 tammikuu 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

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: The stains Daisy makes on the bartenders T-shirt (when she applies for a job) disappear in the next shot.

Quotes:

Narrartor: Who can blow stuff up!

Movie Connections:

References The Lion King (1994)

Soundtrack:

Sweat

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.