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

User Rating:

4.3/10   

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 | Underwear | Wolf Whistle | Waterhole | Nude Sunbathing

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
Kenji Luster	....	b camera / steadicam operator
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
Bryant Powell	....	stand-in: Luke Duke
Stephanie A. Purdy	....	animal trainer
Bryan S. Sexton	....	assistant to producers
Cody Smith	....	animal trainer
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 the scene at the town square where Boss Hogg is about to give an election speech, the narrator says that Boss Hogg's favorite saying is "Vote early and vote often." This saying actually exists and is attributed to "Big" Bill Thompson, the notoriously corrupt mayor of Chicago during the 1920's who was bought off by Al Capone. Whenever possible, Capone would rig the Chicago elections in order to ensure Thompson's victory.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the original series, Bo and Luke's parents supposedly died in a tragic car accident, along with Daisy's. In the film, Jesse makes many references to the boys' parents being alive.

Quotes:

Bo Duke: You can kill a man with your thumb?
Uncle Jesse Duke: It's not that hard, really, once you know how.

Movie Connections:

References The Lion King (1994)

Soundtrack:

Tornadoes

Dukes in Hazzard in name only now

Growing up The Dukes of Hazzard was one of my favorite shows. The cast had charisma, and the show had an authentic, country feel to it. The 2005 movie was part of the "re-imagination" trend in movies that started with The Flintstones and continues today with this atrocity. Instead of re-imagining them in today's times they should have cast the younger Dukes in the 1960's when they would have been legit teenagers, to keep in continuity with the show. They should have done this with the 2005 movie, too. This movie is a cynical, straight-to-DVD-and-TV, bottom-of-the-barrel hack job and it barely held my attention.

The problem with the plot is that it's a low-rent version of the TV show. Aren't there any writers in Hollywood who can write an original Dukes of Hazzard movie? My guess is there are plenty, but the producers have too much contempt for their audience to think they would appreciate a gritty, true-to-the-spirit-of-Hazzard script. Fans of the original series shouldn't avoid it because of profanity, they should avoid it because it is Dukes of Hazzard in name only now.

The most important thing to me is the casting of Daisy, and they failed miserably here. In the series Daisy was a smart woman who happened to wear cut-off shorts. In 2005 she was a sexpot wearing cut-off shorts, nothing more than eye candy, playing the part as a parody. There's little to say about April Scott: she isn't even close to being a young Daisy in this movie. I'm not talking about physical proportions (although I think she's too thin for a southern Belle); I'm talking about charisma and the intangibles you need to play an iconic character. She doesn't have it.

The lameness extends to all aspects of the re-imagining. The characters have become lame caricatures of themselves, and Hazzard County is no longer the dusty, mythical Confederate backdrop it once was. There's no point in "re-imagining" the Dukes of Hazzard if you're going to get politically correct. The original series was uncynically proud to be Dixie, and that was a huge part of it's appeal. If this movie is a finger-in-the-wind to see if a new TV series will work, I hope it fails miserably in ratings and sales.

And Willie, did you really need the paycheck?