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Jul 4, 2025 - 11:18 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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The feature film version of the 1980s TV hit THE DUKES OF HAZZARD was just what you would expect it to be--an extended, super-sized version of the TV show. The Duke cousins - "Bo" (Seann William Scott) and "Luke" (Johnny Knoxville) - live a casually immoral life in the backwoods of Georgia, running illicit hooch for their wily "Uncle Jessie" (Willie Nelson) before retiring to the watering hole where shapely "Daisy Duke" (Jessica Simpson) tends bar. But things will change if the evil "Boss Hogg" (Burt Reynolds) has his way and turns Hazzard into a coal mine. Can the boys save the day, their home, and Jessie's booze, and beat all-comers in the county's annual road rally? Joe Don Baker has a small role as “Governor Jim Applewhite” in the film.
Burt Reynolds and Joe Don Baker in THE DUKES OF HAZZARD
After the success of the 'Starsky & Hutch' film, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson were offered the roles of Luke and Bo Duke. Neither accepted the offer, as they did not feel it paid tribute to the original series as Starsky & Hutch did.
Similarly, 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.
Jay Chandrasekhar directed the film. Nathan Barr's score has appeared only as a composer promo. The commercial CD released by Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax was strictly a country rock affair. THE DUKES OF HAZZARD cost $50 million to produce and did moderate business, ranking #26 at the box office for 2005 and grossing $111 million worldwide.
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Ooooh, that was a terrible, terrible movie. But then I did never like the TV-show, sorry fans.
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