by Shy Less

Created on: May 22, 2010   Last Updated: May 23, 2010

The Dukes of Hazzard is an American action/comedy movie from the year 2005. The move is based on the television serial with the same name from the 80's of the 20th century. The movie was directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. The leading roles were played by Johnny Knoxville (known from MTV's Jackass), Jessica Simpson and Sean William Scott.
 
In the year 2007, a sequel of the movie was made. It aired under the title The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning.

Story

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The movie takes place in Hazzard County and it is about cousins Bo and Luke Duke. They are in charge of a business of selling homemade liquor for their uncle Jesse. They are doing this together with their cousin Daisy. Their main form of transport is a Dodge Charger from 1969. It is nicknamed "The General Lee". The Duke family is an eyesore for the police force of Hazzard and of the County Commissioner Boss Hogg.
 
Because of Boss Hogg and Sheriff Rosco Coltrane, the Dukes lose their farm and must move to their neighbors. They get lucky that their neighbor Pauline is a girlfriend of uncle Jesse. Pauline knows that Rosco has also seized farms from other people. When Bo and Luke examine the matter, they discover that Boss Hogg has recently found valuable raw materials on the territory of all these farms and wants to open a mine there. Officially, the residents of Hazzard are able to protest against these plans, but Boss Hogg has made a plan that the day on which this protest can be submitted coincides with a large race in Hazzard. Because everyone will be distracted by the race nobody will submit an objection and he will be able to realize his own plans. To gain extra publicly, he persuaded a famous driver (Billy Prickett) to take part of the race.

Bo and Luke are locked up in the prison, but Daisy helps them escape.
 
Rosco takes Jesse and Pauline hostage to keep the Dukes busy. Bo and Luke ensure a distraction while Daisy and car mechanic Cooter save Jesse and Pauline. Bo goes to the race to make sure that the residents are warned while Luke and Jesse are busy to distract the police. Bo takes part in the race unintentionally. He wins the race and finally is able to warn the residents of Hazzard. Everyone hurries to the council-house to protest against the exploitation of mineral deposits. The governor of Georgia, who was also present at the race, forgives the Dukes for their crimes and gives them back their farm.
 
Cast
Johnny Knoxville: Lucas "Luke" Duke
Sean William Scott: Beauregard "Bo" Duke
Jessica Simpson: Daisy Duke
Burt Reynolds: Jefferson Davis "Boss J.D." Hogg
Willie Nelson: Jesse Duke
David Koechner: Cooter Davenport
M.C. Gainey: Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
Lynda Carter: Pauline
James Roday: Billy Prickett
Michael Weston: Deputy Enos Strate
Kevin Heffernan: Derek "Sheev" Sheevington
Nikki Griffin: Katie-Lynn Johnson
Jacqui Maxwell: Annette
Alice Greczyn: Laurie Pullman
Junior Brown: The Balladeer (Storyteller)

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