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THE DUKES OF HAZZARD / Jay Chandrasekhar (2005)

July 9th, 2005 by Scott Marks

Jay Chandrasekhar’s THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (2005)

The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

Directed by: Jay Chandrasekhar

Written by: John O’Brien, John O’Brien

Cast: Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott, Alice Greczyn, Steve Lemme, Michael Weston, Mitch Braswell, Michael Roof, Jessica Simpson, Rusty Tennant, Dolan Wilson, James Roday, Heather Hemmens, David Leitch, A.J. Foyt IV, M.C. Gainey

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Running Time: 106 min.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆

During the compulsory closing credit blooper reel The Dukes of Hazard’s reason d’etre is finally given utterance. Joe Don Baker, veteran star of Southern-fried seventies classics Walking Tall and Framed, blames a blown take on Jessica Simpson’s “titties.”

What reason, other than the juvenile promise of Ms. Simpson’s pulchritude, can there be for watching this network slobber given a big screen makeover? Did drooling retardates across America start a letter scribbling campaign? A die hard Jackass fan, even I didn’t feel the need to see Johnny Knoxville stretch. Perhaps the “director” had embarrassing, blackmail-worthy Polaroids of Warner Bros. studio heads frolicking naked with Cub Scouts.

As updated by series creator/writer/rocket scientist Gy Waldron, not much has changed. Brothers Bo (Sean William Scott) and Luke Duke (Knoxville) run moonshine through the backroads of Kentucky in the General Lee, a DayGlo-orange ‘69 Dodge Charger complete with optional roof-sized confederate flag.

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