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bmwmpower
12-29-2004, 04:19 PM
The Stax Report: Script Review of The Dukes of Hazzard
A look at the new big-screen update of the TV series.

November 16, 2004 - Stax here with a review of the screenplay for The Dukes of Hazzard! This 123-page draft is dated Oct. 24, 2004. The big-screen version of the 1979-85 TV series stars Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson, Burt Reynolds, and Willie Nelson. Jay Chandrasekhar (Club Dread, Super Troopers) is directing from a script he co-wrote with his fellow members of the Broken Lizard comedy troupe. Filming is now underway in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Warner Brothers has slated the film for release on July 29th, 2005.


My own personal take on how I'd bring The Dukes to the big-screen can be found here. (Incidentally, how many of you knew that The Dukes was inspired by a 1975 film called Moonrunners? I didn't.)

The Dukes of Hazzard obviously focuses on the Duke family of Hazzard County, Georgia who have (not so secretly) been in the moonshine business for over a hundred years. The two good ol' boys of the show's theme song – Bo (Scott) and Luke (Knoxville) – carry on this bootlegging tradition, much to the chagrin of the corrupt "Boss" Jefferson Hogg (Reynolds) and his right-hand man, Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane.

Bo and Luke live on the farm of their Uncle Jesse (Nelson), a kindly but mischievous old-timer. Their drop-dead sexy cousin Daisy Duke (Simpson) works as a barmaid at Boss Hogg's roadhouse The Boar's Nest, which is the only legit bar in the county. She constantly uses her good looks to pry information from Rosco's dim-witted but sweet deputy, Enos Strate, that helps the wily Bo and Luke stay one step ahead of the law. They occasionally receive aid from mechanic (and Civil War re-enactor) Cooter and the touched-in the-head Sheev.

The usual cat-and-mouse antics between the Dukes and the law takes a shocking and tragic turn when Boss Hoss has Uncle Jesse gunned down in cold blood ... just kidding. No, the ever-scheming Boss Hogg has been cracking down on alleged moonshiners, using his authority to seize their land, farms that have been in families for generations. Problem is, only the Dukes are moonshiners; Hogg is simply framing innocent folks and seizing their land but for what purpose? That's what them Duke boys aim to find out, especially now that they're fugitives with the future of the family farm at stake.

Bo and Luke's quest requires them to look up a childhood friend, Katie Johnson, who now attends college in Atlanta. Both Bo and Luke were sweet on Katie once upon a time but they'll come to find out that life in the big city sure has changed her. The Dukes' race to save the day literally turns into one in Act Three, with a climactic set piece involving the annual Hazzard Road Rally featuring some Nascar drivers.

There's plenty of slapstick in this draft, with Bo and Luke constantly horsing around and playing pranks on one another like the overgrown kids they are. This schtick was amusing to read but I'm sure it'll play much better onscreen. Both Knoxville and Scott are certainly adept at slapstick, and Chandrasekhar's past efforts demonstrate he knows how to showcase such humor. Indeed, hiring the Broken Lizard troupe to bring The Dukes to the big-screen might prove to be the best decision made regarding this project.





-JoBlo

Jessica Simpson as Daisy, Johnny Knoxville as Luke, and Seann William Scott as Bo Duke.


The story itself is simple enough, a comedic take on the familiar Western plot of greedy land barons running settlers off their land/robbing poor folks who can't defend themselves. The only ones who can fight back are the amiable populist outlaw protagonists. This is a thoroughly American theme, the kind of Robin Hood-esque myth that has given us such folk hero bandits as Jesse James and Pretty Boy Floyd. But that's probably far more historical context than The Dukes of Hazzard merits ...

Overall, I found The Dukes of Hazzard to be harmless fluff. It's admittedly dumb and trite but how could one expect anything else? It was better than I anticipated but still not in the league of such bad boys on the run comedy classics as The Blues Brothers and Smokey and the Bandit. Still, it was certainly no Dude, Where's My General Lee?. – STAX

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Toronto
12-29-2004, 07:27 PM
well there are already pics up on the net of her as daisy, so old new to me.

ZfrkS62
12-30-2004, 01:02 AM
they just released the Dukes first season on dvd. next check i'm going out to get it 8)

Tatiana
12-30-2004, 01:34 AM
she's a poor substitute for barbara bach IMO

number77
12-30-2004, 03:27 AM
yea, their filming in Louisiana. Pontius (from the show jackass) is there also, but i don't know why.
???

numerouno
12-30-2004, 05:02 AM
she's a poor substitute for barbara bach IMO

totally agreed!

bmwmpower
12-30-2004, 09:17 AM
Jessica is nice, but too much sugar girl for this

ZfrkS62
12-30-2004, 09:22 AM
yea, their filming in Louisiana. Pontius (from the show jackass) is there also, but i don't know why.
???

SHIT!! B.R. is only 45 minutes from here!!! i'm off to find the set 8)
and for fuck-sake, couldn't they ave at least dyed Simpson's hair to make daisy the sassy brunette everyone loves instead of some ditzy looking bottle blonde?? IMO, Scott doesn't look right sitting in the General :?

does this mean there's going to be an assload more Chargers sacrificed :( ? this is going to make it EXTREMELY difficult to obtain one if they go through another couple hundred of them. The show itself killed about 413. :cry:

FerrariKiller
12-30-2004, 03:32 PM
Even better... Burt Reynolds plays boss hogg and willie nelson is uncle jesse. This is going to be one fucked up movie

hemi_fan
12-30-2004, 04:23 PM
I got the first season on DVD. This will be kinda cool, although i wish they'd just remake it with new cars rather than destroying more chargers!! We'll have to see! If I were a stunt man, you'd have to pay me quite a bit to jump a charger these days.

FordGTGuy
01-01-2005, 01:57 AM
well as long as its a part that requires tits and no brains.

ZfrkS62
01-01-2005, 02:50 AM
well as long as its a part that requires tits and no brains.

therin lies the problem. Daisy is not a ditz.

If this movie sucks, i have a feeling i know who is going to ruin it :?

SilviaEvo
01-02-2005, 04:02 AM
they should wait for the new Chargers then use those instead of the precious few we have left on the Earth. Sean and Johnny in this movie?!!? TRUSTING THEM WITH CHARGERS?!!? hell even Hampster will make a better movie star!!!! and he has his own Charger to boot

TT
01-02-2005, 05:23 AM
Jessica's pics

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Toronto
01-02-2005, 06:13 AM
^^^ you never find much pics of her ass on the net, and with that last one I see why :roll: