The Dukes of Hazzard
1979
Original language: English
- action & adventure
- drama
- comedy
- crime
The story
Cousins Bo and Luke Duke and their car "General Lee", assisted by Cousin Daisy and Uncle Jesse, have a running battle with the authorities of Hazzard County (Boss Hogg and Sheriff Coltrane), plus a string of ne'er-do-wells often backed by the scheming Hogg.
What it’s like
Bright, sun-saturated daylight over dusty backroads and green Georgia farmland, with wide establishing shots of country roads and fields and a steady stream of car chases shot to feel breezy rather than tense. The orange muscle car leaps creeks and skids through dirt lots, and the sound is all twangy banjo, fiddle and Waylon Jennings' theme, with a hooting horn playing "Dixie." The mood is easygoing and goofy, the kind of warm, low-stakes comedy you can half-watch while doing something else. Plots bounce from scheme to chase to good-natured comeuppance in a loose, episodic rhythm, and the family bond between the cousins and their uncle is the emotional core. Violence is cartoonish: crashes, fistfights and car wrecks with nobody seriously hurt, no gore, and little real menace. Some scenes lean on suggestive costuming and flirtation, but nothing graphic. It suits a comfort rewatch, a lazy Saturday, or a family evening, and it's for people who want nostalgic, brightly silly Southern fun with a big heart.
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