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  1. Went see the movie last night. Actually saw it twice. There was a Premiere showing in Baton Rouge at Rave theather. There was a General Lee & four of the race cars used in the movie including the Yellow Vette owned by friend of my Dad's plus lots of local people who played extras in the movie... Man, it was a funny movie and the car action was top notch... I think the DVD will be over the top with all the stunt mishaps and more racing action.... The only flaw I saw was Boss Hogg boiling crawfish one at a time and when he takes a crawfish out it's still moving.... I'll see it again...
  2. Went see the movie last night. Actually saw it twice. There was a Premiere showing in Baton Rouge at Rave theather. There was a General Lee & four of the race cars used in the movie including the Yellow Vette owned by friend of my Dad's plus lots of local people who played extras in the movie... Man, it was a funny movie and the car action was top notch... I think the DVD will be over the top with all the stunt mishaps and more racing action.... The only flaw I saw was Boss Hogg boiling crawfish one at a time and when he takes a crawfish out it's still moving.... I'll see it again...
  3. Here's link to entire Press Release: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050720/new028.html?.v=15 Press Release Source: USO Warner Bros. Pictures and the USO Treat Troops to a Preview of 'The Dukes of Hazzard' and a Visit by the Stars Wednesday July 20, 3:28 pm ET Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott and Jessica Simpson to Visit Service Members in Georgia and Texas; Willie Nelson Joins Simpson in California to "Meet and Greet" Troops WASHINGTON, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Troops stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., and Fort Hood, Texas, will be treated to a visit with Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott and Jessica Simpson, courtesy of the USO and Warner Bros. Pictures. Simpson, along with country music legend Willie Nelson, will then travel to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., for a "meet and greet" with military personnel. The group will host a free screening of their new movie, "The Dukes of Hazzard," and spend time with service members and their families. The USO tour locations are: Robins on July 26, Fort Hood on July 27, and Miramar on July 29.
  4. Here's link to entire Press Release: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050720/new028.html?.v=15 Press Release Source: USO Warner Bros. Pictures and the USO Treat Troops to a Preview of 'The Dukes of Hazzard' and a Visit by the Stars Wednesday July 20, 3:28 pm ET Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott and Jessica Simpson to Visit Service Members in Georgia and Texas; Willie Nelson Joins Simpson in California to "Meet and Greet" Troops WASHINGTON, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Troops stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., and Fort Hood, Texas, will be treated to a visit with Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott and Jessica Simpson, courtesy of the USO and Warner Bros. Pictures. Simpson, along with country music legend Willie Nelson, will then travel to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., for a "meet and greet" with military personnel. The group will host a free screening of their new movie, "The Dukes of Hazzard," and spend time with service members and their families. The USO tour locations are: Robins on July 26, Fort Hood on July 27, and Miramar on July 29.
  5. Gaduke01. Ask your parents about the Road Rally Race? Did they see a yellow Corvette in the race scenes and how was the racing??? Thanks...
  6. Gaduke01. Ask your parents about the Road Rally Race? Did they see a yellow Corvette in the race scenes and how was the racing??? Thanks...
  7. Scott. It actually belongs to friend of my Dad's who owns the 78 Yellow Vette used in the race scenes...
  8. Scott. Someone called me about the Feature articles & Pics from Duke of Hazzard Movie in latest edition.... Where in the Bazton Rouge area can I pick up a copy? Friend of mine is looking around Covington area and couldn't find copy... I need to know understand their's picture of Yellow Prowler around Clinton??? Thanks for your help... I know you posted a while back about up coming srticles and coverage of the Gen Lee and behind the scenes pictures...
  9. Bought a copy of the $3 DVD last night at Walmart and the 10 - 12 minutes of behind the scenes footage is outstanding.... No shots of the racing scenes... although I did see Boss Hogg's Mustang racecar & driver... And, Willie is the balladeer... This will be one kick-butt movie...
  10. Joe don is Gov James P. Applewhite (Gov of GA). He says Gentlemen start your engines and fires a pistol to start the race... Pics are posted at the this site: http://www.ccc-la.com/gallery/index.php In the album from Filming at State Capital Raceway in Jan.
  11. I think these shots were from the filming in New Orleans for the movie (suppose to be Atlanta)... Here's link I copied from post on POA site... http://www.hotrodsandclassics.com/FunnyVideos/Videos/GeneralLee.mpeg
  12. THey wredked an average of two a day... And, does were repaired and put back into action... So, total # may be quite high although they started with the original 25 or 26...
  13. The trailer is good... I'm ready for the movie... & the sequel...
  14. Thanks for the links. Two great interviews and confirms that this is going to be a good movie... From the interviews, you have solved one of the mysteries we saw from the pics of the movie filming on Hwy 10 near Clinton. it was Luke Duke & Uncle Jesse in Boss Hogg's Caddy throwing molotov cocktails at the police cars during the Rally race scenes filming along Hwy 10 (pics posted at ccc-la web site). Actually at that shoot it was the 2nd unit and their stunt replacements doing the driving... http://www.ccc-la.com/gallery/index.php But, now it makes sense, Luke stole Boss's caddy.. And, it was Luke & Uncle Jessie in Boss's Caddy... We just couldn't understand how Boss & Uncle Jessie had teamed up....
  15. Very good recap. Lots of pictures of the GO mobile and the roof mounted controled Gen Lee along with the Muscle cars in the racing scenes at this link: http://www.ccc-la.com/gallery/index.php The pics at State Capital have Bo in the Go Mobile along with some 2nd unit shots. The pics along Hwy 10 are with the 2nd unit and have the muscle cars along with Gen Lee & the pistol gripped Boss Hogg White Caddy... I can't wait for the movie to come out...
  16. I'm going to be at 1st matinee. Looking forward to seeing the racing scenes between the Gen Lee and Vette owned by friend of my Dad's...
  17. EvilErnie13. At this link, there are three seperate albums with pictures from the Dukes of Hazzard movie filming... 1) Racing scenes on Hwy 10 near Clinton 2) Four days of filming at State Capital Raceway for the beginning & ending of Hazzard rally race 3) More filming and the damage results of 30 days of using rented race cars to race with the Gen Lee: http://www.ccc-la.com/gallery/index.php
  18. Maximrecoil. Don't know if it's possible with photo software, but if it were just a bit longer from the back of the door to the front of the rear wheelwell... with a stretched roofline to match, more like the old... we'd be there! with an all new retro Charger ....
  19. I like both versions of the 2-door New Charger Gen Lee. Add the SRT 426 Hemii and you have a real car...
  20. Here's another question... What about this pic... Looks like Boss Hogg & Uncle Jessie teamed up during the Rally Race throwing molotov cocktails at the police cars... http://www.ccc-la.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album09&id=Dcp_0616
  21. Click on link to see some police cars at the shoot of Hwy 10 near Clinton. Getting molotov cocktails thrown at them... Seems like it was quite interesting reading all the comments ... http://www.ccc-la.com/gallery/albums.php?set_albumListPage=2
  22. I'm going to see it on opening day June 24th,, 2005... It may turnout to be a Blockbuster movie... no offense to original series... I guess we'll have to wait and see... Based on people looking at the albums of the Dukes movie photos in these albums at http://www.ccc-la.com/gallery/index.php I'd say there is lots of interest in the new movie and people are anxiously awaiting the release...
  23. Last Sunday as part of the 2nd Annual Mopar & Vette Car CLub Challenge Benefit for Landon Robert at No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, LA., 15 cars used in the filming of new Dukes of Hazzard movie put on an Exhibition race including the Gen Lee & police car chase... It was all in good fun, but it was a big crowd pleaser... The benefit raised over $7,500 for this lil 4&1/2 year old boy who is fighting cancer... There's lots of pics over at this link.... http://www.ccc-la.com/gallery/albums.php The race was a five lap race on the 1.8 mile road course. The Gen Lee started from behind being chased by the police car. The police car spun out after one lap. And, on the final lap & last turn the Gen Lee passed a couple of the cars running them off the track as it took the lead for the checkered flag...
  24. Here's very good article that was in this morning Baton Rouge newspaper with the Director Jay Chandrasekhar. http://2theadvocate.com/stories/021805/ent_dukes001.shtml I'll copy & paste here for your reading... Dukes rides again Louisiana played host to cast and crew filming big-screen remake of TV's The Dukes of Hazzard By JOHN WIRT Entertainment writer A rainy day in Louisiana. At the rural set of The Dukes of Hazzard, it's ankle-deep muddy. Like a small army, the Dukes movie cast and crew is occupying a farm in Zachary. Rain forces a change of plans. Instead of shooting outside with Jessica Simpson as Daisy Duke and Seann William Scott and Johnny Knoxville as Bo and Luke Duke, Jay Chandrasekhar is directing an interior scene. Boss Hogg and his henchman, Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane, have Uncle Jesse and Pauline tied up in their kitchen. Burt Reynolds' Boss Hogg is mighty mean to his silent captives, played by Willie Nelson and Lynda Carter. In a nearby room, a video monitor lets Chandrasekher and cinematographer Larry Sher watch Hogg lord it over the hapless pair. Sound man David Alvarez and his rig are behind them and a pair of makeup people crouch in a corner. As folks in and around Baton Rouge couldn't help but notice, The Dukes of Hazzard, a Warner Bros. production, was shot in the area from mid-November through early February. Locations included Clinton, French Settlement, Zachary, downtown Baton Rouge, New Orleans and I-10. Last month in a Zachary farm house off Old Scenic Highway, the movie-set cries of "Rolling!" "Action!" and "Cut!" went out again and again. Between takes, dozens of crew members maneuvered through film equipment, stepping on the home's plywood-protected floors. "Let's go one more right away," Chandrasekhar said after take four of scene 99. But a spot on Boss Hogg's white suit briefly halted shooting. After another take, the director gave the command to "march in," movie talk for getting a tighter shot. Through successive takes, Reynolds phrased his threats to Nelson and Carter ever more effectively. Boss Hogg's Southern-fried menace rose into sharp focus. During a break from shooting, the director expressed his satisfaction. "Burt's eyes glint," Chandrasekhar said. "He's got a great smile. He puts accents in great places. He's funny. We did like 12 takes of that thing. It was obvious to everybody that the last take was the best. There's constant pressure to move faster and get on to the next scene, but when you see what he can do on the 12th take, you realize you can take a little heat for being a little slow now. This movie will be around a long time. I think we'll use that last take. If people like the specific way he read that joke, it'll be worth it." The Dukes of Hazzard is a big-screen remake of the '70s and '80s TV show about good old Southern boys Bo and Luke Duke, their hot 1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, and even hotter girl cousin, Daisy. The Dukes movie retains the original characters and locale, but it's not slavishly faithful to its TV model. As a kid growing up in Chicago, Chandrasekhar was a devoted fan. "The show that we loved was shot in '79, '80, so it was wholesome," the director said. "There are elements of this film that are wholesome, but I like realistic, border-pushing comedy. Our plot could have been from that show, but it's realistic. Some swearing and sometimes getting into business they'd never get into on the show. Everything's happy in the end, but there's a real conflict." The new Dukes' realism derives in large part from Boss Hogg. "In a lot of comedy films," Chandrasekhar explained, "they hire a really goofy guy to play the bad guy, or a guy you could beat up. As a viewer, you don't want to see a bad guy you can beat up. If you're tough and funny, that's great. If you're soft and funny, then you won't be a bad guy in a movie I make." For Chandrasekhar, directing Reynolds in The Dukes of Hazzard -- a film inspired by a TV show that was in turn inspired by the Reynolds-starring Smokey and The Bandit -- is coming full circle. "Burt Reynolds plays a character named Bo in Smokey and the Bandit," the director said. "Jackie Gleason is basically Boss Hogg. Jerry Reed is essentially Luke. There's a hound dog. Sally Field has little short-shorts, and the style of stunts was the same." Even before Chandrasekhar got the job of directing Dukes, he knew he wanted Reynolds as well as country singer, sometimes actor Willie Nelson in the cast. "Burt and Willie are two of my heroes. When I went in to try to get the job of directing this movie, I told them, 'Boss Hogg's gotta be Burt Reynolds and Uncle Jesse's gotta be Willie Nelson.' They hadn't heard that before, but that's the only way I would have made this movie." Joining Reynolds and Nelson are Scott and Knoxville as the Duke boys and singer, reality TV star and A-list celebrity Jessica Simpson, making her big-screen debut as the head-turning Daisy Duke. "Jessica is sort of sitting on the hot surface of the sun at the moment," Chandrasekhar said. "Everywhere she goes, they're looking. But she's a really nice, down-to-earth girl. The good thing about it for us is she comes prepared, she's talented and devoted. Nobody knows what to expect, but I think people who love her will be really excited, and people who doubt her ability will be surprised. She's new at it, which is kind of fun. She's got this unjaded enthusiasm. And she was smart to choose a film where she could be part of an ensemble cast. It's not like a Jessica Simpson movie that she has to carry. That's a terrible idea for anybody, but it happens all the time." Playing Bo, Scott brings a proven comedy track record including Old School and American Pie. "He has that rebel yell kind of energy that you need to play either of the Duke boys," the director said. "And Knoxville (TV's Jackass), he's a rogue, a wild, Johnny Cash-type Southern guy." Nelson is another natural for The Dukes, Chandrasekhar said. "As I shoot more scenes, each scene is so good that I'm like, 'Ah, I need to write more for him.' Usually, when you have non-actors, you have to cut around them, but that's not the case with either Willie or Jessica." Besides the movie's human characters, there's four-wheeled star the General Lee. The production's 26 General Lee cars, restored and converted for stunt driving, are the most costly line-item in the budget, Dukes producer Bill Gerber said. The director promises breathtaking stunts from the General Lee. "They did a poll and it said the General Lee is the most recognizable car in a movie or TV history," he said. "When we were growing up, we all wanted to get in the General Lee and floor it down I-10." The Dukes of Hazzard opens nationwide June 24. Click here to return to story: http://2theadvocate.com/stories/021805/ent_dukes001.shtml
  25. Capt_Redneck. I'm a little partial. A friend of my Dad's has a car being used by the movie & he posted pics on this web site... http://www.ccc-la.com/gallery/index.php Hope it makes it into the movie...
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