A Duke rarely comes alone - How it all began
| Movie | |
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| German title | A Duke rarely comes alone - How it all began |
| Original title | The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert Berlinger |
| script | Shane Morris |
| production |
Bill Gerber Phillip B. Goldfine |
| music | John DeFaria |
| camera | Roy H. Wagner |
| cut | Don Brochu |
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A Duke Seldom Comes Alone - How It All Began (Original title: The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning ) is an action comedy from 2007 directed by Robert Berlinger . The film is based on the characters from the television series A Duke rarely comes alone . The plot represents a prehistory to the 2005 film A Duke rarely comes alone .
action
Sixteen-year-old Bo Duke is arrested in his home in Chickasaw County after driving ruthlessly around town in the driving school car and crashing into a police car during a driving lesson. Just four counties away, his cousin Luke Duke gets in trouble when he sets off illegal fireworks at a fair in an attempt to impress a woman, causing property damage of $ 15,000 and injuring 20 people. Their parents were able to convince the judges that a summer of hard work on their uncle Jesse's farm in Hazzard County would be the right punishment.
There they meet their cousin Daisy Duke, an inconspicuous wallflower who has just turned 18. When she comes home from Bible school, she explains to them that she and all the other girls have just signed an oath that none of them will have sex before marriage.
Jesse runs the best illicit distillery in the county, based on family tradition. Bo and Luke are fed up with farm work fast. You visit Boar's Nest , which, like the rest of town, is owned by "Boss" Hogg , who is currently fighting for re-election for the post of county commissioner . They observe a meeting between their uncle Jesse and Boss Hogg. Hogg blackmails Jesse and demands that he share in the proceeds from his illicit distillery.
The two dukes involuntarily help Hogg's award-winning sow Dainty to escape from her high-lying stable, with both of them falling from the roof with the sow. Boss Hogg demands damages from the Dukes, otherwise he would foreclose Uncle Jesse Duke's farm, since Jesse still owes him installments on a loan anyway. Jesse can't raise the money, however, and can't sell enough ills on her own to get the required money together in two weeks. However, Bo and Luke are certain that if they only had a fast car they could sell enough liquor in that time.
Cousin Daisy takes Bo and Luke to the local high school and introduces them to Cooter Davenport, who provides them with a powerful motor. After an unsuccessful search for a suitable bodywork, they see two girls sunbathing by a pond in the gorge. Bo pushes Luke into the water and jumps after it to save him. But instead of saving, Bo has eyes only for a 1969 Dodge Charger that was sunk in the water. They recover the vehicle, fix it and install Cooter's engine. Since Uncle Jesse mentions that they used to name their cars after generals, they name the car General Lee .
The liquor deliveries go very well at first, but then Boss Hogg announces an alcohol prohibition in the county and offers a reward of 25,000 US dollars to black markers and alcohol smugglers. As a sign of his personal commitment, his Boar's Nest will also become an ice cream parlor.
In the meantime, Daisy applied to be a waitress in the bar, but was turned down because she looked too conservative. When she comes back later dressed provocatively, she gets the job and at the same time gets an appointment with the barman Hughie.
To make money even more effectively, Jesse is holding a market where he and other rogue distillers sell their liquor. When Boss Hogg and Sheriff Coltrane hit the market, business is over. Jesse is arrested while Bo and Luke sleep off their intoxication in a nearby meadow. Thus, Boss Hogg has managed to remove all obstacles that could have prevented his plan: Hogg wants to enforce an alcohol ban in the entire state of Georgia , by taking over the distillery from Uncle Jesse to produce the best black liquor himself, by arresting all competitors Create a schnapps monopoly and earn big money. In the meantime, Daisy lets Hughie know about the Dukes' secret. It later emerges that he is Boss Hogg's nephew and that he is revealing everything to his uncle.
Together with Cooter and Daisy, the Dukes forge a plan. They kidnap Boss Hogg in their car, drive him towards a ravine and threaten to plunge Hogg to his death if he does not confess everything. Meanwhile, Daisy manipulates the radio in the police headquarters with Deputy Sheriff Enos, who is indecently devoted to her. Meanwhile, Hogg loses his nerve and confesses everything. Thanks to Daisy, his confession is relayed to all of the city's radios. Following the confession, the Dukes jump over a ravine with their General Lee for the first time and catch Hogg's nephew Hughie, who is in the process of smuggling illicit people in an ice cream truck. Therefore, Hogg now has to pay them the bounty of 25,000 US dollars that he has given them for the caught Hughie.
You now have the money for the farm and Uncle Jesse and all the other bootleggers will be released from prison. Boss Hogg signs a remission for himself so that he cannot be imprisoned. His nephew Hughie is made a scapegoat and imprisoned.
background
- The voice of the narrator speaks in the original Gary Cole . In the German dubbing it is spoken by Engelbert von Nordhausen , who is primarily known as the main voice of Samuel L. Jackson .
- The car's General Lee name refers to Robert Edward Lee , General of the Confederate Army during the War of Civilizations . The roof of the car bears the flag of the Confederate States of America and the car horn plays the melody of the southern anthem Dixie .
- The cost of production was estimated at $ 5 million. Filming began in June 2006 in California .
- The film didn't come out in theaters. The DVD release in the USA was on March 13, 2007, in Germany on August 24, 2007. Previously, it was first broadcast in the USA on March 4, 2007 on the television station ABC Family , where a censored version of the film was broadcast. The first broadcast on free German television was on April 22, 2011 on RTL II .
- The censored US version of the film by ABC Family was rated TV-14 (unsuitable for children under 14 years of age). An R-rated version was released on DVD in the USA (young people under 17 years of age only when accompanied by an adult), as well as an unrated version (not checked by any film rating agency). In Germany, the most revealing US version was rated as FSK 6 . The DVD is called "uncensored" in Germany, although no other or censored version was released here. In Germany, the name is therefore used more for advertising purposes.
- The film was the first title released under the newly formed Warner Premiere brand by Warner Home Video , which specializes in direct DVD release.
Reviews
- Lexicon of International Films : Slow action comedy as an offshoot of a long-lived television series; the few successful gags are lost in the undemanding plot.
- Christopher Null wrote on filmcritic.com: Whether sliding through high school in a buggy or smuggling alcohol in the prepared General Lee, the film never misses the opportunity to shower us with dirty vehicles, bare-breasted unknown women, or both. That'll be all well and good, but I don't think anyone has to endure something for about an hour and a half to serve as an act just to see some silly car chases.
Web links
- The Dukes of Hazzard - How it all started in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Comparison of the cut versions R-Rated - Unrated by Ein Duke rarely comes alone - How it all started at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ A Duke Seldom Comes Alone - How It All Began. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
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