Films Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar (Study Guide) - The Dukes of Hazzard, Super Troopers, Beerfest, Club Dread, Puddle Cruiser (Paperback)

This is nonfiction commentary. Chapters: The Dukes of Hazzard, Super Troopers, Beerfest, Club Dread, Puddle Cruiser. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Dukes of Hazzard is a 2005 comedy film loosely based on the American television series of the same name. The film was directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and released to theaters in the US on August 5, 2005 by Warner Bros. Pictures. As in the television series, The Dukes of Hazzard depicts the adventures of cousins Bo, Luke, Daisy and their Uncle Jesse as they outfox crooked Hazzard County commissioner Boss Hogg and Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. The film was followed by a direct-to-video prequel titled The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning in 2007. Cousins Bo (Seann William Scott), Luke (Johnny Knoxville), Daisy Duke (Jessica Simpson) run a moonshine business for their Uncle Jesse (Willie Nelson) in the fictional Hazzard County, Georgia. The cousins primary mode of transportation is an orange 1969 Dodge Charger that the boys affectionately refer to as 'The General Lee'. Along the way, the family is tormented by corrupt Hazzard County Commissioner, Jefferson Davis Hogg, widely known as "Boss Hogg" (Burt Reynolds), and his willing but dimwitted right hand man, Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (M.C. Gainey). After Coltrane has the General Lee wrecked during Bo's attempt at winning his fifth consecutive local road rally, Billy Prickett (James Roday), a famous stock-car driver, enters Hazzard to participate in the rally. Meanwhile, Coltrane plants a fake moonshine still ("'cause he's too damn dumb to find the real one") in Uncle Jesse's barn and seizes the Duke property in the interest of eminent domain for Boss Hogg, forcing the family to temporarily reside with neighbor and Uncle Jesse's love-interest, Pauline (Lynda Car...http: //booksllc.net/?id=694787