Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4233 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-08-15
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 5
• Running time: 612 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
The Dukes of Hazzard was part of America's redneck fetish in the mid-to-late 1970s, otherwise evident in popular songs, movies, and television shows highlighting fast cars, truckers, citizens' band radio, moonshine, irreverent hicks, and clueless lawmen. Created by writer-producer Gy Waldron and inspired by his own 1975 bootlegging comedy, Moonrunners, Dukes milked seven seasons of material from the tale of a Deep South family of reformed whiskey-makers and their running feud with a greedy impresario and his chief lackey, a buffoonish, venal sheriff.

This three-disc set includes all 13 initial episodes of Dukes from 1979, a period fans fondly recall because some of the programs were shot on location in Covington, Georgia, rather than a Burbank backlot. Also noteworthy is that a couple of key characters, particularly Hazzard County's corrupt lawman, Roscoe P. Coltrane (James Best), hadn't gelled yet into permanent hayseed stereotypes and were arguably more interesting at the beginning. At the center of the action are Sheriff Coltrane's nemeses, cousins Bo Duke (John Schneider) and Luke Duke (Tom Wopat), a couple of wild boys buzzing through the backwoods in the "General Lee," a souped-up Dodge Charger. Bo and Luke are good at heart but have to behave themselves while on indefinite probation, complicating but not halting their efforts to vex Roscoe and his patron, diminutive bigwig Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke). The enmity runs both ways: Roscoe and Boss Hogg, with the aid of witless Deputy Enos Strate (Sonny Shroyer), dream up ways of eliminating the Dukes--including their wise old Uncle Jesse (Denver Pyle)--but their efforts always backfire.

While every episode is a variation on the previous one, predictability is a virtue in Dukes. The series pilot, "One Armed Bandits," finds Luke and Bo, with help from their sexy cousin, Daisy (Catherine Bach), diverting slot machines (smuggled into Hazzard County by Roscoe and Boss Hogg) to sundry watering holes where they can raise money for Bo's girlfriend's charity. In "Money to Burn," Boss Hogg tries to frame Bo and Luke for robbing an armored truck, while in "Deputy Dukes," the unarmed guys are forced by Roscoe to escort a deadly prisoner from one town to another. The Dukes hit back in "Daisy's Song," investigating a scam that took Daisy for $50 and implicates, of course, Boss Hogg and Roscoe.

Yes, it's a show about rubes, car stunts, and a legacy of moonshine, but there's something comforting about it, in a tongue-in-cheek way. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

Synopsis
Welcome to Hazzard County, where cousins Bo and Luke Duke (John Schneider and Tom Wopat) spend their days eluding the crooked Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) and his dimwit Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane (James Best). Living with their uncle Jesse (Denver Pyle) and sexy cousin Daisy (Catherine Bach), Bo and Luke somehow find themselves entangled in mess after mess in this well-loved television series. This release contains every episode from the show's hilarious and action-packed first series.

Customer Reviews

oohh, i love it I love it
this folks, is the very first season of the dukes of Hazzard. Containing all the episodes from season 1 this sure to please. Get to know Uncle Jesse, Bo, Luke, cousin Daisy and Hazzards mechanic Cooter. There are high jinks a plenty as Boss Hogg and roscoe plan and plot against 'them dukes' And while Roscoe is always chasing the boys there is a warm welcome at the duke farmhouse.

this is the role that made a star out of wopat and Schneider and you can easily see why. Get to know the dukes over and over again. The pilot episode 'one armed bandit' is a gem. bo and Luke accept a drivng job for a pretty lady. Only, said lady is running an illegal gambling operation in the truck bo and luke are driving. Cue a little 'shuck and jive' duke style.

My One is Pirated (i'm 98% sure)
I got it for my birthday along with season 2,3,5,6(I alredy have 4)
it took abut twice as long as the rest (sent second class)the was no recept all the cases we clear the type you can buy in a shop with the paper (easly copy-able I might add) the was no Disc 5 (NO Specail fetures) insted the were two of disc 4 I am going to get a refund and on form someone else.

oooo them dukes! them dukes!
I almost forgot all about the dukes of hazzard until it FINALLY came to DVD, What a classic now you are not gunna get indepth story lines and deep dramatics like late starsky and hutch seasons, because this is the duke of hazzard and its all about having fun with the good ole' boys there are some dramatic moments but there is always a happy ending which is whats missing i tv these days.

Rosco P. Coltrane and Boss J.D Hogg steele the show but the rest of the charectors are not far behind, all in all this is a great value for money home entertainment, i garuntee if you hav'nt wet your self laughing you will be left with a smile on your face and a feeling of warmth after watching the dukes of hazzard. as for season 2 and 3 as Rosco would say 'am a gona get em now!kew kew am gone'.