Warner Bros. Pictures and the USO Treat Marines at Miramar to Screening of 'The Dukes of Hazzard' and Stars' Visit

Warner Bros. Pictures and the USO Treat Marines at Miramar to Screening of 'The Dukes of Hazzard' and Stars' Visit

WASHINGTON, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Marines and Sailors stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., will be treated to a visit by Willie Nelson and Jessica Simpson July 29, courtesy of the USO and Warner Bros. Pictures. The pair will host a free screening of their new movie, "The Dukes of Hazzard," and spend time with service members and their families.

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Once on base, Nelson and Simpson will tour facilities, visit spouses and children of deployed military members, pose for pictures and shake hands with military personnel. After a question-and-answer session about the film, the stars will introduce "The Dukes of Hazzard." Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott will join Simpson to visit troops July 26 at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., and July 27 at Fort Hood, Texas.

Based on the hit television series, "The Dukes of Hazzard" follows cousins Bo (Scott) and Luke Duke (Knoxville) on a mission to save their family farm from Hazzard County's corrupt county commissioner Boss Hog (Burt Reynolds). With the help of their eye-catching cousin Daisy (Simpson) and moonshine- running Uncle Jesse (Willie Nelson), the boys attempt to stay one step ahead of the law in their famed 1969 Dodge Charger, nicknamed "The General Lee." The film is scheduled to hit theaters Aug. 5.

Simpson has participated on several USO tours, including a trip to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Oman and ships stationed in Southwest Asia shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. In April 2004, she headlined the 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Iron Horse "Welcome Home" celebration at Fort Hood, Texas. Earlier this year, Simpson and husband Nick Lachey visited troops in Germany and Iraq.

About the USO: For more than 64 years, the USO (United Service Organizations) has been providing morale and recreation-type services to U.S. military personnel and their families. The USO is a nonprofit, charitable organization, relying on the generosity of the American people to support its programs and services. The USO is supported by World Partners Anheuser-Busch Companies, AT&T Corporation, Avon Products, Inc., BAE SYSTEMS, Bass Pro Shops, Clear Channel Communications, The Coca-Cola Company, Computer Systems Center, Inc., Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc., Lockheed Martin Corporation, Military Channel, Morgan Stanley, National Football League, TriWest Healthcare Alliance. Other organizations, including the United Way and Combined Federal Campaign (CFC-0600), have joined thousands of individual donors to support the USO. For more information on the USO, please visit our Web site at http://www.uso.org/.

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CONTACT: 1st Lt Victoria S. Jennings of the Miramar Public Affairs Office, +1-858-577-6021, victoria.jennings@usmc.mil; or Donna St. John of USO, +1-703-908-6458, dstjohn@uso.org

Web site: http://www.uso.org/

NOTE TO EDITORS: Media interested in attending the Miramar screening should contact 1st Lt Victoria Jennings at the Miramar Public Affairs Office at 858-577-6021 by noon on July 27 to secure a spot on the base access list.

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