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Napoleon Dynamite

United States

2004

82 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
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DIR Jared Hess

EXEC Jory Weitz

PROD Jeremy Coon, Sean Covel, Chris Wyatt

SCR Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess

DP Munn Powell

CAST Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Efren Ramirez, Aaron Ruell, Diedrich Bader, Tina Majorino, Sandy Martin, Haylie Duff, Trevor Snarr, Shondrella Avery, Bracken Johnson

ED Jeremy Coon

PROD DES Cory Lorenzen

MUSIC John Swihart

Sundance (U.S. Dramatic Competition)

Synopsis

Preston, Idaho’s most curious resident, Napoleon Dynamite, lives with his grandma and his 32-year-old brother (who cruises chat rooms for ladies) and works to help his best friend, Pedro, snatch the Student Body President title from mean teen Summer Wheatley. –IMDb

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Jared Hess

Attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Currently living in Draper, Utah.

Also directs commercials and music videos for production company Moxie Pictures.

Was a member of the FFA in Preston, Idaho —IMdb 

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Call it the Napoleon Dynamite effect. It may have been used before that, but ever since that 2004 phenomenon, the photo-doodle montage has

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By Jennife​r Christe​nsen on April 1, 2008

Every time I watch Napoleon Dynamite, I like it more. I’m one of those people who took a long time to see it because I was turned off by all the constant references everywhere you went. Once the…  read review

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