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| Directed by | Jared Hess |
| Produced by | Jeremy Coon Sean Covel Chris Wyatt |
| Written by | Jared Hess Jerusha Hess |
| Starring | Jon Heder Efren Ramirez Tina Majorino Aaron Ruell Jon Gries Emily Tyndall Austyn Goldring |
| Music by | John Swihart |
| Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures (USA, Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, Brazil) Paramount Pictures (all other areas, through United International Pictures) |
| Release date(s) | June 11, 2004 |
| Running time | 92 min. Jared Lawrence Hess (born July 18, 1979, in Preston, Idaho) and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess ( Née Demke) (born Jeremy Coon was the executive producer and editor of the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite, which was reputedly made on a $400000 budget and earned over $44 million. Sean Covel (born March 4, 1976 in South Dakota) is an American film producer Jared Lawrence Hess (born July 18, 1979, in Preston, Idaho) and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess ( Née Demke) (born Jared Lawrence Hess (born July 18, 1979, in Preston, Idaho) and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess ( Née Demke) (born Jonathan Joseph Heder (born October 26 1977) is an American Actor and filmmaker Efren Ramirez (born October 2, 1973 in Los Angeles, California) is a Hispanic - American actor of Salvadoran Tina Marie Majorino (born February 7 1985 is an American film and television actress Aaron Ruell (born June 23, 1976) is an American Actor who was born in Fresno California, but grew up in Clovis California Jonathan Francis "Jon" Gries (born June 17, 1957) is an American Actor, writer and director Emily Tyndall is an American Actress and Dancer from Utah, who made her acting debut in Napoleon Dynamite in 2004 Fox Searchlight Pictures is the specialty film division of 20th Century Fox, established in 1994 Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. United International Pictures (or UIP; now known as Paramount Pictures International) is a Joint venture of Paramount Pictures (owned by Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$400,000 |
| Gross revenue | US$158,600,956 |
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Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 independent film co-written and directed by Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess and stars Jon Heder as the main character, Napoleon Dynamite. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of the Hollywood Studio system, a series of oligopolistic practices by several Jared Lawrence Hess (born July 18, 1979, in Preston, Idaho) and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess ( Née Demke) (born Jared Lawrence Hess (born July 18, 1979, in Preston, Idaho) and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess ( Née Demke) (born Jonathan Joseph Heder (born October 26 1977) is an American Actor and filmmaker The film was Jared Hess's first full-length feature and is partially adapted from his earlier short film, Peluca. In the Film industry, a feature film is a Film made for initial distribution in theaters and being the "main attraction" of the screening Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American Film industry in the early period of cinema. Peluca is a short film by director Jared Hess, produced for an assignment while attending Brigham Young University
Napoleon Dynamite was filmed in and near Preston, Idaho, in the summer of 2003. Preston is a city in Franklin County, Idaho, United States. The population was 4682 at the 2000 census. It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004. The Sundance Film Festival is a Film festival that takes place annually in the state of Utah, in the United States. In June 2004 it was given a limited release. Its wide release followed in August. Other names In Arabic, the month is called أغسطسص ʾUġusṭuṣ or آب ʾĀb; usage varies from place to place and The film's total domestic gross was US $44. 5 million. [1] Considering its budget of US $400,000, Napoleon Dynamite was a huge success, grossing over one hundred times its production cost. The film is rated PG by the MPAA and by the television content rating system in the United States.
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Plot
The film centers around a teenager named Napoleon, his 32-year old brother Kip, his Uncle Rico, and his friends Deb and Pedro. Napoleon is an underachiever in school who prefers doodling fantastical creatures such as ligers to paying attention in class. The liger, is a hybrid cross between a male Lion and a female Tiger (i His family treats him dismissively.
Napoleon soon meets Pedro, a new student at his school. Later on, Pedro decides to run for school president and Napoleon becomes Pedro's "campaign manager" and "bodyguard". Meanwhile, Napoleon himself tries to get a date with Trisha, a popular girl he barely knows. Napoleon tries to win Trisha's affections by drawing a picture of her from the yearbook. The drawing is hysterically bad, but Napoleon is very proud of it, as he is of all his "artwork"; he seems to be blissfully unaware of how horrible his drawing skills really are. Trisha is forced to go to the dance with Napoleon because Trisha's mother feels bad for him, mostly due to comments from Napoleon's Uncle Rico. When Trisha leaves Napoleon at the dance to hang out with her popular friends, which include Summer (who also runs for president), Napoleon ends up with Pedro's date, Deb.
Meanwhile, Napoleon and Kip's Uncle Rico comes to stay with them while their grandmother is in the hospital with a broken coccyx. The coccyx (pronounced kok -siks (Latin os coccygis) commonly referred to as the tailbone, is the final segment of the human vertebral column Kip and Rico soon try to make money by selling plasticware, and Rico goes on to humiliate Napoleon and estrange Deb by trying to sell her herbal enhancers, telling her that Napoleon said she could use them. Kip begins dating a woman named LaFawnduh,[2] whom he met in an Internet chatroom. Kip and LaFawnduh get married at the end of the film (in a post-closing credits sequence that was inserted into the film as its theatrical release went wider). LaFawnduh has a mix tape of dance music that she lets Napoleon borrow.
When the time comes for all of the class presidential candidates to present their speeches, Pedro and Napoleon are taken by surprise when they discover that along with the speech, each candidate must perform a skit. Summer makes a bigoted comment about Latinos and does a dancing routine with friends to a Backstreet Boys song. Backstreet Boys are a Grammy -nominated American pop group They were the first group launched by fallen Boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. Thinking quickly, Napoleon takes the dance tape out from his tape player and hands it to the man playing the music. Just before Pedro decides to drop out of the election race due to not having a skit, Napoleon enters the stage with his practiced dance routine to support Pedro, which unexpectedly generates enormous acclaim from the student audience and a wide smile from Deb. A montage of scenes show Kip and LaFawnduh in love and heading out of town together, Grandma kissing her beloved llama, Tina, a broken-down Uncle Rico sees his girlfriend return to him, and Pedro and his family celebrating his electoral victory. The conclusion of the film shows Napoleon playing tetherball alone, as always, until Deb walks up and nods when Napoleon asks if she wants to play. Tetherball is a game for two opposing players The equipment consists of a 10 ft (3 m stationary metal pole from which is hung a Ball from a rope or tether
Cast
- Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite: The film's protagonist, he is a rather clumsy teenager who enjoys mundane diversions such as drawing, drinking milk, eating Tater Tots, and playing tetherball. Jonathan Joseph Heder (born October 26 1977) is an American Actor and filmmaker The Protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. Milk is an opaque white liquid produced by the Mammary glands of female Mammals (including Monotremes. Tater Tots, also known as "Tots", a registered Trademark for a commercial form of Hash browns is a side-dish made from deep-fried Tetherball is a game for two opposing players The equipment consists of a 10 ft (3 m stationary metal pole from which is hung a Ball from a rope or tether As the film progresses, Napoleon develops an interest in hip-hop dancing, which proves valuable. Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos. He wears vintage t-shirts, tucked into jeans that are worn high and without a belt; black moon boots (though there is an obvious lack of snow); and steel-rimmed glasses that accentuate his nerdy appearance and gap-mouthed under-bite and tight, curly, almost permed hair. A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a Shirt which is pulled on over the head to cover most of a person's Torso. Moon Boots are footwear which were first created in the early 1970s by manufacturer Tecnica of Giavera del Montello, Italy. His awkward appearance and behavior are the source of much of the film's comedy. He is active in the FFA and his school's sign language club (the "Happy Hands Club"). The National FFA Organization is an American Youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that A sign language (also signed language) is a Language which instead of acoustically conveyed Sound patterns uses visually transmitted sign patterns His best (and only) friends are Pedro and Deb. Napoleon frequently lies about his abilities to impress his peers. For example, he claims that he spent his summer vacation with his "uncle in Alaska" hunting wolverines with a 12-gauge shotgun. Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent He also claims to have "num-chuck" and bostaff skills, and to know all the "illegal ninja moves from the government. The nunchaku ( Chinese: 雙節棍双截棍 shuāng jié gùn; 兩節棍两截棍 liǎng jié gùn "Dual Section Staff" 二節棍二截棍 bō (棒 ぼう or kon, is a long staff, usually made of tapered hard wood for example white oak Bamboo and in some cases for training purposes "
- Efren Ramirez as Pedro Sanchez: A new student to Preston High, originally from Juarez, Mexico. Efren Ramirez (born October 2, 1973 in Los Angeles, California) is a Hispanic - American actor of Salvadoran Ciudad Juárez, also known as just Juárez, is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua formerly known as El Paso del Norte. He is occasionally the target of mild antagonism from the school principal. His campaign for class president is one of the main plot points in the film. A Class President is usually the leader of a student body class and presides over its class cabinet or organization within a Student Council in His cousins (credited as Cholo #1 and Cholo #2) assist Pedro in earning the students' loyalty by protecting a boy from a bully. Cholo was applied to individuals of mixed American Indian and Mestizo ancestry Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others through verbal Harassment, physical Assault, or other more subtle methods of Coercion About halfway through the film, Pedro shaves his head, and henceforth wears a woman's wig. A wig is a head of Hair made from horse-hair human hair wool feathers buffalo hair or synthetic worn on the head for fashion or various other aesthetic and stylistic Pedro can be described at first as having no personality or emotions whatsoever (he wears a blank stare and speaks in monotone throughout the entire film), but is eventually cheerful when he wins the election.
- Tina Majorino as Deborah "Deb": A shy and awkward schoolmate and friend of Napoleon. Tina Marie Majorino (born February 7 1985 is an American film and television actress She goes door-to-door selling "Deb's Glamor Shots" and homemade boondoggle keychains, "a must-have for this season's fashion". Scoubidou ( Gimp, Scoubi, Scoobie, Boondoggle, or Lanyard) is a plaiting and Knotting craft originally aimed at children Deb seems to be the most articulate character among the three friends in the film. Throughout the film it seems Deb likes Napoleon very much.
- Aaron Ruell as Kip Dynamite: Napoleon's wimpy older brother (according to Napoleon, he is "like 32 years old") who enjoys chatting with women in chat rooms. Aaron Ruell (born June 23, 1976) is an American Actor who was born in Fresno California, but grew up in Clovis California The term chat room, or chatroom, is primarily used by Mass media to describe any form of Synchronous conferencing, occasionally even Asynchronous conferencing He and Napoleon live with their grandmother. In one chat room he meets a woman named LaFawnduh Lucas (Shondrella Avery), and in a post-credits scene, they wed. Shondrella Avery (born April 26, 1971 in Los Angeles California, U A post-credits scene (also called a stinger, tag, or coda) is a short clip that appears after some or all of the Closing credits of a Film His full name is revealed at the wedding.
- Jon Gries as Uncle Rico: The self-absorbed uncle of Napoleon and Kip. Jonathan Francis "Jon" Gries (born June 17, 1957) is an American Actor, writer and director When first seen, Rico is living in a large orange 1975 Dodge "Santana" van in the middle of a field. Dodge is a United States -based brand of Automobiles Sport utility vehicles and Trucks manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC He played football in high school ("back in 1982"), and is constantly living in the past. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) He is often seen filming himself passing footballs to nobody for no apparent reason. Rico longs to go back in time and change his fortune; certain he had the potential to join the National Football League, if only his coach had played him. This article details time travel itself For other uses see Time Traveler. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. He ostensibly cares for Kip and Napoleon while their grandmother is in the hospital with a broken coccyx, but it is apparent that he is just freeloading on Napoleon's family, as Napoleon appears to be about 17 years old and Kip is full-grown and could be as old as 32. The coccyx (pronounced kok -siks (Latin os coccygis) commonly referred to as the tailbone, is the final segment of the human vertebral column Rico is frequently eating steak throughout the film. At one point during his stay, he and Kip make several money-making schemes, which Kip quits after LaFawnduh comes into his life. The schemes end badly, when Rico tries to sell herbal enhancers to a Tae-kwon-do teacher's wife. In Genetics, an enhancer is a short region of DNA that can be bound with Proteins (namely the Trans-acting factors much like a set of Transcription Taekwondo (Korean태권도thɛʔkwʌndo Englishˈteɪˈkwɒnˈdoʊ is a Korean Martial art and the National sport of South Korea
Setting
Preston, Idaho, is a real town located near the Utah border. Preston is a city in Franklin County, Idaho, United States. The population was 4682 at the 2000 census. Since the release of Napoleon Dynamite, it has become a tourist attraction of sorts, with Preston High School being a main feature. Preston High School is the name of other schools in the United States Also with its premier in 2004, Preston has held a Napoleon Dynamite Festival every summer to celebrate the filming of Napoleon Dynamite in Preston and nearby towns. Preston is a city in Franklin County, Idaho, United States. The population was 4682 at the 2000 census. In April 2005, the Idaho state legislature approved a resolution commending the filmmakers for producing Napoleon Dynamite, specifically enumerating the benefits the movie has brought to Idaho, as well as for showcasing various aspects of Idaho's culture and economy. Part of the film is filmed in Calhan, Colorado, a small town that is about 40 miles east of Colorado Springs. [3]
The film displays some quirky references to Mormon popular culture, such as Napoleon wearing a yellow Ricks College T-shirt (now known as BYU Idaho), and Napoleon's use of euphemisms and minced oaths in place of profanity (which is characteristic of, though not exclusive to, Latter-day Saint circles). Brigham Young University–Idaho (also known as BYU–Idaho or BYU–I) is a four-year private College owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day A euphemism is a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener or in the case of doublespeak A minced oath, also known as a pseudo-profanity, is an expression based on a Profanity that has been altered to reduce or remove the disagreeable or objectionable A Latter
In the DVD extras, there is an interview with Jon Heder in which he jokes that perhaps Napoleon and Deb may be "sealed for time and all eternity" — a reference to the Latter-day Saint belief in "eternal marriage" or "sealing" performed in the Church’s temples. The principal's reference to "Juarez" — where he assumes Pedro is from — may be a reference to Ciudad Juárez, a city on the United States–Mexico border. Ciudad Juárez, also known as just Juárez, is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua formerly known as El Paso del Norte. Napoleon buys his suit at Deseret Industries, a thrift store operated by the LDS Church. Deseret Industries is a non-profit organization and a division of the Welfare Services of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A charity shop, second-hand shop ( UK) thrift shop, thrift store, hospice shop ( U The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known At the same time, Roman Catholic iconography is used for scenes where Pedro's house can be seen due to the strong religious influence in Mexican culture. Iconography is the branch of Art history which studies the identification description and the interpretation of the content of images
While the film is set in the present day, it contains many anachronisms, all of which highlight the town's awkward, behind-the-times quality. An anachronism (from the Greek "ana" " ανά " "against anti-" and "chronos" " χρόνος " For example, the music playing at the school dance is from the 1980s, featuring "Forever Young" by Alphaville and Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time". " Forever Young " is the title track from German rock / Synthpop group Alphaville's 1984 debut album Alphaville is a German Synthpop group which gained popularity in the 1980s Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22 1953 is an American Grammy - and Emmy award winning Singer-songwriter and " Time after Time " was a single by singer Cyndi Lauper, the second from her She's So Unusual album and it reached #1 on the U Other vestiges of earlier decades include fashion trends that reflect those of the 1970s and 1980s, such as Napoleon's moon boots and Deb's side ponytail. Moon Boots are footwear which were first created in the early 1970s by manufacturer Tecnica of Giavera del Montello, Italy. Another example of 1980s fashion includes the bolo ties that Pedro and Lyle wear. A bolo tie (sometimes bola tie) is a type of Necktie consisting of a piece of cord or Braided Leather with decorative metal tips or aglets The top-loading VCR in the Dynamite residence resembles those from the early 1980s. Throwbacks to the 1990s include music by Backstreet Boys (Summer's Happy Hands Club performing to Max Martin and Jay Orpin's "Larger than Life"), and music by Jamiroquai used in the choreography of Pedro's skit (their song "Canned Heat" is used for the scene in which Napoleon dances). Backstreet Boys are a Grammy -nominated American pop group They were the first group launched by fallen Boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. Martin Karl "Max Martin" Sandberg (born February 26, 1971) is an ASCAP -awarded and Grammy -nominated Swedish pop-dance Jay Orpin (born in Stockholm Sweden) is a Swedish Songwriter and producer, who was teamed up with Max Martin worked in Cherion Jamiroquai is a Grammy Award -winning English Acid jazz / Funk / soul band Also, the TV resembles a 1990s model, and some of the shows resemble 1999 pop culture, especially the exercise commercials. The type of imitation Tupperware Uncle Rico is seen selling door-to-door has not been available for purchase for many years. Tupperware is the brand name of a home products line that includes preparation storage and serving products for the kitchen and home which debuted in 1946 The grandmother's house phone, a slim-line wall-mounted telephone with 25-foot extension cord, was first available in the early 1970s. Kip does use the Internet for dating and Rico uses it to purchase a "time machine. This article details time travel itself For other uses see Time Traveler. " However, the style of computer is arguably from the mid- to late-1990s, and he uses a dial up internet service that charges users by the minute, a practice uncommon in the United States since the late 1990s. Dial-up Internet Access is a form of Internet access via Telephone lines The user's computer or Router uses an attached Modem connected to a The music playing in the Pontiac is the 1980s funk song "So Ruff, So Tuff" by Zapp & Roger. Pontiac is a Brand of Automobiles produced by General Motors that has been sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico Zapp (also known as the Zapp Band or Zapp and Roger) was a soul and Funk band formed in 1978 by brothers Roger Troutman Finally, Napoleon's school ID card, as shown in the opening credits, clearly reads "2004/2005," unambiguously setting the movie in the present day, despite the film's abundance of elements suggesting otherwise. An identity document, also called a piece of identification ( ID) is a document used to verify aspects of a person's Identity. Opening credits, in a television program motion picture or videogame are shown at the beginning and list the most important members of the production (When asked when it takes place, the director simply stated, "Idaho. ") Director Hess said in another interview that the anachronisms could be explained simply by how long it took for trends to make their way over the mountains to Preston.
Reaction
Critics were somewhat divided in their opinions of Napoleon Dynamite. Some praised the movie for its unconventional humor, while others decried the film for much the same reason. It garnered a 71% on Rotten Tomatoes, [4] but prominent film critic Roger Ebert gave the film a scathing 1 1/2 stars, while his site users gave the movie 3 stars. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. [5]
Michael Atkinson of The Village Voice praised the film as "an epic, magisterially observed pastiche on all-American geekhood, flooring the competition with a petulant shove. This article is about a New York newspaper For the Ottawa Hills Ohio magazine see The Village Voice of Ottawa Hills. "[6]
Nevertheless, the cultural impact on American youth was extensive. T-shirts patterned after some of the odd clothing in the movie (such as the "Vote for Pedro" shirt) and other clothing with quotes and lines from the movie are numerous. The film has inspired a bevy of offbeat quotes and something of a cult following. A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of Pop culture.
References in other works
- Jon Heder reprised his role as Napoleon Dynamite for a special spoof video made exclusively for Microsoft, featuring Bill Gates. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer If you would like to experiment with Wikipedia please copy The video, titled "Bill Gates Goes to College", was shown at Microsoft's Professional Developer's Conference in 2005. It was also shown when Bill Gates visited the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, on October 13, 2005. The University of Waterloo (also referred to as UW and Waterloo) is a comprehensive Public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [7] Heder also reprised his role on Late Show with David Letterman to read the Top Ten list of "Signs You're Not the Most Popular Guy in Your High School" the day of the DVD release. The Late Show with David Letterman is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS The Late Show Top Ten List is a regular segment of the Television program The Late Show with David Letterman. [8]
- In 2005, ice cream makers Ben & Jerry's unveiled a new flavor entitled "Neapolitan Dynamite", a pun on the film's title. Ice cream or ice-cream (originally iced cream) is a frozen dessert made from Dairy products such as Milk and Cream, combined B&J redirects here For the beverage company see Bartles and Jaymes. Neapolitan ice cream is Chocolate, Vanilla, and Strawberry Ice cream side-by-side in the same container (typically with no packaging in A pun (or paronomasia) is a Phrase that deliberately exploits confusion between similar-sounding Words for humorous or Rhetorical
- The New York Mets used the phrase "Vote for Pedro" to encourage fans to fill out All-Star ballots in 2005 for Mets players such as pitcher Pedro Martínez. "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League Pedro Jaime Martínez (born October 25 1971 in Manoguayabo, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball Starting pitcher for the It should be noted that fans only vote for position players; pitchers are selected by the All-Star managers. The San Francisco Giants also staged a similar campaign for utility infielder-outfielder Pedro Feliz, who was not eligible for the ballot because he did not regularly play any one position. The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. Pedro Julio Feliz (born April 27, 1975 in Ázua de Compostela, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball Third baseman
- Jon Heder and Efren Ramirez reprised their roles in a Robot Chicken sketch entitled "Napoleon Bonamite", in which Napoleon acts in a similar manner Napoleon I of France. Robot Chicken is an Emmy -Award Winning American Stop motion animated television series created by Seth Green and Matthew Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe.
- In The Burning Crusade, the official expansion to World of Warcraft, male Blood Elves do the same dance as Napoleon did in the movie when the player types "/dance". Main articles World of Warcraft, Gameplay of World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King World of Warcraft (commonly acronymed as WoW) is a Massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG
- In the MMO Guild Wars: Factions, male ritualists perform the Napoleon Dynamite dance as their dance emote. Guild Wars Factions is an MMORPG released in 2006 by ArenaNet, the second in the Guild Wars series
- In the South Park episode "Trapped in the Closet", Stan tells Tom Cruise that he isn't as good as that guy who played Napoleon Dynamite. South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central " Trapped in the Closet " is the twelfth episode of the ninth season of the Comedy Central series South Park. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ( born July 3 1962 better known by his screen name Tom Cruise, is an American Actor and Film producer Jonathan Joseph Heder (born October 26 1977) is an American Actor and filmmaker
- An episode of That's So Raven, entitled "The Way They Were", features a ticket salesman who acts and behaves like Napoleon, yet his appearance resembles Kip Dynamite. That's So Raven is an Emmy, Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, NAACP Image Awards, and Teen Choice Award Award-winning American
- Sobe Green Tea quotes, "Do Lizards Have Large Talons?" under its screw-on cap. This is a reference to the scene at the chicken farm when Napoleon asks, "Do the chickens have large talons?"
- Dominic Ranz Ebarle Errazo stated "do the chickens have large talons" to inspire him to spell the word "chinook" correctly during the National Spelling Bee Competition. [9]
- Brie Larson parodies Napoleon Dynamite in her video for the song "She Said". Brie Larson (born Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers on October 1, 1989) is an American actor and Pop/rock singer/songwriter Not to be confused with She Said She Said from The Beatles album Revolver. He is seen saying "God!" although Napoleon uses the word "Gosh!" many times in the movie.
- Jon Heder and Efren Ramirez reprised their roles in a series of commercials for the 150th Utah State Fair in 2005. [10]
- Angry Alien Productions parody the film in their 30 second "bunnified" sketch. 30-Second Bunnies Theatre is a Webby Award -winning Flash cartoon series featuring films re-enacted by bunnies in 30 seconds [11]
- Several musicians have songs named after the movie, including KJ-52, The Hussy's, and Mos Def. Jonah Sorrentino (born June 26, 1975) better known by his Stage name KJ-52, is a Christian Rapper from the United Dante Terrell Smith (born December 11, 1973) better known by his stage name Mos Def, is an American MC and Actor.
- This movie was spoofed in the opening scene of Date Movie. Date Movie is a 2006 romantic comedy film which was directed and written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer Josh Meyers played the Napolean role, but his dress and speaking style were so accurate many fans were convinced Jon Heder had reprised his role. Joshua Dylan Meyers (born January 8, 1976) is an American Actor, known for being a cast member of the American Sketch comedy MADtv
- On the Canadian animated show Total Drama Island, one of the contestants, Harold, seems to be designed after Napoleon Dynamite, even going so far as to use his catchphrase "Gosh!". Total Drama Island is a Canadian Animated television series which lampoons the conventions commonly found in Reality shows It premiered on the This is a list of characters in the Canadian Animated television series Total Drama Island and its second season Total Drama Action
- As noted elsewhere, the origin of the title of the film is uncertain, and had been regarded as questionable. The pseudonymous reference in 1986 as "Napoleon Dynamite" on Elvis Costello's album Blood And Chocolate (Costello's name being a pseudonym itself) is echoed in a 10/86 California concert of Costello's, which exists in an audience audio recording. During the final encore, while naming the musicians (which included guest Huey Lewis, whose band Clover played on the first Costello LP), the singer thanks "Mr. Napoleon Dynamite". Unless another, earlier reference to the singular name surfaces, the alleged separate origin of the name (as claimed by Jared Hess) remains highly specious and unproven, with no supportive example to prove his assertion.
- Independent Professional wrestling manager and presidential candidate Vinnie Ferrari had a promotional T-shirt that said "To hell with Pedro" on the front and "Vote for Vinnie" on the back in the same red typeface as the shirt in the movie. In Professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff In Professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler (or wrestlers for a variety of reasons The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled for Tuesday November 4 2008 will be the 56th consecutive Kevin Olmstead was an independent professional wrestler and manager known as Vinnie Ferrari.
- In the KidsWB cartoon Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue!, two scientists for the villain "Phidious Phives" strongly resemble Napoleon and Kip in appearance, voice, and nerdy style. Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! is the tenth incarnation of Hanna-Barbera 's long-running Scooby-Doo series of Saturday morning cartoons
- In the Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends' episode Cheese A Go-Go, a scientist at the end of the episode talks much like Napoleon with the same voice, and looks a lot like Napoleon. Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an Emmy Award winning American Animated television series created and produced at Cartoon Network Studios This is a list of episodes for the American Animated television series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
- Efren Ramirez reprises his character in an episode of George Lopez. Efren Ramirez (born October 2, 1973 in Los Angeles, California) is a Hispanic - American actor of Salvadoran George Lopez (also known as The George Lopez Show) is an American Sitcom starring comedian George Lopez that originally aired George's daughter Carmen runs for student body president of her high school, and is ultimately defeated by Efren's character (who was nameless). In the episode, Efren's shirt read "Don't Vote For Carmen", rather than "Vote for Pedro".
- In the episode "The Fifth and a Half Sense" of Canadian cartoon Being Ian a cartoon version of Napoleon is seen playing tether ball. Being Ian is a Canadian Animated series, produced by Studio B Productions, Corus Entertainment and Nelvana, focusing
Awards
- Best Feature Film at the U. S. Comedy Arts Festival the same year. The film's budget was only $400,000. When the film rights were sold to a major distributor, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox supplied additional funds for the post-credits scene. Distribution (or place) is one of the four elements of Marketing mix. Fox Searchlight Pictures is the specialty film division of 20th Century Fox, established in 1994 A post-credits scene (also called a stinger, tag, or coda) is a short clip that appears after some or all of the Closing credits of a Film
- In 2005, it won three MTV Movie Awards, for Breakthrough Male Performance, Best Musical Performance, and Best Movie. The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV ( Music Television) This film is number 14 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies". Bravo is a Cable television network owned by NBC Universal. It is currently seen in more than 80 million homes and was the first service dedicated to film drama
- It won the 2005 Golden Trailer Awards for Best Comedy. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and
- It won the 2005 Golden Satellite Award for Best Original Score (John Swihart). The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy.
- Four awards at the Teen Choice Awards. The Teen Choice Awards is an awards show presented annually by FOX. Best Movie Breakout Performance - Female for Haylie Duff, Best Movie Dance Scene, Best Movie Hissy Fit for Jon Heder, and Best Comedy. Haylie Katherine Duff (born February 19, 1985) is an American actress and Singer songwriter. Jonathan Joseph Heder (born October 26 1977) is an American Actor and filmmaker
- The 2004 Film Discovery Jury Award for Best Feature.
Soundtrack
An asterisk(*) denotes a song that is not in the soundtrack album. The Napoleon Dynamite original soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2004 comedy film Napoleon Dynamite.
- "We're Going to Be Friends" by The White Stripes*
- "A-Team Theme"
- "Forever Young" by Alphaville
- "Larger than Life" by Backstreet Boys*
- "Design" by Fiction Company
- "Canned Heat" by Jamiroquai
- "So Ruff, So Tuff" by Zapp and Roger*
- "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper (covered by Sparkle motion on soundtrack)
- "The Rose" by Bette Midler*
- "Light in Your Eyes" by Sheryl Crow*
- "Music for a Found Harmonium" by Patrick Street*
- "The Promise" by When in Rome
See also
References
- ^ BoxOfficeMojo.com
- ^ IMDB full credits.
- ^ Idaho's resolution commending Jared and Jerusha Hess
- ^ Napoleon Dynamite on Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Napoleon Dynamite (xhtml)
- ^ Village Voice review of Napoleon Dynamite
- ^ YouTube - Broadcast Yourself
- ^ YouTube - Napoleon Dynamite - Top ten signs you're not the coolest kid
- ^ YouTube - Kid Impersonates Napoleon Dynamite during Spelling bee
- ^ YouTube - Utah State Fair: "Duel"
- ^ http://www.starz.com/features/bunnyclub/napoleon_dynamite/index.html
External links
- Fox Searchlight: Napoleon Dynamite
- Napoleon Dynamite at the Internet Movie Database
- Napoleon Dynamite at Rotten Tomatoes
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