and Jerusha Hess
and stars Jon Heder
as Napoleon Dynamite. The film was Jared Hess' first full-length feature and is partially adapted from his earlier short film, Peluca
.
Napoleon Dynamite was produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures
, and Paramount Pictures
as MTV Films
and was filmed in and near Franklin County, Idaho
, in the summer of 2003. It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival
in January 2004.
Nunchaku skills... bowhunting skills... computer hacking skills... Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills!
That one looks like a medieval warrior.
My lips hurt real bad.
I caught you a delicious bass.
Do the chickens have large talons?
Pedro offers you his protection.
Yeah, hold on... I forgot to put in the crystals.
Yeah, there's like a butt-load of gangs at this school. This one gang kept wanting me to join 'cause I'm pretty good with a bo staff.
[To Deb] I see you're drinking 1%. Is that 'cause you think you're fat? Because you're not. You could be drinking whole if you wanted to. Well, I have all your equipment in my locker. You should probably come get it cause I can't fit my nunchakus in there anymore.
[While hitting a tetherball repeatedly] YES! YES! YES!