Napoleon Dynamite
Release: January 17, 2004

Napoleon Dynamite is a high school student from Preston, Idaho who lives with his grandmother, his older brother Kip, and their pet llama, Tina. Kip, 32, is currently unemployed and boasts of spending hours in Internet chat rooms with "babes" and training to be a cage fighter; their grandmother leads a secret life involving mysterious boyfriends and quad-biking in the desert. Napoleon daydreams his way through school, doodling ligers and fantasy creatures, while reluctantly dealing with the assorted bullies who frequently torment him. To make himself appear more interesting and dangerous than he is, Napoleon frequently makes up fantastic stories about himself and responds to being questioned with unprovoked anger. For its theatrical release after the festival run, a five-minute "2 Months Later..." post-credit wedding scene has been added right after the initial end credits. a Sundance Film Festival '04 selection. starring Jon Heder as "Napoleon Dynamite"; co-starring Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino, with Diedrich Bader. Jared Hess directs from the script by Jared and Jerusha Hess. Produced by Jeremy Coon, Chris Wyatt and Sean Covel; Executive Producer: Jory Weitz. Music by John Swihart. from Paramount Pictures, with MTV Films. Produced by Cinetic. Released by Twentieth Century Fox through its Fox Searchlight Pictures banner. Filmed entirely around the state of Idaho. Limited: June 11, 2004 • General: August 27, 2004. Approved [#40773]/rated PG for thematic elements and language. © 2004 Napoleon Pictures Limited All rights reserved. • ™ Paramount Pictures Corporation

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