Napoleon Dynamite
- Release Date
- June 11, 2004
- Director
- Jared Hess
- Cast
- Jon Heder , Jon Gries , Aaron Ruell , Efren Ramirez , Diedrich Bader , Tina Majorino
- Runtime
- 88
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Studio
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Writers
- Jared Hess , Jerusha Hess
- Tagline
- He's out to prove he's got nothing to prove.
Summary
From Preston, Idaho comes Napoleon Dynamite (Heder), a new kind of hero complete with a tight red 'fro, some sweet moon boots, and skills that can't be topped. Napoleon lives with his Grandma (Martin) and his 30-year-old, unemployed brother Kip (Ruell), who spends his days looking for love in internet chat rooms. When Grandma hits the road on her quad runner, Napoleon and Kip's meddling Uncle Rico (Gries) comes to town to stay with them and ruin their lives. Napoleon is left to his own devices to impress the chicks at school and help his new best friend Pedro (Ramirez) win the election for Student Body President against the stuck-up Summer Wheatley (Duff); all the while making sure to feed Grandma's pet llama Tina, and avoiding association with Uncle Rico and the herbal breast enhancers he sells door to door. Napoleon and Pedro put their skills and knowledge of piñatas, cows and drawing to good use, but it is a surprise talent that leads the two to triumph in the end.
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