15 Facts About Napoleon Dynamite

Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 American comedy film produced by Jeremy Coon, Chris Wyatt and Sean Covel, written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and directed by Jared Hess.

Napoleon Dynamite was acquired at the Sundance Film Festival by Fox Searchlight Pictures, who partnered up with MTV Films and Paramount Pictures for the release.

Napoleon Dynamite is a socially awkward and bullied 16-year-old from Preston, Idaho, who lives with his grandmother, Carlinda Dynamite, and his older brother, Kipland Ronald "Kip" Dynamite.

Napoleon Dynamite's grandmother is injured in a quad-bike accident and asks their Uncle Rico to look after the boys while she recovers.

Napoleon Dynamite uses the visiting opportunity to team up with Kip in a get-rich-quick scheme by selling items door-to-door.

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Napoleon Dynamite becomes friends with two students at his school: Deb, a shy girl who runs various small businesses to raise money for college, and Pedro, a bold yet calm transfer student from Juarez, Mexico.

Pedro encourages an upset Napoleon Dynamite to find a date for himself, and he picks a popular classmate, Trisha, from the school yearbook.

Napoleon Dynamite's scheme ends after his sales pitch to the wife of the town's martial arts instructor, Rex, goes awry: Rex assaults Rico after unexpectedly arriving during his demonstration of the breast-enhancement product.

Napoleon Dynamite's routine receives a standing ovation from students, stunning Summer, and her boyfriend, Don.

Napoleon Dynamite recalled in 2011 that Napoleon Dynamite "still to this day [is] one of the two top scripts I've ever read", alongside Office Space, one of his most-recognized roles.

For example, Deb wears a side ponytail and Napoleon Dynamite wears Moon Boots, both popular fashion trends of the 1980s.

Much of the technology in the film is archaic; Napoleon Dynamite uses a VCR and Walkman cassette player, Kip connects to the Internet via a pay-per-minute dial-up connection and Uncle Rico drives a 1975 Dodge Tradesman.

Napoleon Dynamite gets up there, and it's quiet: no reaction from the audience.

Term "The Napoleon Dynamite Problem" has been used to describe the phenomenon where "quirky" films such as Napoleon Dynamite, Lost in Translation and I Heart Huckabees prove difficult for researchers to create algorithms that are able to predict whether or not a particular viewer will like the film based on their ratings of previously viewed films.

Success of Napoleon Dynamite led to other films set in small towns, such as Little Miss Sunshine and Juno, which would have similar critical, popular, and financial success.