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Napoleon Dynamite(Movie, 2004)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 35min | Genre: Comedy
Napoleon DynamiteRating: 3.4/5 (with 790790 votes)
Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 American independent coming of age teen comedy film produced by Jeremy Coon, Chris Wyatt and Sean Covel, written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and directed by Jared Hess. The film stars Jon Heder in the role of the titular character, a nerdy high-school student who deals with several dilemmas: befriending an immigrant who wants to be class president, awkwardly pursuing a romance with a fellow student, and living with his quirky family. The film was Hess's first full-length movie and is partially adapted from his earlier short film, Peluca (2002). Napoleon Dynamite was acquired at the Sundance Film Festival by Fox Searchlight Pictures, who partnered up with Paramount Pictures and MTV Films for the release. Filming was done at Preston High School, and in different areas in Franklin County, Idaho, in the summer of 2003. It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004. Most of the situations in the movie are loosely based on the life of Jared Hess. The film's total worldwide gross r... ()
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Awards & Nominations for Napoleon Dynamite

MTV Movie Award for Movie of the Year Satellite Award for Best Original Score Teen Choice Award for Choice Hissy Fit Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature Teen Choice Award for Choice Hissy Fit Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male Satellite Award for Best Original Score MTV Movie Award for Movie of the Year

About Napoleon Dynamite

A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.

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Napoleon Dynamite (2004) Original Theatrical Trailer [4K](Trailer, 1:18)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Shot in: Idaho
Plays in: Idaho
Based on: "Peluca" (movie, 2003)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 25 languages: Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 05/18/2006 (World premiere: 06/11/2004)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"拿破崙炸藥"
"Nevetséges Napóleon"
"バス男"
"나폴레옹 다이너마이트"
Budget: 400,000 USD
Revenue: 46,118,097 USD (= 11,530%)

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