Napoleon Dynamite
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jared Hess
Jon Heder
Efren Ramirez
Jon Gries
Aaron Ruell
Tina Majorino
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
From the rural town of Preston, Idaho, comes Napoleon Dynamite. With a red 'fro, his moon boots and illegal government ninja moves, he is a new kind of hero. His family consists of fragile brother Kip, who's seeking his soulmate in online chat rooms; Uncle Rico, who is stuck in his "glory" days of high school football; and Grandma, who enjoys going out to the dunes on her quad-runner. Napoleon spends his days drawing magical beasts, working on his computer hacking skills to impress the chicks, and begrudgingly feeding his grandma's pet llama. When his friend Pedro decides to run for class president, it is Napoleon to the rescue to help him triumph over adversity.
Director
Jared Hess
Cast
Jon Heder
Efren Ramirez
Jon Gries
Aaron Ruell
Tina Majorino
Haylie Duff
Ellen Dubin
Emily Kennard
Diedrich Bader
Sandy Martin
Shondrella Avery
Trevor Snarr
Carmen Brady
James Gunnell
Bracken Johnson
Jc Cunningham
James Smooth
Nanette Young
Walter Platz
Arturo De Silva
Nano De Silva
Dale Critchlow
Brian Petersen
Brette Taylor
Tom Lefler
Elizabeth Miklavcic
Scott Thomas
Loria Badelli
Pat Donahue
Tom Adams
Eldean Holliday
Arlando Larsen
Mary Heers
T. J. Adams
Jake Visser
Brady Stokes
Thedora Peeterborg
Becky Demke
Julia Ruell
Cody Abrams
Cara Alder
Fredrick Atkins
Amanda Austin
Madison Beckstead
Cindy Biggs
Taylor Bosen
Michael Brewer
Jake Adams
Shonee Alder
Derik Atkinson
Sarah Barton
Landon Bell
Jon Bliss
Hayley Bowen
Ashely Buck
Paul Adams
Shontae Alder
Tami Auger
Brooke Beckstead
Heather Benson
Kolton Bosen
Daniel Brewer
Jeremy Burns
Cherone Call
Shelbee Call
Cristina Child
Jade Christiansen
Samantha Clark
Tiffany Cole
Arianna Crosland
Brian Davis
Isaac Demke
Mary Downs
Leatrice Esplin
William Fetzer
Cassie Galloway
Hannah Gibby
Dakotah Gordon
Eden Hamblin
Evan Harris
Megan Haslam
Audrey Hinricks
Cheryl Hobbs
Elaina Horne
Ashley Jackson
Marla Jensen
Karenina Jones
Katie Keller
Jake King
Kylie Larsen
Rionnnie Love
Justin Mason
Trevor Mendenhall
Marie Nelson
Elizabeth North
Laura Olivderson
Brandon Ostler
Sarah Owen
Mckell Peterson
Justin Poppleton
Shane Pulsipher
Brianne Richardson
Tara Roach
Perrie Sagers
Jenny Seamons
Preston Slaughter
Charles Sparrow
Jesse Stocks
Vanessa Stratton
Gloria Talbot
Rosie Thomas
Alisha Wakley
Brigham Wilcox
Crystal Wright
Patrick Zook
Tyler Waters
Shanda Call
Skylar Carver
Paige Christensen
Jane Christiansen
Summer Coburn
Timothy Colvin O
Mandi Dalley
Aaron Demke
Tyler Dodge
Tyler Drury
Roy Esplin
Kai Fetzer
Allison Gamble
Katherine Gibby
Jenna Griffeth
Kyle Hansen
Radine Harris
Jake Higley
Colton Hirschi
Cody Hobbs
Debbie Hugie
Annette Jensen
Ryan Jensen
Kayleen Jones
Keri Kelley
Jessica Koller
Jacob Linderman
Mario Mainini
Christina Mcbride
Levi Morrison
Christina Nicholas
Jessica North
Shawn Oliverson
Skylar Ostler
Jenna Packer
Lynette Phillips
Matt Porter
Stephen Rallison
Sean Richmond
Marc Roberts
Lacey Saxton
Katie Seamons
Sabrena Smart
Kelsey Stockdale
Katrina Stocks
Chantel Talbot
Kolby Talbot
Kacie Thompson
Cory Waters
Lindsay Wilson
Becki Yeates
Shawnee Call
Christy Checketts
Amy Christiansen
Shane Christiansen
Brittney Cole
Leah Corcorran
Sami Dalley
Kim Demke
Alison Downs
Megan Earley
Charles Fetzer
Brittany Foster
Emily Gamer
Kristen Gibby
Braden Hablin
Tyler Hansen
Alyssa Harrison
Matt Hinrichs
Kayla Hirschi
Sean Hobie
Damon Hull
Kevin Jensen
Lacey Johnson
Dayne Keller
Michael Kelley
Amber Larsen
Jason Linderman
Tyler Martin
Nate Mcbride
Nanetter Neilson
Kimberley Nicholas
Josh North
Crew
Steve Adams
Sola Akingbola
Brandi Allred
Mis Amores
Teresa Anderson
Bryan Arenas
Elayne Bair
Charlie Barnett
Jessica Bath
William Boaz
Karen Borell
Backstreet Boys
Gordon Bruster
Wallis Buchanan
Clarence E Carpenter
Doug Chamberlain
George Chavez
Brandon Christensen
Kendal Christensen
Bryan Clifton
Bryan Clifton
Travis Cline
Brian David Cohen
Josh Comen
Jeremy Coon
Jeremy Coon
Steve Costanza
Sean Covel
Matt Davis
Joshua Deighton
Daniel Demke
Diana Demke
Daniel Drysdale
Patrick Evje
Pablo Ferro
Lulu Fetzer
Nathan Firth
Rusty Fisher
Marty Fresca
Marian Gold
Jeff Gustafson
Linda Hansen
Benjy Hess
James Hess
Jared Hess
Jerusha Hess
Jerusha Hess
Rob Hyman
Simon Jeffes
Curt Jenson
Jason Karlatiras
Ramy Katrib
Simon Katz
Jason Kay
Brian Kibbie
Irina Kuriniskaja
Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper
Jane Lee
Brian Lefler
Brian Lefler
Mark Linden
Brian T. Littrell
Bernhard Lloyd
Cory Lorenzen
Kristian Lundin
Tracy Lynch-sanchez
Derrick Mackenzie
Max Martin
Amanda Mcbroom
Scott Mcclelland
Terrance Mckay
Edvin Mehrabyan
Tyler Meiners
Tyler Meiners
Frank Mertens
Andrew Midgley
Eric Moro
Ken Murdoch
Mark Murdock
Jenni Nelson
Tara Paul
Tara Paul
Mike Post
Munn Powell
Carlos Ramirez
Carlos Ramirez
Christopher Regan
Duff Edward Rich
Jessica Rounds
Shea Rounds
Joan Rowe
Aaron Ruell
Julia Ruell
Julia Ruell
Zed Saeed
Henry Santos
Jonas Sappington
David Scharf
David Scharf
Brett Shumway
Toby Smith
Seth Smoot
Harry Snodgrass
Harry Snodgrass
Harry Snodgrass
Adam Stern
Louise Stevenson
Lee Stratford
John Swihart
Frederick Wedler
Jory Weitz
Jory Weitz
Quinten White
Chris Wyatt
Jennie Yamaki
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States June 11, 2004
Released in United States Summer June 11, 2004
Released in United States on Video December 21, 2004
Released in United States January 2004
Project based upon "Peluca," a 9-minute short film directed by Jared Hess which screened at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City in January, 2003.
Fox Searchlight acquired worldwide distribution rights at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival for a reported sum of $3-$5 million.
Limited Release in United States June 11, 2004
Released in United States Summer June 11, 2004
Released in United States on Video December 21, 2004
Released in United States January 2004 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Dramatic Competition) January 15-25, 2004.)
Winner of the 2004 Satellite Award for Best Original Score by the International Press Academy (IPA).
