With a shoestring budget, offbeat characters, and a largely-unknown cast, indie comedy "Napoleon Dynamite" is one of Hollywood's most surprising success stories. "Napoleon Dynamite" was first released ...

According to the film’s Wikipedia page, Jared and Jerusha Hess wrote the dance scene specifically around Heder’s interest in it. And that was the right move (see what we did there?) The Napoleon ...

Matt is a Utah resident but a Massachusetts native who covers movies and TV for GameRant. He also covers the NBA for Heavy and Fansided, too, if you like basketball. Almost two decades after the movie ...

TikTok user @gabriellepayne_ posted a video showing how Napoleon Dynamite's iconic dance routine—performed by Jon Heder's character to help his friend Pedro win class president—lines up flawlessly ...

Remember back in 2004 when anyone and everyone was constantly quoting lines from Napoleon Dynamite? Well, thanks to 9-year-old Jude Gagner's epic performance of the dance from the beloved comedy, you ...

Clockwise from top left: Jared Hess (director and writer), Jerusha Hess (writer) and Efren Ramirez (Pedro) listen as Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) speaks during a Q&A at the Utah Film Center's ...

He probably won’t get a chance to draw any ligers or hunt wolverines like his title character in the 2004 indie cult hit Napoleon Dynamite, but actor Jon Heder, 39, is ready to have a killer time ...

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