WTF Happened to Napoleon Dynamite?

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Napoleon Dynamite was a smash hit in the summer of 2004. Made on a $400,000 budget in Idaho by a friendly group of young Mormons, including directed Jared Hess and star Jon Heder, the movie was a sensation at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. It was picked up for distribution by Fox Searchlight, who gave the film a staggered release that allowed it to build solid word-of-mouth. By the end of that summer, if you attended a screening at your local arthouse, you likely saw at least a few people wearing “Vote for Pedro” t-shirts. Indeed, it grossed a stunning $44 million domestically, and that’s not even counting how well the merchandise from the film fared. By the time its DVD revenue was counted up, the movie had made tens of millions in profit.
So how did this scrappy indie become such a sensation? If this episode of WTF Happened to this Movie (written by Jake Dee, edited by Cesar Gomez and narrated by Mathew Plale), we look at how Hess and his pals made a smart, clean, hip indie comedy and stumbled upon a goldmine.
And, in case you’re wondering what happened to the Napoleon Dynamite gang, just because they may not be household names anymore doesn’t mean they haven’t gone on to great careers. After making the cult classic Nacho Libre and some lesser-seen films, director Jared Hess pivoted to non-fiction, directing two big true-crime hits for Netflix. One was Murder Among the Mormons, while the other, Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators, is one of the streamer's biggest non-fiction releases this summer.
Do you think Napoleon Dynamite stands the test of time? Let us know in the comments!
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@andymurray5045 Год назад

I'm actually glad actors like Jack black weren't cast for the movie, the lesser known actors helps the charm of the movie I think

@imustbecrazy5626 Год назад

Can't stand Jack Black. Too much money for not enough funny.

@SuaveJoker Год назад

It does! Makes you feel like they picked the cast from the town

@davidcurry332 Год назад

I don’t like jack Black anyway he’s. Not Funny 😁 🤮

@iamdarcside Год назад

Part of the reason this movie was so good is the perfect casting.

@cheetahluv210 Год назад

Well it’s a movie about ordinary people and lesser known helps that humble vibe

@fuzzy8593 Год назад

The people who saw this in theaters liked it so much they would see it a second time, just to bring all their friends and/or family. It was that good.

@scthomas1982 Год назад

My friends and I saw it 4 or 5 times in the theater. Like twice a week for 2 weeks. The theater would be packed each showing too. It was a cultural touchstone for our generation. If you were 16-25 it resonated.

@ericcarabetta1161 Год назад

Such a good movie. It's weird, fun, original, and just quirky enough to become a cult classic.

@roadwarrior6530 Год назад

Moron

@MIGUELDELLVALLE06-jv1sw Год назад

Like Scott pilgrim Buckaroo banzai Rocky horror Akira Erasedhead Flash Gordon and many more movie like this.

@John3.36 Год назад

I am from small town Montana and went to HS from 98-02, so I relate to this movie in many ways.

@BamBam-gs7eb Год назад

One of those examples of a the perfect mix of time, people and passion that can't be replicated.

@chriscox3709 Год назад

A lightning in a bottle movie. The cast was absolutely perfect. I kinda wish they would leave the sequel idea alone because it would probably suck and diminish the first one. Another part though would absolutely love to see these characters again. I watched all the animated episodes and I honestly thought it sucked compared to the movie. Vote for Pedro!!!

@MIGUELDELLVALLE06-jv1sw Год назад

any others movies came before it.

@anothergamingchannel2656 Год назад

I was about to say they might actually do a good job on the sequel because the cartoon actually was pretty good, then I finished reading your comment lol. Idk I liked the cartoon 🤷🏻‍♂️

@chriscox3709 Год назад

@@anothergamingchannel2656 That's cool, different strokes I guess. I loved the idea of it. That's why I watched them all but it was just too different from the movie. I really do think that movie was analogous to lightning in a bottle though. 🦙

@SkyCloudSilence Год назад

Agreed. A sequel is not needed.

@NondescriptMammal Год назад

Also agree that this is a film that probably shouldn't have a sequel. Its charm for me was the believable offbeat characters that worked so well largely because they were unknown and came out of nowhere... and the strange sensibility and quirky atmosphere that they created to draw you into the general weirdness of the story line. The atmospheric magic reminded me of PeeWee's Big Adventure, a product of Tim Burton's unique sensibilities and Danny Elfman's amazing mood music as a backdrop. Even if these qualities could be duplicated properly, it just seems like it couldn't have the same impact again.

@lessthantom2 Год назад

One of the greatest comedies ever made. It’s something that is so unique with its dry humour, outstanding cast of no name actors, and hilariously stuck in the past look to it. Nothing else is really like it.

@michaelb.42112 4 месяца назад

Agreed ! It's a masterpiece.

@frankdux5785 Год назад

I was in college at the time, and its crazy to think how unaware of what was going on in mainstream culture those few years. We didnt have cable, just watched dvds and pirated movies. And the internet was only really being used for instant messenger and sharing porn files! I came across this movie and was sharing it across my friend group and we all thought we found some insane hidden gem. Had no idea until years later that it was massive and just hearing u mention now their advertising budget, i saw none of it. Crazy.

@ispartacus1337 Год назад

Right? 😂 I was in high school and I think about that all the time. Like how the hell did we find out about stuff without the internet? I didnt even have cable yet remember everyone thinking Richard Gere put a gerbil up his bum in the late 90s. It became so notorious that even south park did an episode about it. Same with this movie, it wasnt promoted, or talked about nationally yet every school in the country was quoting it daily 😂 weird how things used to be. You only knew about something if someone told you.

@peppermintspacecapsule9898 Год назад

I love the way you can just about hear Kip writing the lyrics to his wedding song early in the film when he's sat at his word-processor. Seems odd that during the film's initial release, the pay-off to that set-up, Kip singing at the wedding, wasn't yet included!

@billaddington831 Год назад

I don't think the magic of this film that used unknown actors could ever be replicated. Napoleon Dynamite, awesomeness. Legend

@drewlovelyhell4892 Год назад

I was working at a video store at the time, and saw this movie as a "timecode" (a preview tape meant only for preview purposes). It became a cult hit amongst the staff; "you have to watch this one".. it just tickled a spot nobody expected. Odd, wholesome, retro, deadpan.. it felt like Hess knew *exactly* what he was doing. My favourite scenes are "the slap", the mailorder time machine, and the moment when the bully is trying to steal a student's bike, and Pedro's cousins roll up in their low-rider. 😂

@emiliofahr504 Год назад

Would be sick if you still had the tape

@BlueSpaceLizard Год назад

Pedro offers you his protection

@nofishinmydiet Год назад

hells yeah! I was working at a video store too. The whole staff loved it. (RIP video stores. What a fun and weird family of coworkers)

@nataliep6385 Год назад

The guy that played Napoleon Dynamite went on to get casted for "Blades of Glory" a huuuuge Will Ferrel comedy movie.

@68_al.468 Год назад

That movie doesn’t get talked about enough!

@kluaoha731 Год назад

Benchwarmers too!

@MIGUELDELLVALLE06-jv1sw Год назад

He was in Monster house.

@nataliep6385 Год назад

He was also in "The Campaign" I can only assume he is really close friends to Will Ferrel :)

@grandcreator11 7 месяцев назад

He was also in a movie with Billy Bob Thornton called "School For Scoundrels"

@michaelhowell2326 Год назад

I can't even remember how many times I've started laughing at the scenes on this video remembering the movie. I have got to watch it again.

@chevand8 Год назад

One of my favorite movies of the 2000s. I first saw it in college, and instantly loved it. I think a really big part of the movie's appeal, at least in the US, specifically comes from that 'stuck in the past' feeling. It's not just about retro nostalgia being cool. It's that, outside of the big culturally influential cities like Los Angeles and New York, a *lot* of rural and small-town communities are like that-- more on the conservative side, kind of in the middle of nowhere, and perpetually lagging behind the curve. Idaho may be the specific setting, but the movie could just as easily have been set in Kansas or Wisconsin or Alabama, and I think it still would've been much the same. Hollywood doesn't tend to set stories in places like that, at least not without processing them through its own filter-- probably because there's an assumption that nothing noteworthy ever happens in those places. So this movie comes off as a really genuine and unthreatening depiction of areas of the country that feel like they _never_ get proper representation in the media, and that's a huge boon for it.

@aaronmorris3965 Год назад

Because of this movie, I’ve been wearing cargo shorts every single day just for the sole purpose of storing tater tots in case an opportunity arises to acquire some extras I can’t eat in the moment. Thank you, Napoleon, for teaching high school me about preparedness.

@stephenelder3162 Год назад

One of my favorite comedies of all time, the fact john heder did so much is legendary

@WillJBailey Год назад

Truly one of the greatest films ever made. Please, under no circumstances, ever make a sequel.

@ECKohns Год назад

There was an animated series in 2012. I Never watched it. But I heard it’s terrible.

@anothergamingchannel2656 Год назад

Idk why the cartoon got so much hate. Felt like the same humor as the movie to me. It's just a little more over the top since it's animated and easier to make totally unrealistic things happen

@ladym4014 Год назад

I love this movie! An all time fav

@LynnethAnn Год назад

This is one of my family's favorite movies. I interviewed for graduate school in Logan, UT, and the grad student I stayed with took me on a Napoleon Dynamite tour. We drove around to the various places scenes were filmed, I got a picture of me on the volley ball court, etc., and we went to the thrift store where he bought his suit. I bought my husband a tie he still has. I also snapped a picture of Chuck Mangione 8 track tape! I thought it was hilarious, how appropriate and dated that was.

@TheProtagonistDies Год назад

a lot of people consider this movie a cult classic i consider it just Classic

@grandcreator11 7 месяцев назад

Definitely

@jokeroneninesevenzero Год назад

"Your mom goes to college!"

@ryangossett8211 Год назад

It makes no sense whatsoever but it is SO hilarious!

@notvenom1152 Год назад

I'll never understand why Fox cancelled the cartoon series. Everyone I knew liked it.

@raiderruler Год назад

Love the ending credits you added!

@laurenteec Год назад

It was perfect. I remember how it took over hot topic in like weeks. It’s not actually a hilarious movie, but it is though. So deeply quotable and clean honestly.

@dford8874 Год назад

He's still playing teatherball. GOSH!!!!

@GloopTrekker Год назад

This movie, just like Idiocracy, fell onto my radar when I saw it advertised on the IMDb home page around the time it was released.

@CaptainCat101 Год назад

My art class analyzed the drawing scene, it turns out that drawing the nose is hard

@negativeindustrial Год назад

The trick is to use as few lines and as little shading as possible until it’s recognizable as a nose. No more.

@the17club-49 Год назад

I live in Idaho Falls Idaho just north of Preston and it be cool to meet Jered Hess and the cast while they’re filming Napoleon Dynamite 2

@valley_robot Год назад

I watch this every few years or so , their is no point trying to recommend this to your friends , they have to discover it on their own , great movie

@mrfriendly504 Год назад

We need a sequel

@stornkolson Год назад

I remember selling vote for Pedro shirts at Spencer's back in the day. My buddy threw a cpl viewing parties with endless tots. Gonna have to rewatch this one soon

@TerranIV Год назад

Growing up in Utah (and seeing the original Peluca short at BYU film fest) this movie reminded me so much of my childhood. It is fun that it was also such a widespread phenomenon!

@OneOfThoseTypes Год назад

Well, first it was made, then it was released. That's 100% of what happened to it.

@josh043p6 Год назад

I watched this recently as an adult and I gotta say it holds up. I think I like it even more.

@smelltheglove2038 Год назад

I watched it with my son when he was like 8 or so. He absolutely loved it.

@JustcallmeGnarly22 Год назад

I was in high school when this movie came out and can attest to the cultural impact. I also watched it again recently and can say it without a doubt still holds up and it's hilarious!

@Fluffymonkeyem Год назад

I was a teen too and the amount of times I heard lines from the movie was a lot. Vote for Pedro pins, buttons, etc. I think I remember only mean girls and Borat having this power. I went to see it with my brother and he still quotes it haha.

@lemsip207 Год назад

It was like a send up of John Hughes films in the 80s, with an actual nerd instead of someone who just wasn't in the popular clique. Those films didn't see plausible to me as the protagonist (especially Sixteen Candles) wasn't awkward or nerdy yet was portrayed as such. They seemed pretty average. Or they would be portrayed as coming from a poor household, but their house didn't look poor to me. The misfit Alison in The Breakfast Club was portrayed as outdated and scruffy, yet that look caught on in the early 90s, so she was 5 years ahead of her time.

@Juno-ue9vs Год назад

This one of the Greatest early 2000s movie ever made with great comedy, memorable story, killer soundtrack, amazing casts, & it such a damn great film that it never get boring seeing it over and over again.

@dangerousdays2052 Год назад

I like how they waited like 10 years after the release of the hit movie to make an animated series, ensuring that it would bomb.

@m00ndawg Год назад

Its wild that the kind of people that dont get this movie are actually in the movie. They're Uncle Rico.

@danielgranda896 Год назад

I was only a couple years out of college when this released. I remember vividly the hysteria surrounding it. A great example of telling an honest and story with great characters will transcend any algorithm or industry category. A perfect time capsule of how long the influence of 80s style and extended into the 90s and early 00s.

@lonniestringfellow9854 Год назад

You should do a video on their other film , The Sasquatch Gang.

@yobwoc1000 Год назад

He brought back the moon boots

@danielskrivan6921 Год назад

This movie is 20 years old? Holy crap. I'm old.

@zerroortiz6420 Год назад

Love it hopefully they do make part2

@admiralpercy Год назад

if you watch it with commentary on it's funny all over again

@pckldplmfshcm Год назад

7:35 Heder and Majorino worked on the final dance scene choreography together. 12:50 The final dance scene was completely improvised.

@nickwohrer1283 Год назад

I didn’t even know I needed this

@williambarringer6513 Год назад

I got this at blockbuster and the girl sat their stone faced while I laughed, I shoulda known right then to dump her but ended up dating her for like 4 more years

@madamedutchess Год назад

I saw this in the theater when it came out with my younger sister. We both were confused the whole movie and only laughed twice.

@rw7975 Год назад

low I Q family

@SomeOne-p6f 3 месяца назад

Something thing that no one mentions is that it is beautiful, both visually and in the vibe it gives out.Oh and one more thing, it's perfect.

@jolfer1334 Год назад

The first time i watched it i fell asleep and thought it was crap. I was very wrong and i am happy I watched it again.

@CharlesVanNoland Год назад

It was the summer before I turned 18 and after hanging out with the wrong crowd for a few years I'd ended up addicted to oxycontin when this came out, and through means I won't explain I ended up with a pharmacy of the stuff. Some girl from my highschool showed up at my door and started camping out at the apartment I was living in and I took her and my ex-GF (yes, she was my ex at the time but she was hanging around too) to see this movie in the theater. Now I don't know if anyone reading this knows this, but opiates totally numb your emotional response. Probably the only emotion you'll really experience is anger, frustration, irritation, etc... but sadness goes away, joy and laughter disappear, and you're mostly just totally numb. Somehow, even though I was high as a kite and numb as frig, when saw this at the theater it just punched me in the gut with its clever sense of humor. I laughed so hard I cried, and that wasn't something that I'd ever experienced while high as a kite before, or since. The creators and writers on this film knew what was up, and I still can't believe how hilarious it was for me in that state. It was magical. I'm not saying you should do drugs, definitely don't do that, being hooked on opiates at such a young age led to me basically wasting the first decade of my adult life. I wish I'd joined the military or done something else instead, because it was the biggest fattest waste of my life and it's a miracle I survived because many of the people I knew from back then didn't. Anyway, I just wanted to share my personal experience with this awesome film.

@Robert_D_Mercer Год назад

More people need to hear about this shi- I've wasted 6-7 years of my life doing rebar/steel and the back breaking labor got me hooked on that shit too.. To make it all worse, it wasn't prescribed, it was just handed over to me, "keep working kid" I'm in Toronto, and the push is so f'ing bad My dumb ass witnessed and seen a man fall 55 storeys to his death, for the higher ups to want to open the job the next day and continue the push. Despite all the efforts and work. All those years and labor, to be taxed and to have your social worker not even care about your history... As a Newfoundlander who's broken himself to help build the City of Toronto, the working class homies like me, and apparently even homies like you. Have been abandoned dude.. When people look at homies like us they don't see meritocracy. It's so f'ing sad.. Then I'm here commenting on a dumb movie review that barely has any influence on my life.

@craigsmall9564 Год назад

While I don’t want a sequel,I would definitely watch one if they made it.

@glazdarklee1683 Год назад

Although this movie did very well, my assumption is that it didn't make those involved independently wealthy. Which is one of the reasons I can see them being in favor of a sequel.

@kevinbrooks9074 Год назад

Frank Sinatra's "Balls in Yo Jaws" used to play at my uncle's house all the time when I was young! I remember him picking me up in his van after t-ball practice, it was cool because it always had candy! He always had a warm popsicle in his pants too, cream-filled I think? He used to compliment me on how good I could keep secrets. The song really takes me back to a better time!

@Dr_1212 Год назад

Vote For Pedro 😎👍

@dawn8542 Год назад

My son who passed away reminds me of ND. He was going to an alternative school with gang members. One threatened him and he made a really loud goat noise. They left him alone after. But he also had some killer dance moves. RIP TRAVIS

@ranchman693 Год назад

Growing up in the country and near a small town I can say it actually does feel like an 80s time capsule. I was born in the 90s but feel like I grew up in the wood grained 70s.

@letmetellyalilstory9122 Год назад

I remember loads of people wearing Vote for Pedro t-shirts. Good times!

@RageONTv Год назад

Napoleons sequel would work on a streaming platform like Netflix now a days

@litawi7869 Год назад

I love this movie so much, I’m pretty sure I still have the DVD. When his uncle threw that steak, my bf at the time and I just about laughed so hard we peed on ourselves!! I watched this and Nacho Libre daily. Please don’t touch this movie it was a once in a lifetime moment. But we would love to see more from this group. It’s inspiring how it started as a school project.

@eeler10 Год назад

That SpongeBob clip about being old and dried out has me dying lol

@danielskrivan6921 Год назад

I didn't see it in theatres. I heard people quoting it nonstop for months after it was released. When it was released on DVD, my friend got the movie, goes "You haven't seen this yet, we're watching it." That was Saturday. Sunday, my church's youth group did a movie night. We watched Napoleon Dynamite. Monday, another youth organization I was a part of, we did a movie night. We watched Napoleon Dynamite. I have not watched the movie again.

@heirbornelite Год назад

I went to go see this movie with my current wife when we were teenagers and her cousin at some rinky dink indie theatre in Rockville, MD. I dont think i have ever laughed so much in a theatre. I bought the DVD n watched it several times afterwards and i still laugh at it today watching these old clips. I remember seeing the poster for this movie in a used CD store and I knew i had to go see it.

@nathansmith-jk7cz Год назад

I gave the cast my art as a gift at Napoleon Dynamite Live in April

@joelr.9743 Год назад

All I see is a bunch of friends having a great time doing what they love. Best recipe for success all around. 😊

@pauljefferies2091 Год назад

I go to church with John Heder. I think the first time I saw him I wondered why the heck he was here!! I guess he just liked it here and decided to move to the area.

@DIARRHEA-PANIC Год назад

Good equipment, eager young cast, cheap labor and insane wardrobe/editng 👌 The magic formula... i.e Breakfast Club

@68_al.468 Год назад

WTF Happened to Jon Heder? He was everywhere after this movie until the late 2000’s

@stilwellboy99 Год назад

Wanted to focus on his family

@NeoConnor1 Год назад

Last thing I saw him in was the 7th(yes, 7th) Tremors movie.

@LouieG88 Год назад

Oh absolutely! I’d love a sequel

@lennomenno Год назад

Napoleon Dynamite is an absolute masterpiece.

@mr.koibito Год назад

Favorite movie as a child. I still absolutely adore this movie.

@teklife 6 месяцев назад

as i'm watching this video and seeing the scenes from the movie, i realize every shot is brilliant, and funny, and nostalgic. it's really just a masterpiece this film.

@capsuleC0RP5E Год назад

I’m so sad the TV series only lasted 6 episodes. Yeah sure it was heavily inspired by Family Guy but the references and humor they packed into it blows me away. Every time I watch the movie, I throw on the show next.

@ItsNuxFury Год назад

Kip running over the Tupperware is one of maybe 3 times in my life where I've laughed so hard that I couldn't breathe. 😂

@pfelon Год назад

Still waiting on a feature-length sequel!

@SecretWars98 Год назад

Awesome, this was a great Wtf happened choice. 👍

@insanevictor Год назад

I first watched it in the summer before my l senior year in high school. Some of the best memories back then, This film def brings those back

@yearsoffear Год назад

I would definitely watch a sequel when and if it comes out. I enjoy the original. My high school friends loved it

@sh0tgUn_sYko Год назад

At one point in this video it is stated that the girl with the side ponytail helped choreographed the final dance, then at 12:30 it is said that there was no choreography.

@olliehopnoodle4628 Год назад

Great video on this movie. I have a copy and watch it about once a year. It's just one of 'those movies'.

@olbakerman1672 Год назад

One of my favorite movies and I had Napoleon's Trapper Keeper when I was in 4th grade had the same folders identical to it. Would be awesome if they do part 2.

@craigbush2138 Год назад

Production Budget: $400,000 (worldwide box office of $44,540,956 is 115.3 times production budget)

@DasGonz13 Год назад

I was living in Europe when this came out. When i came back to the states a few months later in December, I went to go buy the DVD, but it was sold out at everywhere! I had never seen a movie do that during the DVD era.

@karlvon-doom8024 Год назад

A sequel would be awesome. I was a freshman in college when this came out & I wanna say it stayed in my DVD player for a month straight lol

@booburner2088 Год назад

I remember a few friends of mine seen it in theaters and loved it. I was in 9th grade. Nobody at my school acknowledged it until it came to DVD. Then everyone was crazy about it.

@carlalindsey9371 Год назад

My favorite line, "I like your sleeves ".

@billythekid22220 Год назад

I would definitely watch it

@mtnbkr51 25 дней назад

“How much you wanna bet I could throw this football over them mountains”!

@drewcarlson3395 7 месяцев назад

personally I think a sequel where the characters are coming to terms with the routine of life and things changing after the glory days of high school would be cool. Anyone who grew up in a small town would instantly relate and it could be a really introspective look at the path that life takes us on

@NoNo-ng9sl Год назад

When I first saw this movie, I hated it. I was in that demo too. I was a senior in high-school. Its grown on me over the years, but not the point I loved the film. It had this Tim Burton quirk quality I didn't really get into. It also reminded me of Slums of Beverly Hills, which I do love. This retroesque backdrop coming of age theme. I'll say this about Napoleon Dynamite, I thought Uncle Rico was the best character. The nephews had their future staring right in front of them, and i thought that was the whole point of the movie.

@evancrew1234 Год назад

A movie like this will never make it into theatres again, and that’s really sad

@demetriusbryson1706 Год назад

Classic….!!! I watched That’ISH while eating 2 Turkey Pot Pies & A’Breakup…!!! One of my Favorite movies of the past 30 years…!!!

@deanobeany Год назад

I did not to know this movie is 20 years old. My back.

@evilldead6824 Год назад

Id watch the sequel only because the cast actually decided what their characters futures would be instead of having some executive from a studio decide. I bet it would be really good!