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Napoleon Dynamite
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About
Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 comedy film directed by Jared Hess. The film follows an anti-social high school student named Napoleon Dynamite as he prepares for prom.
History
In 2003, the short film Peluca by Jared Hess premiered at the Slamdance independent film festival (shown below, left).[1] In the film, Jon Heder plays the character Seth, which would later be reimagined as Napoleon Dynamite.
The following year, on January 17th, 2004, Hess' Napoleoin Dynamite premiered at the Sundance film festival.[2] Later that year, on June 11th, it was released in theaters in the United States (film trailer below, right).
Animated Series
On January 15th, 2012, Fox premiered the first episode of a Napoleon Dynamite animated series, which reunited many members of the film's original cast. The series ran for one six-episode season before cancelation (trailer below).[3]
Reception
With a production budget of $400,000, Napoleon Dynamite made more than $46 million in the worldwide box office grosses.[4]
On the movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, [5] Napoleon Dynamite received a score of 71% fresh (based on 171 reviews).
Fandom
The official Napoleon Dynamite Facebook [6] page, which launched on March 13th, 2012, has more than 2.9 million likes and followers as of March 2019.
Fanart
Related Memes
Napoleon Dynamite Dance
The Napoleon Dynamite Dance is a popular scene from the movie Napoleon Dynamite, which has been parodied several times over and has several gif images.
Things Are Getting Pretty Serious
Things Are Getting Pretty Serious is an advice animal image macro series featuring a screen capture of the character Kip from the film Napoleon Dynamite. The captions typically describe trivial social interactions followed by the expression "So I guess you can say things are getting pretty serious," indicating that the level of intimacy in a relationship has been misunderstood.
Watching Your Friends' Snapchat Stories
"Watching Your Friends' Snapchat Stories"::/memes/watching-your-friends-snapchat-stories/ is a phrase and image macros used to described the Fear of Missing Out or F.O.M.O.
Search Interest
External References
[2] Wikipedia – Napoleon Dynamite
[3] Wikipedia – Napoleon Dynamite
[4] Box Office Mojo – Napoleon Dynamite
[5] Rotten Tomatoes – Napoleon Dynamite
[6] Facebook – OfficialNapoleonDynamite
