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 ...

Somehow, Swift's 2025 single and Napoleon's 2004 dance break were meant to be. By Ashley Iasimone Twenty years before Taylor Swift‘s “The Fate of Ophelia” was recorded, a character named Napoleon ...

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 ...

I see a guy busting a move with no dance partner and I'm immediately thinking of Napoleon Dynamite (watch the clip, you know you want to). I suppose this is true for people my age (at least the cool ...

North Dakota State offensive lineman Cody Mauch is hoping that he'll have a flippin' sweet 2023 NFL Scouting Combine. As he participated in drills for Sunday's combine finale, the NFL Network crew dug ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — In the film Napoleon Dynamite, the goofy title character is obsessed with sweet skills like knowing your way around a pair of nunchucks because, he says, that's what girls want in ...

Everybody has their own favorite Napoleon Dynamite quote. Co-writer and director Jared Hess’ instant high school movie classic from 2004 has gone down in history as one of the most hilariously ...

Napoleon Dynamite was inspired by real events from director Jared Hess and his family's upbringing. Filming largely took place in Jared Hess' hometown of Preston, Idaho, incorporating real-life ...

Twenty years before Taylor Swift‘s "The Fate of Ophelia" was recorded, a character named Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) was leaning into his uniqueness with a magnificently awkward dance routine, as ...