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"I don’t even have any good skills... You know, like nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills..."
In small-town Preston, Idaho, awkward teen Napoleon Dynamite has trouble fitting in. After his grandmother is injured in an accident, his life is made even worse when his strangely nostalgic uncle, Rico, shows up to keep an eye on him. With no safe haven at home or at school, Napoleon befriends the new kid, Pedro, a morose Hispanic boy who speaks little English. Together the two launch a campaign to run for class president.
Release date: June 11, 2004 (USA)
Director: Jared Hess
Starring: Jon Heder; Jon Gries; Aaron Ruell; Efren Ramirez; Tina Majorino; Diedrich Bader
Screenplay: Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess
Budget: $400,000 USD
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures, Paramount Pictures
