It was their short 2002 film, "Peluca," that became the basis for "Napoleon Dynamite" (this year, Hess and his wife Jerusha — who also co-wrote "Napoleon Dynamite" — got an Oscar nod for their ...

HBO Max has pushed Napoleon Dynamite back into the spotlight, two decades after it first awkwardly shuffled its way into theaters. According to Flixpatrol, it is now sitting comfortably in the ...

One of the best indie comedies of all time is now a streaming hit, potentially introducing a new generation of fans to its ...

It was their short 2002 film, "Peluca," that became the basis for "Napoleon Dynamite" (this year, Hess and his wife Jerusha — who also co-wrote "Napoleon Dynamite" — got an Oscar nod for their ...

Napoleon Dynamite, 2004. The 2003 short film Peluca on which Napoleon Dynamite was based, shows a day in the life of super nerd Seth, starring Jon Heder, skipping school with his two friends, ...

The first half-hour focused on Napoleon’s attempt to get rid of his zits, which to make a long story short led to a Thunderdome-esque cage match between the two Dynamite brothers.

Napoleon Dynamite began life as Peluca, a short movie that Jared Hess made while he was still a student at Brigham Young University in 2002. It was filmed entirely in black-and-white and shot on ...

NAPOLEON DYNAMITE * STARRING: Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez and Tina Majorino DIRECTOR: Jared Hess RUNNING TIME: 86 minutes RATING: Rated PG for thematic elements and language THE LOWDOWN: The trials ...

Meanwhile, Napoleon’s scrawny, mustachioed older brother, Kip Dynamite (Aaron Ruell), stays home and chats for hours with his cyber girlfriend, LaFawnduh (Shondrella Avery), and anxiously awaits ...

Napoleon Dynamite, the young hero of the movie that bears his name, is hilariously out of it. Rail-thin, pallbearer-solemn and sporting a preposterous red afro, he wanders through the corridors of ...

Napoleon Dynamite, the confidently nerdy Idaho teen created by Utah filmmakers Jared and Jerusha Hess, is scheduled to make a triumphant return to the Sundance Film Festival in January. A ...

In 2004, a quirky comedy called 'Napoleon Dynamite' exploded. Twenty years later, the stars, coming to Englewood's bergenPAC, discuss the fallout ...