Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite in Napoleon Dynamite
The Big Picture Two decades later, folks are still raving about Napoleon Dynamite. Not only is this highly quotable coming-of-age comedy one for the ages, but it broke the Hollywood mold in a way no one has quite been able to replicate. Too many indie comedies have tried, though none have captured the pure spirit of Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess' debut feature film.
But the Hess' personal experience wasn't the only source of information that the filmmaking duo pulled from. It turns out, Aaron Ruell ripped some of Kip's characteristics and circumstances straight from his own family. "My brother was spending a lot of time in chat rooms with Russian women who were trying to get him to proofread their school assignments," Ruell told Deseret News in 2019. "He used it as the perfect 'in' to chat with babes.
"My mind was blown," Hess told BYU Magazine in 2018. "Clearly, it wasn’t his real name. But I remember writing down on a piece of paper: 'Title of first movie must be Napoleon Dynamite.'" Of course, some out there are already shaking their heads, knowing full well that there's another origin to the Napoleon Dynamite name, but Hess was completely unaware of it for years.
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