Napoleon Dynamite

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Movie
German title Napoleon Dynamite
Original title Napoleon Dynamite
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2004
length 82 minutes
Age rating FSK o.A.
Rod
Director Jared Hess
script Jared Hess and Jarusha Hess
production Jeremy Coon
Sean Covel
Chris Wyatt
music John Swihart
camera Munn Powell
cut Jeremy Coon
occupation

Napoleon Dynamite is an American comedy film that tells the slacker life of the student of the same name from Preston High School in Idaho . The film was initially only released in German on the English DVD and was only released in German cinemas later (on May 18, 2006).

action

The somewhat strange Napoleon Dynamite lives with his grandmother and his 32-year-old brother Kip, who spends the whole day looking for female acquaintances in Internet chats . When Napoleon's grandmother injured herself on an excursion, Napoleon's uncle Rico appeared to take care of the two brothers.

Sabotaged by the unusual influences of Uncle Rico, Napoleon tries to find a partner for the school dance evening and helps his best friend Pedro to be elected as school president.

Reviews

Napoleon Dynamite received mostly positive reviews and achieved a 71% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 173 reviews. Metacritic gave a score of 64 out of 36 reviews.

"A coming-of-age comedy consistently designed in the retro look of the 1980s, the bizarre charm of which made low-budget production in the USA a surprise success."

- Lexicon of international film

“Napoleon Dynamite” does what all filmmakers secretly dream of: It hits the nerve of a certain audience with centimeter precision. Why this is so can be answered relatively easily. The story, insofar as it can be described as such, contains hardly any dramaturgical tension and plays no role. It's the characters that make the film worth seeing. Jared Hess stages an unprecedented freak show that has probably not been seen in this intensity on the screen since Werner Herzog's "Stroszek". "

- Filmstarts.de

Awards

The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for best dramatic film at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival .

The film (co-produced by MTV Films) won three categories at the MTV Movie Awards 2005: “Best Movie”, “Best Musical Performance” and “Breakthrough Male” (each for Jon Heder ). At the Golden Trailer Awards 2005, the film won the award for Best Comedy . The film also won the Teen Choice Award 2005 in four categories. Jon Gries was nominated for the Teen Choice Award and the Independent Spriti Award for his role in the film .

Trivia

  • Jon Gries (Uncle Rico) and later also Efren Ramirez (Pedro) wear wigs that are attractive to flies.
  • Jon Gries doesn't eat bloody meat, you see several times in the film how he spits the meat he chews into his hand.
  • Some scenes were improvised, for example Kip's reaction after he ran over the Tupperware bowl.
  • After the credits there is a hidden scene that shows Kips and La Fawnduh's wedding.
  • The dishes featured in the opening credits, including a corn dog in a silver aluminum bowl, are all eaten later in the film by the people who introduce them. This opening credits were designed by Aaron Ruell (Kip) and could not be seen in the first version of the film.
  • Ligers are real, they are the cross between a male lion and a female tiger.
  • In the scene in which Napoleon Dynamite and Pedro are sticking their self-drawn election campaign posters on the school lockers, the theme song from the television series Das A-Team from the 1980s can be heard .
  • The US DVD features the short film Peluca from 2002, which serves as a template for Napoleon Dynamite. Here, too, Jon Heder plays the main role.
  • The low budget film (cost: approx. 400,000 dollars ) grossed around 46.1 million dollars worldwide. Jon Heder's fee was initially only $ 1,000, but after the financial success, Heder subsequently negotiated an increased fee.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for Napoleon Dynamite . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2005 (PDF; test number: 101 649 K).
  2. ↑ Napoleon Dynamite at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
  3. ↑ Napoleon Dynamite at Metacritic (English)
  4. ^ Napoleon Dynamite in the Lexicon of International Films Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used
  5. ^ Filmstarts.de: film review
  6. ↑ Jon Heder's dynamite career , stuff.co.nz. Retrieved January 1, 2013.