![]() ![]() ![]() Jerusha (Hess, his wife) really was like Deb growing up. I grew up in a family of six boys in Preston, Idaho and the character of Napoleon was a hybrid of all the most nerdy and awkward parts of me and my brothers growing up. Jared Hess (Co-Writer, Director): Everything in the film is so autobiographical. On the occasion of Napoleon Dynamite’s 10th anniversary, the director, its star and a handful of their collaborators and supporters retrace the little-film-that-could’s steps from student project to pop culture phenomenon. If the protagonist sounds slightly familiar, it’s because he was the prototype for the titular geek hero of Napoleon Dynamite, the micro-budget indie that would become the toast of that city’s other film fest - Sundance - and catapult the classmates to the top of Hollywood’s rising stars list by the end of January 2004. Their short film “Peluca,” about a fanny pack-wearing teen named Seth, was selected to screen at the Slamdance Film Festival. ![]() In 2003, Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess, and Jon Heder - students at Brigham Young University’s film school - were just another trio of independent filmmakers working the festival circuit in Park City. ![]()
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