Napoleon Dynamite | The Making Of An Indie Blockbuster
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2024
- Napoleon Dynamite the making of an indie blockbuster. How did this indie film made by a group of BYU students become one of the most successful indie films in history? Well sit back, relax, grab a pocketful of tater tots... and lets take a look at the making of Napoleon Dynamite.
0:00 - Intro (Sit Back, Relax...)
1:04 - The short film that started it all
1:36 - Writing Napoleon Dynamite
3:06 - How it was funded
3:58 - Casting
5:30 - The perm
5:50 - Preston, Idaho helped make the movie happen
8:18 - The Napoleon Dynamite phenomenon
9:36 - Lawsuits
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One of my cousins died when I was 17 and it devastated my dad to a point where he hardly left his bed for a while. I didn't know what to do as I had never felt such a profound loss before, let alone witness my dad like that. I showed him Napoleon Dynamite thinking "well, I laughed, maybe he will laugh...there's nothing really offensive in it...If nothing else it'll be distracting." He laughed his ass off, and while the grief ebbs and flows through the years, he still quotes it daily. I wish the people who made this modest "little project" knew how much they helped me and my family throughout that time; all the effort they went through to make it is the reason I was able to cheer my dad up.
I really appreciate you sharing this. Super glad that this film cheered your dad up.
He should watch nacho libre, its made by the same ppl but higher budget
It’s hilarious that Rico’s actor literally 100% pulled an Uncle Rico by saying he can do the steak throw because he used to play baseball
Lol I know it’s so perfect.
Napoleon ten years later….
“It puts the lotion on the skin or else it gets the hose again.”
Yak!
“That’s right, Tina. It gets the hose again.” “Yes it does.”
“Just put the frickin’ lotion on the skin then put it back in the basket! GOSH!”
If Jon Gries' coach had put him in, they would've won State!
Literally?
@@kingpuppo5880 sorry you don’t like “literally” used as emphasis. Take it up with modern English
It was basically the movie of the 2000s. It was such a good movie imo.
A classic from the 00’s no doubt about it.
Being from the Midwest myself, specifically Iowa, I love how the film is just about the life of Napoleon and those around him. It just begins, things happen and it ends. Essentially it’s like everyday life. It’s truly an amazing film and one I love to this day.
Absolutely. Simple and still a classic.
It's actually not the Midwest (Idaho is mountain Pacific Northwest) but point about just showing life well made
The film is magical. Even a 12 minute mini-doc about it makes me feel good.
It’s the unicorn of films 😀
Back when this movie came out I was in sales for a huge poster distributor. I was good at finding and making contact with people coming to our city. I located Aaron Ruell's manager somehow and to my surprise a few days later my phone beeped thru and my coworker said "You have Kip on line 1" lol I just about died. I maintained composure and asked if for about 100 bucks he'd autograph some movie posters. He said sure and told us where we would meet. A day later he calls back and said "My buddy Efren who played Pedro in the film is here too if you'd like his autograph also". I was beside myself. We went and met them at the hotel. They were super nice. Aaron was quiet and Efren was a flirt. I ended up getting some work bonus for the whole thing. I wish Jon had been there. Either way, good memories.
Love that story holy cow! They seem really nice.
It's annoying when I see other films/shows use too many curse words as a filler. It's not funny and it doesn't add anything to the story or scene. Napoleon Dynamite shows you can make a movie on a low budget with clean humor and still find an audience for it. Such a great film. The story behind it is so inspiring!
I agree. It's actually a challenge to make a film without one these days. I'm guilty of it in some of my films as well. It doesn't bug me but it also doesn't add much. Okay maybe sometimes it does 😄
Agreed!!! I’m not bothered by natural amounts of cussing you’d hear in real life, but it annoys me when it’s so lazily done. This movie really is a perfect example of how to pull it off.
Swear words are only bad to those who give meaning to them. I don't see them as bad words, so they have no impact on my psyche. Morality is subjective, as well as language.
There’s one swear in the film, after Randy crushes Napoleons tater tot’s. Listen carefully and see if you hear it
@@ScottyDunni don’t know why you’d want to not have a “curse” word. Words are words. They can all be used in context
I think not using swear words actually enriches dialogue
Agreed. I doubt anyone was like “it was good but it needs more f bombs”
No, it does the opposite. It makes it worse, it becomes less realistic. In real life, people swear all the time, if no one ever swears, that doesn’t accurately reflect reality.
@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 Actually, it depends on the cultural norms and where you live, if you live in a town that has more Christian values/religion, people swear less.
Definitely makes the movie memorably quotable
Kids like Elijah think they’re so deep commentating like the joker, go to his profile this kid in HS looking like a younger nerdy Adam DeVine from Workaholics.
This generation never got checked in the comments like 2008-2012 UA-cam comments.
I met a guy who went to Preston High School, in Preston, Idaho (where the movie was filmed). He said the auditorium in the movie (during the class president speeches & performances) was filled by kids who actually went to Preston High. Sure enough, when I watched the movie again, I saw that kid clear as day sitting in the crowd. I believe I heard that Jared Hess grew up in Preston as well.
Haha nice. Immortalized in Preston. Yeah Jared grew up there.
Watched it for the first time today and I'm smitten! What a cozy movie.
Like the use of cozy…..
Agreed. It’s oddly comforting.
Welcome. Been watching it since I was 5 in 2009
My favorite part of the whole movie is
“Back in 82’ I could throw a pig skin a quarter mile”
“are you serious!?”
“I’m dead serious!”
😂😂😂
Classic 🤣
I also served a mission, and Preston was in it. It was fun visiting Napoleon's house. It's literally in the middle of nowhere.
That’s fun!
I first watched this movie in middle school. Our orchestra teacher would play it on days we had no assignments. I remember a lot of the other kids didn't really get the humor, but I found it really funny, and I still do to this day.
Cool orchestra teacher!
Found this movie by chance on cable, not so long ago. I loved it. It was so unique
I feel like that's part of the magic of this movie. It's something that hits you and leaves strong impression without expecting it.
My long term partner grew up in Preston. I lived there for a month and they definitely had Vote for Pedro shirts on display. Surprisingly, in a Mormon town, they had a coffee shop. It was really good too.
I’m gonna have to grab some coffee and see some locations one day. Very cool.
i remember everyone in my high school quoting lines from this film.
Oh yeah. Couldn’t escape it.
It’s such a rare thing when all the parts come together how they do in this movie, from the credits to the brilliant characters it is a totally relatable masterpiece in my opinion
💯
This was fantastic. Very well done.
Thank you very much!
No love for the original music score? That was a key element too. It really glued the film together.
Yeah it did. I should’ve mentioned it. I remember letting the music from the dvd menu play like 20 times in a row before playing the movie. Definitely a crucial part of the film.
Yeah I found their choice to use that White Stripes song in the opening credits to be so memorable
Love the two songs that play at beginning and end credits I guess.
White Stripes and When in Rome?
THIS was an awesome mini doc! 👏 Well done!!!
Thank you kindly!
Great work on this! One of my favorite movies which I didn't know the origin story of.
Thanks Josh! It was fascinating digging in to its history.
LOVE this movie!! And it does make me nostalgic for loving in a small town. So fun learning the backstory of this!!
Me too! Some people had to get used to its vibe but I remember loving it instantly. Yeah, reminds you of Mahomet a little right?
@@ScottyDunn it does!! And I also loved it immediately
Well done! I love the insight and voice overs.
Thank you so much!
This movie was an instant classic!!!
Thanks for the video. One of my favorite movies of all time. Will be visiting Preston this summer.
My pleasure. Have fun visiting Preston! I'm tempted to make a visit as well and see all the locations.
incredible documentary! thank you!
Thanks King Raisin! Napoleon Dynamite has a special place in my heart.
Everyone in this movie was perfectly cast. Everyone played their roles beautifully. I couldn't imagine any character being played by any other actor.
This is one of those movies that went over my head the first time I watched it. It wasn't until I was non-stop quoting it around everyone that I started to realize how gosh dang funny it was. I watched it again and loved every second of it.
It took me 3 and a half hours to finish the upper shading on your lip!
Love this movie 🥰
Such a classic.
This was fun to watch. I know some of people involved with the movie and still enjoyed this video. Cheers.
Im glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
Great documentary! Well done!
Thanks for watching I appreciate it!
I bought this DVD because I was told by so many people I needed to see the movie. I watched it I didn't get it. Uncle Rico was funny I liked that character. A few months later a friend of mine came to visit from out of town and we got talking about it. So I decided to watch it again with him and we laughed our butts off. It could have been all the beer, but the second time I saw it I picked up on the a day in the life humor.
I also think it's hilarious that Macks mom from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is in the movie as grandma. She is so funny. "Make a dang case-a-dealy-ya!"
Also Pedro's sister, who is uncredited, played in Next Friday with Ice Cube. She was the sister of the cholos who lived across the street from Day Day.
Oh nice! I didn't know Pedro's sister was from Next Friday. It's funny, I've heard other people say that Napoleon Dynamite grew on them over time as well, as opposed to right off the bat.
and pedros cousins are tucos cousins
The name Napoleon Dynamite was an alter-ego moniker made up by musician Elvis Costello in the 1980’s. Anyway, loved the movie and your video, good stuff!
Hey thanks for watching!
Wonder if the guy Jared Hess heard it from knew it's origin...
I've been waiting for the right time to start a story in video, the time is almost there probably in the next 3 months
I totally had a vote for Pedro shirt.
Hey! My family is from a small town near Champaign-Urbana too! Great vid.
Nice! I have a lot of fond memories of Champaign, IL and Mahomet. I Hope you and your family are doing well. Thanks for watching!
I love this movie so much.
I live about 10 minutes from Mahomet, IL currently. Grew up in an even smaller town though in Vermilion County. My Original hometown hasn't ever passed 1600 in population. Not even considered a town, it's a village. Napoleon Dynamite always feels like home in so many ways.
It's nice to hear someone who actually knows of Mahomet, IL at all. I remember my dad teaching me how to drive a stick shift and we drove through Vermillion county while doing so. Thanks for sharing. Will always love Napoleon Dynamite and the setting it takes place in.
I LOVE thos movie. I saw this movie in the movie theater in Fitchburg Wisconsin. This is genius level comedy.
“You think anyone thinks I’m a failure because I go home to Starla at night!?…..Forget about it!”
Bow to your Sensei!!!
Great video about the movie. I would`ve watched it sooner, but I was chatting with babes online all day.
Luckyyyy! Thank you! 😆
Well done!
Thank you Lorin!
Man that was an awesome doc on the film
Thank you!
One of my favorite movies 🎬
When I first watched this movie, I thought it was the biggest waste of time I ever spent. But I just had to watch it again. And again, and again. Great movie!
Great movie. I remember very well when it came out and my friends and I loved it--for its quirkiness. Lots of comments about it being clean, which I also appreciate very much. Too bad J. Hess didn't stay with that strategy, as we will notice in his movies like Gentlemen Broncos. In that movie much of the Napoleon Dynamite innocence is missing. Case in point: the antagonist's pension for altering character names into those that allude to a specific body part. Hess also wove several "adult" themes into the story. Looks like he chucked the clean humor strategy.
I truly love this movie.i have to see it at least once every year
It’s good for the soul.
I discovered ND on DVD at a friend's home the movie had me from the first frame. I love the quirky theme music
I love the music too!
I had no idea they both had twin brothers
It was surreal to find that out.
A masterpiece
I truly love this movie. There's something so pure and innocent about it.
Next to true romance it's one of the best movies. Especially for quoting
I’m from Jacksonville IL and this movie came out while I lived in Murrayville IL lol
I love this movie cause it feels nostalgic even though I only first watched it a couple years ago
This film made the 80's cool again.
I still love the 80’s
Whatever I feel like, GOSH.
I walked into flight deck control aboard USS Iwo Jima. This was on the TV. I watched for a few minutes and asked aloud, "Just what is this supposed to be?" One of my petty officers said, "Senior, just imagine you're a 15 year old boy. Enjoy." I've enjoyed the movie many times since. Thank you, Petty Officer McDonald.
That's one of the most original personal stories about how someone was introduced to Napoleon Dynamite I've ever heard. Thank you for sharing this.
Wait...theres a post credit wedding seen...
Yep 😎
Yup word of mouth was huge! My mom was a waiteress in 2004 and Napoleon dynamite was all peoples would talk about
One of my favorite films.
Same here. It has huge re-watch value.
Haven't seen it since it came out, maybe I should rewatch it or something...
love it
The fact that the producers brother just gave them 200,000$ dollars and just said 'have fun and make a good movie' is freaking awesome lol.
Now that’s a good brother.
I think i saw this on HBO soon after it came out, my family loved it.
😂😂 9:28 “you here that jessi, you wouldn’t stahpp!” Had me laughing! But yea everyone left and right was quoting the movie.
😆 it was an epidemic there for a while.
Along with The Spectacular Now, the greatest movie ever made about teenagers.
Somme Twins Twins!
Same I grew up in a small city.
👋 Small town folk in the house
What Hollywood don’t understand is low budget film doesn’t mean suck… and if you you take too much control over the film will make it suck.. if you allow the film crew to do what they want.. it could be a success Friday and napoleon dynamite is a perfect example for this.
So true. Too many interfering studio peeps these days. Just let the artist do what they have to do. That’s how we get original gems like Friday and Napoleon Dynamite.
@@ScottyDunn and Clerks.
that twin brother impersonation story is almost word for word identical to the Gallagher story with his twin.
Crazy stuff!
Crazy stuff!
And of course, what guy didn't fall in love with Deb and her super cute ponytails! ❤️❤️
Deb for the win.
Pretty close to where I live. Just went there, all the houses, school etc. all about the same still.
It’s cool to know that it’s all basically the same. Would love to visit some of the sites some day.
20 years later and I’m still quoting the one liners…
😆
I was online chatting with babes when I saw one of the clips with the so-long phone cord- I had to bow to my Sensei!
I love this movie so much♡
Me too!
Wait is no one else completely baffled when he said it took 2 DAYS to film this masterpiece?! The not-costing-that-much money bit is a bit less surprising, but 2 days seems like an exaggeration, there are so many different locations, actors, and
Ohhhhh nevermind this was a shorter version that preceded the full Napoleon Dynamite
Great flick but this was not a blockbuster, as the title implies. And - EXCELLENT work on this vid!!!! Sweet. It’s awesome. Incredible
Thanks for watching, David!
Just a note that has nothing to do with the movie "Uncle Rico" is in another hilarious movie from the 80s "Real Genious" with Val Kilmer.
Uncle Rico is Gregg from White Lotus! I knew he’s face is familiar
I keep hearing about that show, gonna have to check it out. Especially if Uncle Rico is in it!
The most famous dude from our class. You go bro! I'm gunning for #2. Let's do this !
Mad respect
Go Saxons!
Oh cool you went to school with Jon?
@@ScottyDunn yup. Known him and his bro for 35 years
@@derpsauce719 that’s cool!
Wonderful movie
A documentary about an Idaho documentary. How Appropriate.
BYU film students are tough. I am one, and I have made 7 feature films so far.
Shout out to BYU, they helped make one of my favorite movies 🍿 Cheers to your 7 feature films by the way. That’s awesome.
realsociety on youtube sounds like a passion project waiting to be like this some day loved the video
Thank you!
NEED MORE TOTS
😎🥔 next time we see each other we’ll eat some flipping sweet tots!
Okay I need a picture of Pedro and his brother with the singer from lacuna coil, they have an Italian triplet brother lol
Lol
@@ScottyDunn look him up man tell me they don't look very similar lol
@@boa2143658709 there are similarities…😆
Vote For Pedro shirts were everywhere in 2004
They must’ve made bank on those. It was a legit phenomenon.
Dont think something like this can be replicated
In 2016 I went on this crazy road trip with some girl I met through skateboarding. We drove from Iowa to Seattle, then down to San Francisco, making many stops to skate along the way.
On the way back home we drove up through southern Idaho and decided to stop in Preston. Of course we had to see Napoleon's house. It was funny. We got some photos and signed the guestbook. My friend took a leak in the grassy ditch on the side of the road. That spot is visible in the cow shooting scene.
After that we went to a few more locations and finally Pedro's house. The woman who lived there was outside and welcomed us to town. She took photos of us on our phones and told us how some neighborhood kids had recreated the bike jump scene two weeks prior. The best part is that woman was wearing a "vote for Pedro" shirt. I'm pretty sure there's a news clip on here about that town and the movie and she's in it. Photos are on my Instagram (mike_hellstrom) for proof.
My sisters always joked that the movie was secretly about me because I had hair like Napoleon and always said things like "gosh" and "fine". The first time we saw the movie was in a hotel in New York City on Christmas day 2004 (or 2005, I forget which). I still remember my sisters cracking up when Napoleon first spoke during the opening bus scene. Years later I later found a very Napoleonesque photo of me in the DVD case for the movie. Wonderful.
Anyway, your video is great. I'm definitely more of a horror movie guy nowadays but _Napoleon Dynamite_ still brings back a lot of sweet memories.
First of all, your road trip sounds epic. And the fact that the lady was wearing a Vote for Pedro t-shirt blows my mind. So cool. Thank you for sharing this. It put a smile on my face. And thanks for watching as well 😎
In my opinion, I like how most big budget films that came after had tried to capture the same style of Napoleon just didn't quite hit the mark.
Yeah they captured lightning in a bottle.
Such as?
No mention of Haylie Duff at all. lol
Yeah I liked the part where she was a cashier at King's. There used to be King's stores in lots of towns in Idaho, but they're all gone now. I used to ride my bike to downtown Caldwell and buy candy and stuff at King's.
When this movie came out I refused to see it bc people wouldn’t shut up about it, it was everywhere, people quoted it incessantly etc just like it says in this video. I have a real kneejerk reaction to things I feel are being shoved in my face all the time. Didn’t actually see it until about I want to say three years ago, and now it’s in my top couple movies of all time.
I can relate to this. I hate when marketing is relentless to the point where it's obnoxious. I like to watch or listen to things at my own pace.
Uncle Rico was " closet guy" in real genuis
I was in thos movie. Message me if you have questions, but I was an extra. I had conversations with almost all of the cast and used to have one of the vote for summer posters they put on the lockers. Anyway, my 5 minutes of fame I guess.
That’s awesome! What a cool experience that you were a part of this classic.
Love this movie, watch it all the time. Just wish they'd made a part 2, we all need to know what happened after the wedding
Who knows they might still do one.
@@ScottyDunn who do qe talk too? 😆 I need answers to lingering questions 😆
Such a funny movie
Never fails to make me laugh or smile.
This film shows what good writing can achieve. Too bad Hollywood thinks a substandard script with big names is enough. For example look at the latest GeorgeClooney and Julia Robert’s film, TICKET TO PARADISE. What junk filmmaking and the budget was no doubt a 100 times that of Napoleon Dynamite
Yep. Script is key.
Rip the term "home video"
The term home video gives me the warm and fuzzies
I have an idea for a movie I’d like to make based on a middle aged guy who has delivered pizza for most of his adult life, much like my life. Now if my life was less complicated I could sit down and write it then look for people to work with me and make it.
I have had a lot of different delivery jobs over the years. There are some good stories that come out of delivery work.
The animated series was amazing. Still bitter they cancelled it
Yeah I feel ya. I bought it on digital when it first came out and revisit it from time to time. It’s cozy and I like the drawing style.
@@ScottyDunn the drawing style was great, really refreshing and even today it still feels fresh to watch. I miss it. Fox really screwed us all over for cancelling it. Kinda reminds me of the way Clerks animated was cancelled when it was so good too