We’re still in denial that it’s been 19 years since Napoleon Dynamite debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. Almost two decades later, Idaho still loves the coming-of-age indie flick!
The goofy and silly cult classic got a lot of attention. As it turns out pretty much the entire movie was filmed in Preston, Idaho. Something that the town is obviously proud of. The Napoleon Dynamite movie cost about $400,000 to make and made over $44 million just in the United States.
This has become a heated online debate in 2021... Is Idaho's Napoleon Dynamite a cult classic? Napoleon Dynamite himself, actor Jon Heder, weighs in...