Napoleon Dynamite is the feature film debut of director Jared Hess, based on his earlier short film, Peluca. Napoleon was filmed in the summer of 2003 in and around Preston, Idaho.

It made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004 and was released to theaters in June 2004. It won Best Feature Film at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival the same year. The film's budget was only $100,000. When they were sold to a professional company with advertising they gave them another $100,000 to shoot a wedding scene at the end of the movie. The DVD was released on December 21, 2004.

"Sounds from Napoleon Dynamite" NAPOLEON DYNAMITE    01 | "Eat the food!" | (151k)    02 | "don't feel very good..." | (75k)    03 | "Flippin'!" | (317k)    04 | "Tina, come get some ham." | (18k)    05 | "...give me some..." | (160k)    06 | "Do you ride the bus...?" | (194k)    07 | "Lucky." | (9k)    08 | "...my numb chucks..." | (120k)    09 | "...pick me up?" | (484k)    10 | "...sweet jumps?" | (26k)    11 | "...think your fat?" | (99k)    12 | "What the flip?" | (30k)    13 | "...with a bowstaff." | (83k)    14 | "...hunting wolverines." | (194k)    15 | "worst day ever." | (38k)    16 | "Dang!" | (7k) KIP    17 | "...how long you talkin' about workin'?" | (417k)    18 | "...chatting online with babes." | (430k)    19 | "Pretty cool, I guess." | (235k)    20 | "...you and Tammy still together?" | (187k)    21 | "...we chat online for about 2 hours..." | (132k) PEDRO    17 | "Build her a cake or something." | (241k)    18 | "I like her bangs." | (310k)    19 | "...you got my back? What?" | (121k)    20 | "...gonna eat your tots? No." | (70k) REX    17 | "Bow to your SenSei!" | (28k)    18 | Rex's Commercial | (241k)    19 | "...grab my arm." | (159k)    20 | "go home to Starla at night?" | (112k)    17 | "I want you to kick me..." | (140k)    18 | "For only $300..." | (127k)    19 | "watchin' your back, at all times." | (76k)    20 | "Take a look at what I'm wearin'..." | (174k)