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Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Directed by Jared Hess
Starring Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries (x2), Aaron Ruell, Tina Majorino, Diedrich Bader (x3), Sandy Martin, Haylie Duff, Shondrella Avery, Trevor Snarr
Joining the long history of comedies in which every idiot you know does an impression of the main character (The Mask, Austin Powers, Forrest Gump, Borat, Caddyshack, Ace Ventura, and on and on), Napoleon Dynamite snuck onto the scene as a low-budget, indie, film festival darling and became a massive cult hit in the summer of 2004. This was another early relationship favorite here on Team Boots, so many of the endlessly quotable lines from this movie made it onto our mix CDs, discussed last week in #134 Wedding Crashers. “What are you going to do today, Napoleon?” Classic!
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