9 Sweet Napoleon Dynamite Facts Before the 19th Anniversary Premier in Boise

What started out as a project created by two students at Utah's Brigham Young University has turned into one of the biggest cult classics of all time. The 19th anniversary of Napoleon Dynamite, the film that put Pedro, Chapstick, tater tots, and a moody llama named Tina on the map, is fast approaching!

A lot of people seem to forget that Jon Heder thrust Idaho into the spotlight four years ahead of Aaron Paul in his break-out role as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad.

Whether or not they'll admit it as freely as they will for Aaron Paul, most Idahoans claim a curly-headed geek named Napoleon Dynamite as one of their own.

Why? Well, if you didn't know, Napoleon Dynamite was filmed about four-and-a-half hours outside of Boise in the small town of Preston, Idaho. And it was no accident that the movie was filmed in the Gem State. Actually, Jared Hess, the director of Napoleon Dynamite, had one very special reason for shooting the film here that we'll get to asap in the gallery below!

To celebrate the 19th anniversary, we thought we'd bust a sweet move in a gallery of fun facts about Preston, Idaho's very own Napoleon Dynamite ahead of it's 19th anniversary premier at the Egyptian Theater!