Spoiler alert, he still doesn’t throw a football over them mountains. The campus of the University of Montana may not be the first place people would expect a rally for the indie cult classic film that even now has people wishing they could Vote For Pedro instead of their real candidates.Īnd yet, hundreds of people packed a sold-out Dennison Theatre to listen to the hilarious reminiscences of Napoleon Dynamite himself (Jon Heder) along with his best friend Pedro Sanchez (Efren Ramirez) and Uncle Rico (Jon Gries). It’s been two decades since a quirky, low-budget student film made all of our wildest dreams come true, and to mark the occasion, dozens of Napoleons, Pedros, Kips, Uncle Ricos - and even a couple masters of Rex Kwon Do - rode their llamas here Friday to celebrate all things “Napoleon Dynamite.”
