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Article: He doesn't have a `Napoleon' complex ; Director digs into his love of sci-fi for his latest movie
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 8, 2009
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Director Jared Hess wasn't expecting much when "Napoleon
Dynamite" was submitted to the Sundance Film Festival against his
will in 2004. But the little indie film that could was picked up by
Fox, and took in more than $44 million on a roughly $400,000 budget.
Hess, 30, tackled the strange world of Mexican wrestling in
"Nacho Libre" (2006). Now he's exploring the many oddities of
science fiction in "Gentlemen Broncos," which opened in Boston on
Friday. The film features Jemaine Clement as Ronald Chevalier, a
science fiction writer who steals a story about a bearded spaceman
(Sam Rockwell) from a younger writer (Michael Angarano). Absurdities
ensue.
Last month, Hess came to Boston to promote ...