Whereas doing press for his newest movie, “Seven Cemeteries,” which hit screens in early October, Efren Ramirez is all the time requested about “Napoleon Dynamite.”

The affable co-star of the enduring cult movie has no drawback talking in regards to the film that launched his profession in 2004. “Journalists can’t assist however speak about ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ and I get it,” Ramirez stated. “I’ll all the time speak about it because it’s such a particular movie. Folks nonetheless need to see it and speak about it.”

That’s why “Napoleon Dynamite Stay,” a tour that includes the movie and the actors is on a nationwide jaunt, which stops Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, on the Englert Theatre in Iowa Metropolis. Ramirez, who performs Pedro Sanchez, and costars Jon Heder, the titular character and Jon Gries because the hilarious Uncle Rico, will wax in regards to the film and take questions from the viewers after a screening.

In case you go

What: Napoleon Dynamite Stay: twentieth 12 months Celebration

When: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7, 2024

The place: Englert Theatre, 221 E. Washington St., Iowa Metropolis

Price: $20, $34 and $44; $150 VIP

Tickets: (319) 688-2653, englert.org/occasions/

Particulars: A screening of the movie can be adopted by a dialogue with forged members Jon Heder, Jon Gries and Efren Ramirez

“We love speaking in regards to the film,” Ramirez stated. “We get pleasure from these excursions since we deal with this distinctive movie. A part of what I really like in regards to the movie and I believe the explanation so many individuals get pleasure from ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ is as a result of it’s all in regards to the story. There are not any particular results, there isn’t any inexperienced display screen. It’s a easy story about individuals making an attempt to determine life. I’ll cherish eternally that I used to be a part of this unbelievable film.”

The charming coming-of-age movie options Dynamite, a clumsy highschool pupil, who befriends an immigrant, Pedro, who runs for sophistication president. Dynamite additionally offers along with his quirky household. The low funds movie, which was made for $400,000, broke out after debuting on the Sundance Movie Pageant in 2004. The movie’s gross is greater than $46 million and has a legion of well-known followers.

“It was loopy seeing icons like Tom Cruise, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Denzel Washington carrying ‘Vote for Pedro’ shirts,” Ramirez stated. “They have been massive followers.”

“Napoleon Dynamite” is a basic buddy movie with a pair of buddies leaning on one another and rising. Ramirez was stunned and blown away when he first learn the script. “The movie jogged my memory of ‘Midnight Cowboy,’ Ramirez stated. ”Napoleon and Pedro assist one another out and allow one another to get by way of life.“

After which there are the character actors, similar to Uncle Rico and Kip, who’s Napoleon’s brother, who’s so odd that he makes his sibling look extroverted. “Once we have been making the movie we saved quoting our favourite strains from Kip and we additionally saved doing his mannerisms,” Ramirez stated. “It was an uncommon expertise making the film.”

It was so uncommon and low funds that the native bully performed himself within the movie and was paid in a singular method.

“The bully in ‘Napoleon Dynamite,’ who was the bully in actual life was given soda and potato chips to be within the movie,” Ramirez stated. “I’ve so many reminiscences of that film. It’s so nostalgic for me and the followers. Lots of them come out to the screenings carrying ‘Vote for Pedro’ shirts.”

So who ought to “Napoleon Dynamite” followers vote for within the presidential election?

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“Vote for anybody who will lead your coronary heart into goodness and lead with gentle, love, knowledge and hope,” Ramirez stated. “In the long run, you can not align your self with darkness. Simply be with the sunshine. That’s what Pedro would say.”

When the forged does the Q&A, there’s all the time a query in regards to the pivotal dance sequence Dynamite delivers.

“Folks need to know if what Jon did up on that stage was choreographed,” Ramirez stated. “He simply did what he wished and he kicked butt.”

The opposite massive query is that if there can be a sequel.

“Folks all the time ask for a follow-up to ‘Napoleon Dynamite,’” Ramirez stated. “That will or not be explored. It’s on the market within the universe. Folks need to see it however we’ll see what occurs.”

Pedro doesn’t exist with out the imaginative and prescient of writers Jared and Jerusha Hess.

“The characters have been all very particular,” Ramirez stated. “They know that world due to the place Jared grew up.”

The movie was shot in tiny Preston, Idaho, the place Jared Hess got here of age.

“The time we spent in Preston was superb,” Ramirez stated. “Who would guess that we’d nonetheless be speaking about ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ 20-years after the movie was launched?”