Where was Napoleon Dynamite filmed?
2004 film by Jared Hess
Napoleon Dynamite (2004) was filmed in Franklin County, Brigham Young University and Preston High School, 3 places named in its Wikipedia article, in United States. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as Idaho. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
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Places per Wikipedia's article
The article names 3 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Preston High School
🇺🇸 United States
high school in Idaho, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Franklin County
🇺🇸 United States
county in Idaho, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Brigham Young University
🇺🇸 United States
private research university in Provo, Utah, United States
“In 2002, Brigham Young University film students Jon Heder and Jared Hess collaborated on a class project; the result was a 9-minute short movie shot on black-and-white 16mm film entitled Peluca about a nerdy high school student named Seth.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Idaho, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: United States
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Napoleon Dynamite have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 3 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.