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  • Sweet! Preston (Idaho) now reigns as geek-chic capital (Napoleon Dynamite Alert)

    03/04/2005 7:28:44 AM PST · by Dr. Zzyzx · 84 replies · 5,645+ views
    Deseret Morning News ^ | 3.4.05 | Rebecca Boone
          PRESTON, Idaho — Talk to a Preston resident for any length of time and you're likely to hear the town's new mantra:       "There's a little bit of Napoleon in all of us," says lifelong resident Thedora Petterborg. "Who hasn't felt like that once in a while?"       It's been several months since Napoleon Dynamite became America's favorite nerd. The movie, written and directed by freshman filmmaker Jared Hess and based in Preston, was a surprise success, grossing $44.5 million in the United States and gaining near cult status with December's release on...