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Posted by: Matt Baumann
Thanks to: Matt Baumann
16 July 2006 - 7:00am

A small town in Idaho is looking to capitalize on the success of a cult film by drawing more visitors.

Preston, Idaho, the location for the 2004 cult movie "Napoleon Dynamite" and hometown to the film's husband and wife writers and director, has been host to an annual Napoleon Dynamite festival that attracts hundreds of the films fans.

Following in the footsteps of other small towns featured in Hollywood movies, Preston is building a tourism industry based on the film's popularity.

Meanwhile, locals wonder if this is how they want to be defined.

Full Story: Rural Idaho Town Seeks to Turn Film's Cult Status Into Prosperity
Source: The New York Times, July 8, 2006
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