Preston, Idaho Seeks to Turn Film’s Cult Status Into Prosperity. "Vote for Pedro"

The Big J Burger on State Street here could hardly be mistaken for a hip Hollywood club. But on Saturday afternoon, a 16-year-old wearing moon boots and a T-shirt with the slogan "Vote for Pedro" jumped out of his seat and began mixing it up on an improvised dance floor. With a boom box blaring behind him, he shimmied between the restaurant’s tables to the 1999 dance hit "Canned Heat" while more than 100 people whooped and cheered.

Bryan Demke, a Napoleon Dynamite impersonator, did an impromptu dance at the Big J Burger in Preston, Idaho, on Saturday.

The dancer, Bryan Demke, from Fort Worth, was recreating a pivotal moment from the 2004 cult movie "Napoleon Dynamite" which was filmed in Preston. And the crowd attending the second annual Napoleon Dynamite festival loved it. "You rock!" shouted a young girl, raising her cellphone to take a picture. "I love you, Napoleon!" added another, blowing the dancer a kiss.

By LAURA M. HOLSON

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