Success is frickin' hard

Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite
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Chris "Doc" Wyatt and Sean Covel wanted to make little movies when they graduated from film school. They did make a little movie - it's called Napoleon Dynamite - but somehow it became a huge hit. So how do you follow up on that success? They're producers, and like all producers they told Mary Lucia that they're always looking for a good story.

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