WHY IT SHOULDN'T HAVE WORKED You mean besides its bizarre title, $400,000 budget, juvenile humor, and goofy lead character with a limited vocabulary and gaping stare?
WHY IT DID In hindsight, the jokes may have been childish, but Napoleon's PG rating meant it could play to a wide crowd (that ponied up $45 million). The film later caught fire on college campuses, where ''Vote for Pedro'' T-shirts are more popular than varsity letter jackets.
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