Did you guys realize that Napoleon Dynamite is an old pseudonym of Elvis Costello. He used it in the credits of Blood & Chocolate. Is 24-year-old writer/director/Mormon Jared Hess a big Elvis fan? Actually no, learns Entertainment Weekly: Jared Hess: Two days before the end of shooting, a high-school-age extra asks, "This is based on the Elvis Costello alias, right?" ...