Zoolander

Zoolander
Zoolander
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ben Stiller
Screenplay by	Drake Sather; Ben Stiller; John Hamburg;
Story by	Drake Sather; Ben Stiller;
Based on	Characters created ; by Drake Sather ; Ben Stiller
Produced by	Scott Rudin; Ben Stiller; Stuart Cornfeld;
Starring	Ben Stiller; Owen Wilson; Will Ferrell; Christine Taylor; Milla Jovovich; Jerry Stiller; Jon Voight;
Cinematography	Barry Peterson
Edited by	Greg Hayden
Music by	David Arnold
Production; companies	Village Roadshow Pictures; VH1 Films; NPV Entertainment; Red Hour Productions; Scott Rudin Productions;
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	September 28, 2001;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$28 million
Box office	$60.8 million

Zoolander is a 2001 American comedy film directed by and starring Ben Stiller. The film contains elements from a pair of short films directed by Russell Bates and written by Drake Sather and Stiller for the VH1 Fashion Awards television specials in 1996 and 1997.^[4] It is the last film from Paramount Pictures with the involvement of Village Roadshow Pictures.

In the film, fashion mogul Jacobim Mugatu (Will Ferrell) and modeling agent Maury Ballstein (played by Stiller's father Jerry) are hired by other executives to assassinate the Prime Minister of Malaysia (Woodrow Asai), who will pass progressive laws that would harm their businesses. Mugatu and Ballstein plan to brainwash Ballstein's client, dimwitted supermodel Derek Zoolander (played by Stiller himself), into killing him. Meanwhile, Zoolander has several personal and career issues, including declining popularity, disappointment in his career choice from his family, and trying to find his true purpose which he suspects is not being a model. Through much research, journalist Matilda Jeffries (Christine Taylor) becomes aware of the planned assassination and informs Derek about it. After Derek reconciles with the competing male model Hansel McDonald (Owen Wilson), the three try to prevent the Prime Minister's assassination.

A satire on the fashion industry, the film was both a critical and box-office success. A sequel, Zoolander 2, was released in February 2016.^[5] An animated film, Zoolander: Super Model, was released on Netflix UK in August 2016.^[6]

^ "ZOOLANDER (12)". British Board of Film Classification. October 5, 2001. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Zoolander (2001) - Financial Information". The Numbers.
^ Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Morris, Daniel (March 8, 2023). "Film Talk: Looking Back – Hitting the catwalk with Zoolander". Express & Star. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
^ "'Zoolander 2' Coming February 2016". SlashFilm. March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
^ Hughes, Josiah (November 17, 2016). "Watch the Trailer for the 'Zoolander' Cartoon Movie". Exclaim. Retrieved August 19, 2016.

[1] "ZOOLANDER (12)". British Board of Film Classification. October 5, 2001. Retrieved December 27, 2014.

[numbers-2] "Zoolander (2001) - Financial Information". The Numbers.

[mojo-3] Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Morris-4] Morris, Daniel (March 8, 2023). "Film Talk: Looking Back – Hitting the catwalk with Zoolander". Express & Star. Retrieved April 9, 2023.

[zoo2-5] "'Zoolander 2' Coming February 2016". SlashFilm. March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.

[exclaim.ca-6] Hughes, Josiah (November 17, 2016). "Watch the Trailer for the 'Zoolander' Cartoon Movie". Exclaim. Retrieved August 19, 2016.

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