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| Directed by | Ben Stiller |
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| Based on | Characters created by Drake Sather Ben Stiller |
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| Cinematography | Barry Peterson |
| Edited by | Greg Hayden |
| Music by | David Arnold |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 89 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $28 million[2][3] |
| Box office | $60.8 million[2] |
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.
A satire on the fashion industry, the film follows fashion model Derek Zoolander (Stiller) who is tricked by fashion mogul Jacobim Mugatu (Ferrell) to assassinate the Prime Minister of Malaysia, whose progressive laws on the fashion industry would harm his businesses. The film received generally positive reviews and 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
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- ^ "'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.