At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
- Awards
- 1 win & 11 nominations
- Brint
- (as Alexander Manning)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDerek's repetition of the line "But why male models?" for the second time, in the cemetery scene, was an ad-lib by the actors; Ben Stiller forgot his line and simply repeated the earlier line again, and David Duchovny ran with it and gave him a straight answer.
- GoofsA large premise of the movie is that Zoolander is unable to turn left, but he is seen doing that several times in the film: When Maury calls out to Derek at the red carpet for the award show; during the award show's montage (although this could be explained as the footage being flipped); when startled by J.P. Prewitt in the cemetery; when leaving the cemetery; and when Derek finishes talking to Matilda on the Walkie Talkie in Maury's office he turned left to go back to helping Hansel look for the computer files.
- Quotes
Derek Zoolander: Rufus, Brint, and Meekus were like brothers to me. And when I say brother, I don't mean, like, an actual brother, but I mean it like the way black people use it. Which is more meaningful I think.
Derek Zoolander: If there is anything that this horrible tragedy can teach us, it's that a male model's life is a precious, precious commodity. Just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features, it doesn't mean that we too can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident.
- Alternate versionsThe original theatrical version included a goat in the orgy scene. (The goat can be seen, briefly, the morning after).
- ConnectionsEdited from VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards (2000)
- SoundtracksRelax
by Peter Gill, Holly Johnson (as William Johnson) & Mark O'Toole
Performed by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Courtesy of ZTT Records Ltd. and Courtesy of Universal Records
By Arrangement with Universal Music Enterprises
The plot? Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) is a washed-up model who has been brainwashed to kill a foreign Prime Minister. Sound stupid? That's because it's supposed to be. We have a handful of male models, all of them with IQs lower than their body fat percentage, and all of them getting into situations that they are not mentally equipped for.
You can't watch "Zoolander" for its story or its characters, you can only watch it for its inane humour. And the fact that these are men being shown off as models and not women.
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Derek Zoolander
- Filming locations
- Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA(coal mine scenes)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $28,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $45,172,250
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,525,043
- Sep 30, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $60,780,981
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1