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Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   62,871 votes
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Director:

Ben Stiller

Writers (WGA):

Drake Sather (character Derek Zoolander) &
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Contact:

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Release Date:

28 September 2001 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery more

Tagline:

3% Body Fat. 1% Brain Activity.

Plot:

At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia. full summary | full synopsis

Awards:

1 win & 9 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(145 articles)

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User Comments:

Man It's Exhausting more (484 total)


Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Derek Zoolander (USA) (working title)
Zoolander (Germany)
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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 on appeal for sexual content and drug references.

Runtime:

89 min

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (original rating) | Singapore:(Banned) (original rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | USA:PG-13 (re-rating after appeal) | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (original rating) | Australia:PG (TV rating) | Brazil:12 | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Nova Scotia) | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Iceland:L | Ireland:15 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Netherlands:MG6 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

When Derek and Matilda are looking for a place to hide, Matilda suddenly stops the car because a bus is passing by. When Derek sees that the bus has a billboard of Hansel on it, he says "I hate Hansel! Hansel, Hansel! Everywhere I look! Hansel!" This is a reference to Jan Brady's cries of "Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!" on "The Brady Bunch" (1969)'. Also, Christine Taylor played Marsha in The Brady Bunch Movie (1995). more

Goofs:

Continuity: When Derek is forced to hide out at Hansel's place, Hansel's blue circular necklace jumps about between shots. more

Quotes:

[first lines]
(Announcer): And here in Malaysia, there is an almost overwhelming sense of euphoria as the newly-elected prome minister has given this nation a gift of hope promising to raise the substandard minimum wage and end child labor once and for all. Already considered a living saint he has become this small country's greatest hope for a thriving future in the new millennium.
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Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) (TV) more

Soundtrack:

Sugar Rush more


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41 out of 64 people found the following comment useful.
Man It's Exhausting, 22 April 2005
7/10
Author: daveisit from Melbourne, Australia

Derek (Ben Stiller) and Hansel (Owen Wilson) are the worlds greatest two models. And nobody in the world could play them quite like Stiller and Wilson. Stiller was also a writer and the director of Zoolander and knows how to put together a movie.

While the movie often focuses on Derek and Hansel out modelling each other, I believe the real contest was off screen being played out on screen between the two. This being who could play the more sarcastic and larger than life model. Stiller may win this, but the sheer arrogance of Wilson's on screen demeanor tips the scale in his favour for me. When the two work together they are up there with the great duo's of comedy.

This is far from Stiller's best work however, moving along a little too slowly at times. Having said this it is still well worth a look and should give you plenty of laughs providing you appreciate the Stiller Wilson combo.

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