Zoolander

Director: Ben Stiller Ben Stiller

Overview

Comic actor Ben Stiller co-wrote, directed, and stars in this spoof of the fashion industry that began as a short skit for the 1996 VH1 Fashion Awards. Stiller is Derek Zoolander, an intellectually challenged but bone structure-blessed male model who's despondent after being eclipsed in popularity by an equally vacuous rival, Hansel (Owen Wilson). Upon his reluctant retirement, Derek is invited to a day spa by previously standoffish fashion designer Jacobim Mugatu (Will Ferrell), where the befuddled model is brainwashed by the mysterious Katinka (Milla Jovovich) into assassinating the prime minister of Malaysia. In addition to Stiller's real-life wife Christine Taylor, Zoolander co-stars his father Jerry Stiller, along with Jon Voight, David Duchovny, Andy Dick, and Fabio.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/26/2015
UPC:	0032429222336
Original Release:	2001
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	PARAMOUNT
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:29:00
Sales rank:	6,975

Special Features

Closed Caption; Commentary By Ben Stiller and writers Drake Sather & John Hamburg; 5 deleted scenes with commentary from Ben Stiller; 5 Extended scenes with commentary from Ben Stiller; Outtakes; VH1 Fashion Awards skits; Music video - "Start the Commotion" - by the Wiseguys; Promotional spots; Photo galleries; Alternate end title sequence

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ben Stiller	Derek Zoolander,Maury Ballstein,Hansel's Posse Member
Owen Wilson	Hansel,Hansel's Corner Guy
Will Ferrell	Jacobim Mugatu
Christine Taylor	Matilda Jeffries
Milla Jovovich	Katinka
David Duchovny	J.P. Prewitt
Jon Voight	Larry Zoolander
Alexander Manning	Brint,Brint
Nathan Lee Graham	Todd
Asio Highsmith	Rufus
Judah Friedlander	Scrappy Zoolander
Woodrow Asai	Prime Minister of Malaysia
Donald Trump	Himself
Christian Slater	Himself
Tom Ford	Himself
Cuba Gooding Jr.	Himself
Steve Kmetko	Himself
Tommy Hilfiger	Himself
Natalie Portman	Herself
Fabio	Himself
Lenny Kravitz	Himself
Gwen Stefani	Herself
Heidi Klum	Herself
DJ Mark Ronson	Himself
Paris Hilton	Herself
David Bowie	Himself
Tyson Beckford	Himself
Fred Durst	Himself
Lance Bass	Himself
Lil' Kim	Herself
Garry Shandling	Himself
Stephen Dorff	Himself
Sandra Bernhard	Herself
Claudia Schiffer	Herself
Veronica Webb	Herself,Derek Jr.
Lukas Haas	Himself
Carmen Kass	Herself
Frankie Rayder	Herself
Little Kingz	Themselves
Matt Levin	Archie
Justin Theroux	Evil DJ
Andy Dick	Olga the Masseuse
Vikram	Hansel's Posse Member
Kashana	Hansel's Posse Member
Jonah Luber	Hansel's Posse Member
Michael McAlpin	Hansel's Posse Member
Eve Salvail	Hansel's Posse Member
Shavo Odadjian	Hansel's Posse Member
Eliot Johnson	Hansel's Posse Member
Richard Gladys	Hansel's Posse Member
John Vargas	Italian Designer
Jennifer Coolidge	American Designer
Tony Kanal	French Designer
Endre Hules	German Designer
Nora Dunn	British Designer
Kiva	Mugatu's Dog
Kahlua	Coal Mine Tavern Dog
Ric Pipino	Derek's Interview Hairstylist
Jennifer McComb	Mugatu Model
Johann Urb	Mugatu Bodyguard
Luc Commeret	Mugatu Bodyguard
Herb Lieberz	Time Magazine Reader
Colin McNish	Night Club Security
Darren Copeland	Night Club Security
Richard Stanley	Night Club Bouncer
Shabazz Richardson	Night Club Bouncer
Rohan Quine	Night Club Bouncer
Svetlana	Billy Zane's Date
Eric Winzenried	Rico
Charles Brame	Abraham Lincoln
James Marsden	John Wilkes Booth
Rudy Segura	JFK Assassin
Randall Slavin	JFK Assassin
Patton Oswalt	Monkey Photographer
Irina Pantaeva	Irina
Stan Chu	Sherpa
Kum Ming Ho	Climber
Theo Kogan	Cool Tattoo Girl
Lam Bor	Dalai Lama Guy
Angel 11:11	Funky Loft Guest
Luther Creek	Funky Loft Guest
Dechen Thurman	Funky Loft Guest
Kenny Max	Funky Loft Guest
Kina	Ennui
David Pressman	Maori Tribesman
Godfrey	Janitor Derek
Taj Crown	Janitor Hansel
Richie Rich	Derelicte Doorman
King	Derelicte Bouncer
Frederic Fekkai	Derek's Derelicte Hairstylist
Kevyn Aucoin	Derek's Derelicte Makeup Artist
Alexander Skarsgård	Meekus
Boris Kachscovsky	Zoolander Center Student
Mitch Winston	Infomercial Director
Scott Strasbaugh	Himself (Little Kingz)
Alexa Nikolas	Story Hour Girl
Anne Meara	Heckler
Vince Vaughn	Actor
Billy Zane	Himself
Justin Timberlake	Himself
Janeane Garofalo	Actor
David Arnold	Composer
BT	Composer

Technical Credits

Ben Stiller

Drake Sather

John Hamburg

Ben Stiller	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Drake Sather	Screenwriter
John Hamburg	Screenwriter
Juel Bestrop	Casting
Kathleen Chopin	Casting
Stuart Cornfeld	Producer,Director
Joel Gallen	Executive Producer,Producer
Steve Kirshoff	Special Effects
Brad Martin	Stunts
Jeanne McCarthy	Casting
Alison O'Brien	Special Effects
Scott Rudin	Producer,Director
Adam Schroeder	Executive Producer,Producer
Lauren Zalaznick	Executive Producer,Producer
John C. Hartigan	Special Effects
Jeffrey Lee Gibson	Stunts
Bob Baron	Sound Effects
Celia Costas	Director

Editorial Reviews

Reality Bites, an attempt to summarize a generation, and The Cable Guy, which attempted to make a grand statement about the dangers of television, were uneven films that displayed a talented filmmaker whose reach exceeded his grasp. Zoolander finds director Ben Stiller poking fun at the world of fashion models. While it is fair to argue that so simple a target should be child's play for a talented comedian, Stiller finds just enough variations on the vapid, shallow people that populate this world to keep things running smoothly for the film's running time. His ace in the hole is Owen Wilson. Wilson's performance as Zoolander's archrival Hansel (who looks like Roger Daltrey wishes he looked in Tommy) manages to be just enough like Zoolander to show that they are birds of a feather, but different enough to show the variations on the comedic elements that make up these two characters. Stiller and Wilson successfully find different ways to use their voices to humorously express the stupidity of the characters, while simultaneously mining the physical comedy that results from mocking the preening posture and movements of male models to add to the comedy. Their ten-minute "walk-off" (the fashion world equivalent of the rumble in West Side Story) is as funny as anything else Stiller or Wilson has done. Stiller has finally found, in the superficial world of famous beautiful people, a subject he knows well enough to satirize completely, pointedly, and even a tad lovingly.