ZOOLANDER
Year: 2001
USA: Paramount Pictures
UK: UIP (UK)
Cast: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor, Will Ferrell, Jerry Stiller, Milla Jovovich, David Duchovny, Jon Voight, David Pressman, Matt Levin, Jules Asner, David Bowie, Andy Dick, Fabio, Cuba Gooding Jr, Paris Hilton, Steve Kmetko, Lenny Kravitz, Natalie Portman, Rohan Quine, Winona Ryder, Laura Salem, Alexander Skarsgård, Vince Vaughn, Melissa Wilder, Billy Zane
Director: Ben Stiller
Country: USA
UK: 89 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 on appeal for sexual content and drug references
UK Certificate: 12 contains moderate language and drug and sex references
USA Release Date: 28 September 2001
UK Release Date: 30 November 2001
Synopsis
"I'm pretty sure there's more to life than just being really, really good looking, and I plan on finding out what that is." What's the world's most famous male supermodel to do when he's dressed to kill and ready for action? How about stop an outrageous plot and become a model American hero!
Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) has faced off thousands of persistent paparazzi and defended his title of Male Model of the Year for three years running without even getting his hair mussed. But now the world's most famous supermodel is about to prove he's not just an ordinary really, really good looking stud in snakeskin, he is about to prove he's a hunk to be reckoned with when he faces off the evil fashion underworld and gives his millions of adoring fans a real reason to cheer.
Following the success of blockbuster comedies MEET THE PARENTS and THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, Ben Stiller now turns his attention to the fashion industry with ZOOLANDER, an original comedy based on a 1996 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards character he co-created with "MTV Movie Awards" writer/producer Drake Sather. Paramount Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures present in association with VH1 and NPV Entertainment, a Scott Rudin and Red Hour Production, A Ben Stiller Film, ZOOLANDER. Starring and directed by Ben Stiller, the film also stars Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor, Milla Jovovich, Jerry Stiller and Jon Voight. Produced by Scott Rudin, Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld, the screenplay is by Drake Sather & Ben Stiller and John Hamburg from a story by Drake Sather & Ben Stiller. Executive producers are Joel Gallen, Adam Schroeder and Lauren Zalaznick.
