Zoolander

Theatrical Release Date: 2001 09 28 (USA)

UPC: 097363373742

Studio: Paramount

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Questionable for Children, Sexual Situations, Drug Content]

Summary: 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. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Features: Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs
Dolby Digital: English 5.1 Surround, English Dolby Surround, French Dolby Surround
English subtitles
Interactive menus
Scene selection
Commentary by Ben Stiller and writers Drake Sather & John Hamburg
5 deleted scenes with commentary by Ben Stiller
5 extended scenes with commentary by Ben Stiller
Outtakes
2 original skits from the VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards, 1996-1997
Music video: "Start the Commotion" by the Wiseguys
Promotional spots
Photo galleries
Alternate end title sequence

Zoolander

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 03/12/2002

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 89 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
0. Scene Selection
1. An Empty Vessel [:15]
2. Blue Steel [:12]
3. Fashion Awards [:13]
4. "Who Am I?" [:20]
5. Brint, Rufus and Meekus [1:46]
6. Eugoogoly [:52]
7. Balls Models [1:10]
8. Coal Mining Country, Southern New Jersey [2:43]
9. Maury Calls Mugatu [3:53]
10. Working for the Weekend [1:48]
11. "Who's Winning the Match?" [:02]
12. The New Face of Derelicte [3:07]
13. Relax [2:23]
14. "I Was at a Daiye Spa" [1:55]
15. Archie and Matilda on the Case [1:20]
16. "Dere-lick My Balls" [1:04]
17. The Walk Off [:45]
18. "I'm Not an Ambi-turner" [2:45]
19. World's Greatest Hand Model [4:24]
20. Hansel's Loft [1:47]
21. In the Soil Room [2:48]
22. "Thanks for the Freakfest" [2:36]
23. Breaking Into Balls [:03]
24. Man and Machine [:36]
25. Archie Knows the Trigger [4:06]
26. The Derelicte Show [:33]
27. "They're Breakdance Fighting" [4:01]
28. "Where Did All the Files Go?" [:02]
29. "Magnum!" [1:14]
30. Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good [5:51]

Perry Seibert

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. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: David Bowie  Actor 
Billy Zane  Actor 
Paris Hilton  Actor 
Justin Timberlake  Actor 
Eve Salvail  Actor 
Natalie Portman  Actor 
Scott Rudin  Producer 
Ben Stiller  Director 
Ben Stiller  Producer 
Ben Stiller  Screenwriter 
Lauren Zalaznick  Executive Producer 
David Arnold  Composer (Music Score) 
Stuart Cornfeld  Producer 
Adam Schroeder  Executive Producer 
John Hamburg  Screenwriter 
BT  Composer (Music Score) 
Joel Gallen  Executive Producer 
Drake Sather  Screenwriter 
Ben Stiller  Actor 
Owen Wilson  Actor 
Will Ferrell  Actor 
Christine Taylor  Actor 
Milla Jovovich  Actor 
Jerry Stiller  Actor 
Jon Voight  Actor 
David Duchovny  Actor 
Judah Friedlander  Actor 
Nathan Lee Graham  Actor 
Alexandre Manning  Actor 
Asio Highsmith  Actor 
Alexander Skarsgård  Actor 

Country: USA