Zoolander is a 2001 American satirical comedy film directed by and starring Ben Stiller. The film contains elements from a pair of short films directed by Russell Bates and written by Drake Sather and Stiller for the VH1 Fashion Awards television specials in 1996 and 1997. The short films and the movie feature Derek Elijah Zoolander, a dimwitted male model played by Ben Stiller. The film involves Zoolander becoming a pawn in a plot to assassinate the Prime Minister of Malaysia by corrupt fashion executives. The dim-witted but good-natured Derek Zoolander is ousted as the top male fashion... model by the rising star, Hansel , and his reputation is further tarnished by a critical article from journalist Matilda Jeffries . After his three flatmates and colleagues are killed in a "freak gasoline-fight accident", Derek announces his retirement from modeling and attempts to reconnect with his father Larry and brothers by helping in the coal mines. Derek's delicate methods make him an impractical miner, and his family rejects him.
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| Release date: | September 28, 2001 |
| Directed by: | Ben Stiller |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 89 Minutes |
| Producer: | Scott Rudin, Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld |
| Editor: | Greg Hayden |
| Music by: | David Arnold |
| Cinematography: | Barry Peterson |
| Screenplay by: | Ben Stiller, Drake Sather, John Hamburg |
| Estimated budget: | $28,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |