Zoolander

Zoolander is a 2001 American 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 film itself feature a dimwitted male model named Derek Zoolander (a play on the names of Dutch model Mark Vanderloo and American model Johnny Zander), played by Stiller. The film involves Zoolander becoming a pawn in a plot to assassinate the Prime Minister of Malaysia by corrupt fashion executives.

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Directed by	Ben Stiller
Produced by	Scott Rudin Ben Stiller Stuart Cornfeld
Screenplay by	Drake Sather Ben Stiller John Hamburg
Story by	Drake Sather Ben Stiller
Starring	Ben Stiller Owen Wilson Will Ferrell Christine Taylor Milla Jovovich Jerry Stiller David Duchovny Jon Voight
Music by	David Arnold
Cinematography	Barry Peterson
Editing by	Greg Hayden
Studio	Village Roadshow Pictures VH1 Films NPV Entertainment Red Hour Films Scott Rudin Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	September 28, 2001
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$28 million
Box office	$60,780,981