At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
- Awards
- 1 win & 11 nominations
- Brint
- (as Alexander Manning)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDerek's repetition of the line "But why male models?" for the second time, in the cemetery scene, was an ad-lib by the actors; Ben Stiller forgot his line and simply repeated the earlier line again, and David Duchovny ran with it and gave him a straight answer.
- GoofsA large premise of the movie is that Zoolander is unable to turn left, but he is seen doing that several times in the film: When Maury calls out to Derek at the red carpet for the award show; during the award show's montage (although this could be explained as the footage being flipped); when startled by J.P. Prewitt in the cemetery; when leaving the cemetery; and when Derek finishes talking to Matilda on the Walkie Talkie in Maury's office he turned left to go back to helping Hansel look for the computer files.
- Quotes
Derek Zoolander: Rufus, Brint, and Meekus were like brothers to me. And when I say brother, I don't mean, like, an actual brother, but I mean it like the way black people use it. Which is more meaningful I think.
Derek Zoolander: If there is anything that this horrible tragedy can teach us, it's that a male model's life is a precious, precious commodity. Just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features, it doesn't mean that we too can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident.
- Alternate versionsThe original theatrical version included a goat in the orgy scene. (The goat can be seen, briefly, the morning after).
- ConnectionsEdited from VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards (2000)
- SoundtracksRelax
by Peter Gill, Holly Johnson (as William Johnson) & Mark O'Toole
Performed by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Courtesy of ZTT Records Ltd. and Courtesy of Universal Records
By Arrangement with Universal Music Enterprises
No, it's not an oscar winning comedy, most aren't. It's not an intelligent look at real-life, it's not the greatest storyline driven kind of movie, and it doesn't have top notch acting. But it's incredibly funny, especially the DVD. The DVD is filled with so many extra goodies, it's worth getting. The movie is filled with cameos like David Bowie, Paris Hilton, Billy Zane, AH! There are so many, you just have to see the list yourself.
Rent or buy it, and leave your brain on the table next to the popcorn. Because there's more to life then being really, really, ridiculously smart.
- silentcheesedude
- Jun 27, 2004
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Derek Zoolander
- Filming locations
- Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA(coal mine scenes)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $28,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $45,172,250
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,525,043
- Sep 30, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $60,780,981
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1