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{{short description|2001 film by Ben Stiller}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Zoolander
| image          = Movie poster zoolander.jpg
| alt            = <!-- See [[WP:ALT]] -->
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Ben Stiller]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Scott Rudin]]
* Ben Stiller
* [[Stuart Cornfeld]] 
}}
| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
* [[Drake Sather]]
* Ben Stiller
* [[John Hamburg]] 
}}
| story          = {{Plainlist|
* Drake Sather
* Ben Stiller
}}
| based_on       = {{Based on|Characters|Drake Sather<br>Ben Stiller}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|<!--- Per poster billing. --->
* Ben Stiller
* [[Owen Wilson]]
* [[Will Ferrell]]
* [[Christine Taylor]]
* [[Milla Jovovich]]
* [[Jerry Stiller]]
* [[Jon Voight]] 
}}
| music          = [[David Arnold]]
| cinematography = [[Barry Peterson (cinematographer)|Barry Peterson]]
| editing        = Greg Hayden
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Village Roadshow Pictures]]
* [[VH1|VH1 Films]]
* NPV Entertainment
* [[Red Hour Productions]]
* [[Scott Rudin|Scott Rudin Productions]] 
}}
| distributor    = [[Paramount Pictures]]<!--- DO NOT add more distributors, see [[WP:FILMDIST]] --->
| released       = {{Film date|2001|09|28}}
| runtime        = 89 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 89:14--><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/zoolander-2001 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305051705/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/zoolander-2001 | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 5, 2016 | title=''Zoolander'' (12) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=October 5, 2001 | access-date=December 27, 2014}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $28 million<ref name="numbers">{{cite web |title= Zoolander (2001) - Financial Information |url= https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Zoolander#tab=summary |website= The Numbers }}</ref><ref name="mojo" />
| gross          = $60.8 million<ref name="numbers" />
}}
'''''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.<ref name="Morris">{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Daniel |title=Film Talk: Looking Back – Hitting the catwalk with Zoolander |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2023/04/08/film-talk-looking-back--hitting-the-catwalk-with-zoolander/ |access-date=9 April 2023 |work=Express & Star |date=2023-03-08}}</ref> It is the last film from [[Paramount Pictures]] with the involvement of [[Village Roadshow Pictures]].

A [[satire (film and television)|satire]] on the [[Fashion#Fashion industry|fashion industry]], the film follows [[Fashion Model|fashion model]] Derek Zoolander (Stiller) who is tricked by fashion mogul Jacobim Mugatu ([[Will Ferrell]]) into assassinating the [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]], whose [[progressivism|progressive]] laws on the fashion industry would harm his businesses. The film received generally positive reviews and was a box-office success.  A sequel, ''[[Zoolander 2]]'', was released in February 2016.<ref name="zoo2">{{cite web|title='Zoolander 2' Coming February 2016|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/zoolander-2-announced/|website=SlashFilm|date=March 10, 2015|access-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref> An animated film, ''[[Zoolander: Super Model]]'', was released on [[Netflix]] in the UK in August 2016.<ref name="exclaim.ca">{{cite web |title=Watch the Trailer for the 'Zoolander' Cartoon Movie |url=http://exclaim.ca/comedy/article/watch_the_trailer_for_the_zoolander_cartoon_movie/ |date=Nov 17, 2016 |first1=Josiah |last1=Hughes |website=Exclaim |access-date=August 19, 2016 }}</ref>