Zoolander (2001)

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Studio: Paramount Pictures
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: Sep 28, 2001
Running Time: 89 mins. (V)
Country Of Origin: United States
Country Of Origin: Australia
Country Of Origin: Germany
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The international misadventures of fashion model Derek Zoolander, who is hired to stop a secret cartel of political assassins posing as male models. Derek soon discovers the horrifying secret of why no male models live past the age of thirty. While Derek tries to infiltrate the fashion/assassin clique led by the mean-spirited designer Mugatu, he must also contend with Hansel, a dense, on-the-rise male model who threatens to sabotage his mission--as well as his modeling career.
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Larry Zoolander
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Zoolander and Hansel are about as deep as a lake on the moon, but Stiller and Wilson ham up their dumb-himbo roles without being too in on the joke as the modeling industry is spoofed mercilessly. Somehow it's not so far-fetched to imagine Mugatu's haute couture ''Derelicte'' line, the ''look of the homeless,'' being sold at a Saks near you this fall. Blonde, corseted, and bearing a frightening resemblance to Prodigy's lead singer, Ferrell manages (for once) to be both over-the-top and funny as… Continued

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September 28, 2001
Does anyone still want to go to the movies? Hell, yeah. This gathering together in the dark to watch images flicker on a screen rivals baseball as America's national pastime. It's a given that no movie will erase the memory of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that ripped the fabric of our existence on September 11th, 2001. It's also a given that movies can help us mend, be it through laughter, tears or - at their most vital - artful provocation. And there is… Continued