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Where was Zoolander filmed?

2001 film, directed by Ben Stiller.

  • New Jersey

The story is set in New York City, about 56 miles (90 km) from where it was filmed.

Red pins: where it was filmed. Amber pins: where the story is set. Select a pin to see its name.

Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
New York City
Filmed in
New Jersey
Distance
About 56 miles (90 km) between New York City and the nearest filming location.

About Zoolander

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Released
2001
Director
Ben Stiller
Cast
Owen WilsonWill FerrellChristine TaylorMilla JovovichJerry StillerDavid DuchovnyJon VoightBen StillerVince VaughnJudah Friedlander
Genre
Comedy

The story

He decides to retire from modeling and attempts to reconnect with his southern New Jersey working-class relatives, but the family rejects him.

Journalist Matilda Jeffries, feeling responsible for Derek's downfall as she wrote a scathing Time article about him, becomes suspicious of Mugatu's offer.

Prewett, who keeps his hand preserved in a glass container, Matilda and Derek meet him in a cemetery.

Famous lines from Zoolander

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • I became..Matilda
  • Thanks, Olaf.Hansel
  • Cool story, Hansel.Olaf
  • You can read minds?Zoolander
  • Uh, Earth to Brint..Meekus

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