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      <title>Film:Zoolander</title>
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<strong>Title:</strong> Zoolander<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 2001<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Ben Stiller<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> Comic actor <a href="/players/P___112816/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ben Stiller</a> co-wrote, directed, and stars in this spoof of the fashion industry that began as a short skit for the 1996 VH1 Fashion Awards. Stiller is Derek Zoolander, an intellectually challenged but bone structure-blessed male model who's despondent after being eclipsed in popularity by an equally vacuous rival, Hansel (<a href="/players/P___200996/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Owen Wilson</a>). Upon his reluctant retirement, Derek is invited to a day spa by previously standoffish fashion designer Jacobim Mugatu (<a href="/players/P___224449/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Will Ferrell</a>), where the befuddled model is brainwashed by the mysterious Katinka (<a href="/players/P____36397/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Milla Jovovich</a>) into assassinating the prime minister of Malaysia. In addition to Stiller's real-life wife <a href="/players/P___230124/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Christine Taylor</a>, Zoolander co-stars his father <a href="/players/P___112817/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jerry Stiller</a>, along with <a href="/players/P___115561/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jon Voight</a>, <a href="/players/P____20329/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>David Duchovny</a>, <a href="/players/P___195737/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Andy Dick</a>, and Fabio. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 80<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 97<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 9<br/>
<strong>Number of discussion threads:</strong> 1<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 3<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:42:55 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>Zoolander</spout:Title><spout:Year>2001</spout:Year><spout:Director>Ben Stiller</spout:Director><spout:Plot>Comic actor &lt;a href="/players/P___112816/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Ben Stiller&lt;/a&gt; co-wrote, directed, and stars in this spoof of the fashion industry that began as a short skit for the 1996 VH1 Fashion Awards. Stiller is Derek Zoolander, an intellectually challenged but bone structure-blessed male model who's despondent after being eclipsed in popularity by an equally vacuous rival, Hansel (&lt;a href="/players/P___200996/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Owen Wilson&lt;/a&gt;). Upon his reluctant retirement, Derek is invited to a day spa by previously standoffish fashion designer Jacobim Mugatu (&lt;a href="/players/P___224449/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Will Ferrell&lt;/a&gt;), where the befuddled model is brainwashed by the mysterious Katinka (&lt;a href="/players/P____36397/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Milla Jovovich&lt;/a&gt;) into assassinating the prime minister of Malaysia. In addition to Stiller's real-life wife &lt;a href="/players/P___230124/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Christine Taylor&lt;/a&gt;, Zoolander co-stars his father &lt;a href="/players/P___112817/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Jerry Stiller&lt;/a&gt;, along with &lt;a href="/players/P___115561/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Jon Voight&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/players/P____20329/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;David Duchovny&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/players/P___195737/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Andy Dick&lt;/a&gt;, and Fabio. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>80</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Tag Target (&gt;10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>97</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>9</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads>1</spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads><spout:SpoutRating>3</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t17599k4k7d.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/Zoolander/198859/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: War is hell-alrious</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/usesoap/archive/2008/8/19/34111.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t17599k4k7d.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/113227/default.aspx'>usesoap</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/usesoap/default.aspx'>usesoap Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 8/19/2008 8:40:19 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong>   At one point in "Tropic Thunder," the new comedy from writer/director/star Ben Stiller, co-star Robert Downey Jr. plays and Australian Method actor portraying a black southern soldier pretending to be a humble Asian rice farmer. And what's Ms. Greatest Living Actor Today, Meryl Streep, doing in the next theater? Oh, that's right. She's working on her tan, kicking it in the Greek Isles and singing ABBA tunes. Come Oscar time, if there is any justice, Downey would at least make the "For Your Consideration" rounds for his role as the uber-intense Kirk Lazarus.  Downey Jr. treats his high-wire performance with such dignity and devotion that he spends almost the entire film in blackface without once seeming condescending or racist.   But let us back up a bit, shall we?  "Thunder" is not only a scathing little indictment on the film industry, but, minute for minute, one of the funniest films released this year, overcoming the third-act slump that befalls so many big-budget comedies released today (I'm looking at you square in your bloodshot eyes, "Pineapple Express.").   The film, centering around a bunch of whiny actors who sign on for an epic war movie, begins with a wonderfully ingenious way to give us all the back story we need about its leads.  Whatever you do, don't arrive late to this movie. Three previews begin the film, one featuring past-his-prime action doll Tugg Speedman (Stiller) who's milking his once-popular franchise, "Scorcher," for its very last drops of testosterone. It's a well that Speedman has reluctantly returned to after an ill-advised attempt for acting legitimacy while playing a mentally challenged man in "Simple Jack."  It's followed by "The Fatties," a comedy in which its chubby trainwreck star, Jeff Portney (played by Jack Black), dons various fat suits for a number of roles as a flatulent family.  Rounding out the trio of trailers is a phony "prestige" picture, "Satan's Alley," starring five-time Academy Award-winning Lazurus as a monk who longs to taste the forbidden fruit of a fellow man of the cloth.  In that brief setup, we know all that is needed about the three main actors of "Tropic Thunder," the name of a Vietnam opus in which each of the actors will share the screen for various career-enhancing reasons.  After a series of prissy meltdowns delays production, first-time director Damien Cockburn (played by Steve Coogan) is threatened by a maniacal producer who plans to abort the film altogether.  In a last-ditch effort he drops off the leads -- with co-stars Alpa Chino (played by newcomer Brandon T. Jackson) and Kevin Sandusky (played by Jay Baruchel) -- deep in the jungle leaving them to their own Blackberry-less, Tivo-less devices.  It's a comedic plot that harkens back to "To Be or Not to Be," with a lot of "Three Amigos" thrown in for good measure, but Stiller takes the time along the way to slaughter cow after sacred cinematic cow. "Thunder" has countless throwaway gags, none wearing out their welcome like the director sometimes did in his previous effort "Zoolander." And when it's not chucking those at the screen, a number of big-named actors whoop it up in secondary and cameo roles.    And while Stiller deserves credit for both crafting and capturing the film, it's Downey Jr. who brings "Tropic's" thunder.  It is a role that could have sunk the film faster than a "Soul Man" sequel, and required the utmost respect in its execution to avoid any hint of racist intent. But in an industry that celebrates the mere weight loss or gain actors undergo for a role just as much as performance itself, he captures the pomposity and disillusionment that some actors embrace for the sake of their "art" with equal amounts wit and warmth.    There are other surprise pop-up performances that, if you have not heard about yet, you should try to witness firsthand before receiving lame line-readings from friends.  There is no doubt "Thunder" steps over the line from time to time, but, like "Borat," it's still refreshing to witness a big studio comedy that is willing to stick it's neck out once and a while for a funny, rather than resort to the toothless "yuks" from the wretched parodoic parasites like "Meet the Spartans" and its hell-spawn ilk.    Not since 1999's "Bowfinger" has Hollywood taken such an intelligently staged skewering, and Stiller has returned to the same biting satiric edge he once sp gloriously displayed in his short-lived television show.     After seeing "Thunder," it will be hard to hear the about the heavily supervised "hell" actors claim they undergo when prepping for a role without being reminded of one of Downey Jr.'s blisteringly amusing monologues of what it takes to earn one of those prestigious little statuettes Hollywood likes to hand out to one another at year's end.                            <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:40:19 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>usesoap</spout:postby><spout:postto>usesoap Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>8/19/2008 8:40:19 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>  At one point in "Tropic Thunder," the new comedy from writer/director/star Ben Stiller, co-star Robert Downey Jr. plays and Australian Method actor portraying a black southern soldier pretending to be a humble Asian rice farmer. And what's Ms. Greatest Living Actor Today, Meryl Streep, doing in the next theater? Oh, that's right. She's working on her tan, kicking it in the Greek Isles and singing ABBA tunes. Come Oscar time, if there is any justice, Downey would at least make the "For Your Consideration" rounds for his role as the uber-intense Kirk Lazarus.  Downey Jr. treats his high-wire performance with such dignity and devotion that he spends almost the entire film in blackface without once seeming condescending or racist.   But let us back up a bit, shall we?  "Thunder" is not only a scathing little indictment on the film industry, but, minute for minute, one of the funniest films released this year, overcoming the third-act slump that befalls so many big-budget comedies released today (I'm looking at you square in your bloodshot eyes, "Pineapple Express.").   The film, centering around a bunch of whiny actors who sign on for an epic war movie, begins with a wonderfully ingenious way to give us all the back story we need about its leads.  Whatever you do, don't arrive late to this movie. Three previews begin the film, one featuring past-his-prime action doll Tugg Speedman (Stiller) who's milking his once-popular franchise, "Scorcher," for its very last drops of testosterone. It's a well that Speedman has reluctantly returned to after an ill-advised attempt for acting legitimacy while playing a mentally challenged man in "Simple Jack."  It's followed by "The Fatties," a comedy in which its chubby trainwreck star, Jeff Portney (played by Jack Black), dons various fat suits for a number of roles as a flatulent family.  Rounding out the trio of trailers is a phony "prestige" picture, "Satan's Alley," starring five-time Academy Award-winning Lazurus as a monk who longs to taste the forbidden fruit of a fellow man of the cloth.  In that brief setup, we know all that is needed about the three main actors of "Tropic Thunder," the name of a Vietnam opus in which each of the actors will share the screen for various career-enhancing reasons.  After a series of prissy meltdowns delays production, first-time director Damien Cockburn (played by Steve Coogan) is threatened by a maniacal producer who plans to abort the film altogether.  In a last-ditch effort he drops off the leads -- with co-stars Alpa Chino (played by newcomer Brandon T. Jackson) and Kevin Sandusky (played by Jay Baruchel) -- deep in the jungle leaving them to their own Blackberry-less, Tivo-less devices.  It's a comedic plot that harkens back to "To Be or Not to Be," with a lot of "Three Amigos" thrown in for good measure, but Stiller takes the time along the way to slaughter cow after sacred cinematic cow. "Thunder" has countless throwaway gags, none wearing out their welcome like the director sometimes did in his previous effort "Zoolander." And when it's not chucking those at the screen, a number of big-named actors whoop it up in secondary and cameo roles.    And while Stiller deserves credit for both crafting and capturing the film, it's Downey Jr. who brings "Tropic's" thunder.  It is a role that could have sunk the film faster than a "Soul Man" sequel, and required the utmost respect in its execution to avoid any hint of racist intent. But in an industry that celebrates the mere weight loss or gain actors undergo for a role just as much as performance itself, he captures the pomposity and disillusionment that some actors embrace for the sake of their "art" with equal amounts wit and warmth.    There are other surprise pop-up performances that, if you have not heard about yet, you should try to witness firsthand before receiving lame line-readings from friends.  There is no doubt "Thunder" steps over the line from time to time, but, like "Borat," it's still refreshing to witness a big studio comedy that is willing to stick it's neck out once and a while for a funny, rather than resort to the toothless "yuks" from the wretched parodoic parasites like "Meet the Spartans" and its hell-spawn ilk.    Not since 1999's "Bowfinger" has Hollywood taken such an intelligently staged skewering, and Stiller has returned to the same biting satiric edge he once sp gloriously displayed in his short-lived television show.     After seeing "Thunder," it will be hard to hear the about the heavily supervised "hell" actors claim they undergo when prepping for a role without being reminded of one of Downey Jr.'s blisteringly amusing monologues of what it takes to earn one of those prestigious little statuettes Hollywood likes to hand out to one another at year's end.                            </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Starsky &amp; Hutch (2004)</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/aidanbrack/archive/2008/8/18/34099.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t17599k4k7d.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/135864/default.aspx'>aidanbrack</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/aidanbrack/default.aspx'>The Bigger Picture</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 8/18/2008 12:05:00 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Based on the TV show which ran for 93 episodes from 1975 to 1979, the movie version of Starsky &amp; Hutch teams up Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson as the bickering California cops. Having never seen the show I worried that the film, which is part homage, part loving spoof, would go over my head. Fortunately the script is funny enough in its own right that even if you do not know the material it spoofs you will still find much to enjoy. Set in "Bay City", California - our two heroes come from decidedly different schools of policing. Starsky (Stiller) is intense and highly-focused whereas Hutch (Wilson) is laid back and prepared to make a quick buck on the side. Forced together by their Police Chief when nobody else is prepared to work with them, they struggle to overcome their differences and become a team. After discovering a corpse in the water, Starsky and Hutch find themselves hot on the trail of druglord Reese Feldman (played wonderfully by Vince Vaughan). Feldman has developed a new form of cocaine that smells and tastes of sweetner, making it almost completely undetectable. Whilst none of the elements of this film are particularly fresh in and of themselves, here execution is everything. Stiller and Wilson are some of the best bickerers in the business and they do a fine job here, demonstrating enormous chemistry and excellent comic timing. They are joined by a fun cast that includes Snoop Dogg as Huggy Bear, Jason Bateman as Feldman's business partner and Will Ferrell in a hilariously overblown cameo role. The film also has a number of excellent set pieces including a disco dance-off (very Zoolander but done just as nicely), infiltrating a Bat Mitzvah and another infiltration scene near the end. Sending up both the seventies and cop show cop-outs (does putting a stetson and a false moustache on really make you undetectable?), it packs enough laughs to ensure its 101 minute run time rarely drags. Starsky and Hutch may break no boundaries but it is an enjoyable romp and a spoof that feels genuinely affectionate towards the material it sends up.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>aidanbrack</spout:postby><spout:postto>The Bigger Picture</spout:postto><spout:postdate>8/18/2008 12:05:00 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Based on the TV show which ran for 93 episodes from 1975 to 1979, the movie version of Starsky &amp;amp; Hutch teams up Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson as the bickering California cops. Having never seen the show I worried that the film, which is part homage, part loving spoof, would go over my head. Fortunately the script is funny enough in its own right that even if you do not know the material it spoofs you will still find much to enjoy. Set in "Bay City", California - our two heroes come from decidedly different schools of policing. Starsky (Stiller) is intense and highly-focused whereas Hutch (Wilson) is laid back and prepared to make a quick buck on the side. Forced together by their Police Chief when nobody else is prepared to work with them, they struggle to overcome their differences and become a team. After discovering a corpse in the water, Starsky and Hutch find themselves hot on the trail of druglord Reese Feldman (played wonderfully by Vince Vaughan). Feldman has developed a new form of cocaine that smells and tastes of sweetner, making it almost completely undetectable. Whilst none of the elements of this film are particularly fresh in and of themselves, here execution is everything. Stiller and Wilson are some of the best bickerers in the business and they do a fine job here, demonstrating enormous chemistry and excellent comic timing. They are joined by a fun cast that includes Snoop Dogg as Huggy Bear, Jason Bateman as Feldman's business partner and Will Ferrell in a hilariously overblown cameo role. The film also has a number of excellent set pieces including a disco dance-off (very Zoolander but done just as nicely), infiltrating a Bat Mitzvah and another infiltration scene near the end. Sending up both the seventies and cop show cop-outs (does putting a stetson and a false moustache on really make you undetectable?), it packs enough laughs to ensure its 101 minute run time rarely drags. Starsky and Hutch may break no boundaries but it is an enjoyable romp and a spoof that feels genuinely affectionate towards the material it sends up.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Stiller's best?</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/chrismorrell/archive/2008/6/14/31234.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t17599k4k7d.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/109921/default.aspx'>chrismorrell</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/chrismorrell/default.aspx'>chrismorrell Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/14/2008 7:16:44 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> This has got everything!..A laugh a minute,some right-on politics,most of the Stiller family working in perfect harmony,Will Ferrell getting to be really funny,even David Bowie knows his place, in an hilarious cameo ,the super-cool Justin Theroux is unrecognisable,Milla Jovovich is hot ,and nuts in equal measure...After a few viewings this could start to rival "This is Spinal Tap" for quotability ..."..so hot right now"..."eugooglogy"..."there it is ...Magnum!"..."ok this is no slashy"..One way this could be a "slashy" is that "Dodgeball" could rate as joint best Stiller film..<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:16:44 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>chrismorrell</spout:postby><spout:postto>chrismorrell Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/14/2008 7:16:44 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>This has got everything!..A laugh a minute,some right-on politics,most of the Stiller family working in perfect harmony,Will Ferrell getting to be really funny,even David Bowie knows his place, in an hilarious cameo ,the super-cool Justin Theroux is unrecognisable,Milla Jovovich is hot ,and nuts in equal measure...After a few viewings this could start to rival "This is Spinal Tap" for quotability ..."..so hot right now"..."eugooglogy"..."there it is ...Magnum!"..."ok this is no slashy"..One way this could be a "slashy" is that "Dodgeball" could rate as joint best Stiller film..</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: iTunes Movie Demographics</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/3/21/26484.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t17599k4k7d.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/19702/default.aspx'>Karina</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/default.aspx'>Karina on SpoutBlog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 3/21/2008 12:00:46 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Zoolander, Ben Stiller’s 2000 fashion world spoof, has been doing consistently well on iTunes’ movie download-to-own chart. NewTeeVee’s Chris Albrecht wonders why. “Wait, what? An eight-year-old comedy is more popular than Ratatouille, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, and High School Musical (parts 1 and 2)?”
Apple hasn’t released demographic information, but let’s try to imagine, for a second, who might be willing to spend $10 on a legal––but DRM-heavy––movie download at this stage of the game. First of all, it’s gotta be someone who uses Mac products exclusively: students, artists, upper-middle-class nerds, aging hipsters, style-conscious parents, the curious rich, celebrities. Albrecht has screen caps of several recent iTunes top sales charts, and it’s clear from a glance that adventurous cinephilies don’t seem to be yet represented––but then, with the exception of a handful of classic titles, iTunes’ movie catalog doesn’t seem to be going for adventure. So let’s assume that the cool hunter Apple user is getting their movies elsewhere, and concentrate on the more middle-of-the-road aspects of the Apple demographic.
 (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:00:46 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Karina</spout:postby><spout:postto>Karina on SpoutBlog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>3/21/2008 12:00:46 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Zoolander, Ben Stiller’s 2000 fashion world spoof, has been doing consistently well on iTunes’ movie download-to-own chart. NewTeeVee’s Chris Albrecht wonders why. “Wait, what? An eight-year-old comedy is more popular than Ratatouille, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, and High School Musical (parts 1 and 2)?”
Apple hasn’t released demographic information, but let’s try to imagine, for a second, who might be willing to spend $10 on a legal––but DRM-heavy––movie download at this stage of the game. First of all, it’s gotta be someone who uses Mac products exclusively: students, artists, upper-middle-class nerds, aging hipsters, style-conscious parents, the curious rich, celebrities. Albrecht has screen caps of several recent iTunes top sales charts, and it’s clear from a glance that adventurous cinephilies don’t seem to be yet represented––but then, with the exception of a handful of classic titles, iTunes’ movie catalog doesn’t seem to be going for adventure. So let’s assume that the cool hunter Apple user is getting their movies elsewhere, and concentrate on the more middle-of-the-road aspects of the Apple demographic.
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      <title>Spout Post: iTunes Movie Demographics</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/3/21/26483.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t17599k4k7d.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/9325/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog on spout.com</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 3/21/2008 12:00:37 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Zoolander, Ben Stiller’s 2000 fashion world spoof, has been doing consistently well on iTunes’ movie download-to-own chart. NewTeeVee’s Chris Albrecht wonders why. “Wait, what? An eight-year-old comedy is more popular than Ratatouille, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, and High School Musical (parts 1 and 2)?”
Apple hasn’t released demographic information, but let’s try to imagine, for a second, who might be willing to spend $10 on a legal––but DRM-heavy––movie download at this stage of the game. First of all, it’s gotta be someone who uses Mac products exclusively: students, artists, upper-middle-class nerds, aging hipsters, style-conscious parents, the curious rich, celebrities. Albrecht has screen caps of several recent iTunes top sales charts, and it’s clear from a glance that adventurous cinephilies don’t seem to be yet represented––but then, with the exception of a handful of classic titles, iTunes’ movie catalog doesn’t seem to be going for adventure. So let’s assume that the cool hunter Apple user is getting their movies elsewhere, and concentrate on the more middle-of-the-road aspects of the Apple demographic.
 (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:00:37 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>3/21/2008 12:00:37 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Zoolander, Ben Stiller’s 2000 fashion world spoof, has been doing consistently well on iTunes’ movie download-to-own chart. NewTeeVee’s Chris Albrecht wonders why. “Wait, what? An eight-year-old comedy is more popular than Ratatouille, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, and High School Musical (parts 1 and 2)?”
Apple hasn’t released demographic information, but let’s try to imagine, for a second, who might be willing to spend $10 on a legal––but DRM-heavy––movie download at this stage of the game. First of all, it’s gotta be someone who uses Mac products exclusively: students, artists, upper-middle-class nerds, aging hipsters, style-conscious parents, the curious rich, celebrities. Albrecht has screen caps of several recent iTunes top sales charts, and it’s clear from a glance that adventurous cinephilies don’t seem to be yet represented––but then, with the exception of a handful of classic titles, iTunes’ movie catalog doesn’t seem to be going for adventure. So let’s assume that the cool hunter Apple user is getting their movies elsewhere, and concentrate on the more middle-of-the-road aspects of the Apple demographic.
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      <title>Spout Post: Male models</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/iammore/archive/2007/6/11/10716.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t17599k4k7d.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/34964/default.aspx'>iammore</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/iammore/default.aspx'>iammore Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/11/2007 2:50:44 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> The world of female supermodels is erveryday biz but male models? Here&#39;s a movie showing how that might feel like :-)<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:50:44 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>iammore</spout:postby><spout:postto>iammore Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/11/2007 2:50:44 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>The world of female supermodels is erveryday biz but male models? Here&amp;#39;s a movie showing how that might feel like :-)</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: my favorite movie!!!</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/ieatdirt_hxc/archive/2007/6/9/10505.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t17599k4k7d.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/24811/default.aspx'>ieatdirt_hxc</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/9/2007 10:42:11 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> this is my all time favorite movie. it kept me laughing for the whole movie, the first time i watched it. and it still does when i watch it over again. if you love comedy movies this one is one you should pick up.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:42:11 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>ieatdirt_hxc</spout:postby><spout:postto>ieatdirt_hxc Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/9/2007 10:42:11 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>this is my all time favorite movie. it kept me laughing for the whole movie, the first time i watched it. and it still does when i watch it over again. if you love comedy movies this one is one you should pick up.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: my favorite movie!!!</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/ieatdirt_hxc/archive/2007/6/9/10504.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t17599k4k7d.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/24811/default.aspx'>ieatdirt_hxc</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/9/2007 10:40:58 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> this is my all time favorite movie. it kept me laughing for the whole movie, the first time i watched it. and it still does when i watch it over again. if you love comedy movies this one is one you should pick up.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:40:58 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>ieatdirt_hxc</spout:postby><spout:postto>ieatdirt_hxc Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/9/2007 10:40:58 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>this is my all time favorite movie. it kept me laughing for the whole movie, the first time i watched it. and it still does when i watch it over again. if you love comedy movies this one is one you should pick up.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Night at the Museum (2006) - Recommended (surprisingly)</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/billhr/archive/2007/1/7/4977.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t17599k4k7d.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2108/default.aspx'>billhr</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/billhr/default.aspx'>Movies on appliedthinking</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 1/7/2007 11:42:49 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> 
 My wife and I took our son and a buddy to this film over the holidays...and my expectations were low. Not that I'm not a Ben Stiller fan (Zoolander is hi-larious), but this seemed to be simply a brand awareness film for him...not brand defining and certainly not brand re-defining. Lot's of actors do it (think Robin Williams...repeatedly), so I'm not going to be critical of him for that fact. It's just that I don't typically get excited about movies that seem mainly created as a vehicle to widen an actor's brand into new demographics.But I think I was wrong in thinking about Night at the Museum in these terms. Based on the book by Milan Trenc, this film is utterly charming and entertaining. The best performance? Owen Wilson as a cowboy from a diorama who feels a little impotent (his guns don't shoot).  Originally posted on:appliedthinking<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2007 16:42:49 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>billhr</spout:postby><spout:postto>Movies on appliedthinking</spout:postto><spout:postdate>1/7/2007 11:42:49 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>
 My wife and I took our son and a buddy to this film over the holidays...and my expectations were low. Not that I'm not a Ben Stiller fan (Zoolander is hi-larious), but this seemed to be simply a brand awareness film for him...not brand defining and certainly not brand re-defining. Lot's of actors do it (think Robin Williams...repeatedly), so I'm not going to be critical of him for that fact. It's just that I don't typically get excited about movies that seem mainly created as a vehicle to widen an actor's brand into new demographics.But I think I was wrong in thinking about Night at the Museum in these terms. Based on the book by Milan Trenc, this film is utterly charming and entertaining. The best performance? Owen Wilson as a cowboy from a diorama who feels a little impotent (his guns don't shoot).  Originally posted on:appliedthinking</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re: Guess The Movie Quote</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Best_movie_quotes/Re_Guess_The_Movie_Quote/17/2760/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t17599k4k7d.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/4902/default.aspx'>squirtel</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 8/29/2006 11:12:18 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> The only other one I know is Zoolander…<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:12:18 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>squirtel</spout:postby><spout:postto>Best movie quotes</spout:postto><spout:postdate>8/29/2006 11:12:18 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>The only other one I know is Zoolander…</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:funny</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/funny/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/funny/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>funny</a>
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      <title>Spout Tag:comedy</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:Quirky</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:Boring</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:silly</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/silly/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/silly/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>silly</a>
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      <title>Spout Tag:fighting</title>
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<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 292</br><br/>
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      <title>Spout Tag:fashion</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/fashion/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/fashion/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>fashion</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 202</br><br/>
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<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 1590</br><br/>
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      <title>Spout Tag:quotable</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:rival</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:brainwashing</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:rivalry</title>
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<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 36</br><br/>
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      <title>Spout Tag:SNLAlum</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/SNLAlum/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/SNLAlum/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>SNLAlum</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 71</br><br/>
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