Rushmore
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Wes Anderson
Produced by	Barry Mendel Paul Schiff
Written by	Wes Anderson Owen Wilson
Starring	Jason Schwartzman Olivia Williams Bill Murray Brian Cox Seymour Cassel
Music by	Mark Mothersbaugh
Cinematography	Robert Yeoman
Editing by	David Moritz
Distributed by	Touchstone Pictures
Release date(s)	February 5, 1999 (USA wide release)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$10,000,000 US (est.)
Gross revenue	$17,105,219[1]
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Rushmore is a 1998 movie directed by Wes Anderson about an eccentric teenager named Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) and his friendship with rich industrialist Herman Blume (Bill Murray), and their mutual love for elementary school teacher Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams). The film was co-written by Anderson and Owen Wilson. The soundtrack was scored by regular Anderson collaborator Mark Mothersbaugh and features several songs by bands associated with the British Invasion of the 1960s. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American writer, producer, and director of films and commercials. ... Barry Mendel is a Rye Country Day School graduate who has produced various films including: Rule of the Bone (2006) (pre-production) (producer) Flora Plum (2006) (filming) (producer) Munich (2005) (producer) Serenity (2005) (producer) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) (producer) The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) (producer) Unbreakable (2000) (producer... Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and writer. ... Jason Francesco Schwartzman (born June 26, 1980) is an American actor and musician. ... Olivia Haigh Williams (born July 26, 1968) is an English actress who has appeared in British and American films. ... William James Bill Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. ... This article is about the actor. ... Seymour Joseph Cassel (born January 22, 1935 or 1937[1]) is an Academy Award-nominated American character actor. ... Mark Mothersbaugh (born May 18, 1950, in Akron, Ohio) is an American musician, composer, singer, and painter. ... Robert David Yeoman, A.S.C. Robert Yeoman was born on 10 March, 1951 in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. ... David Moritz is an actor. ... Touchstone Pictures (also known as Touchstone Films in its early years) is one of several alternate film labels of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1984. ... is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American writer, producer, and director of films and commercials. ... Jason Francesco Schwartzman (born June 26, 1980) is an American actor and musician. ... William James Bill Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. ... Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... Olivia Haigh Williams (born July 26, 1968) is an English actress who has appeared in British and American films. ... Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and writer. ... Mark Mothersbaugh (born May 18, 1950, in Akron, Ohio) is an American musician, composer, singer, and painter. ... For other uses, see British Invasion (disambiguation). ...

The film helped launch the careers of Anderson and Schwartzman, while establishing a "second career" for Murray as a respected actor of independent cinema. Rushmore also won Best Director and Best Supporting Male awards at the 1999 Independent Spirit Awards while Murray earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture. Founded in 1984, the Independent Spirit Awards were originally known as the FINDIE (Friends of Independents) Awards and presented winners with Plexiglas pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...

Synopsis

The film centers around Max Fischer, a precocious and eccentric 15 year-old, who is both Rushmore's most extra-curricular and least scholarly student; Herman Blume, a disillusioned industrialist who comes to admire Max; and Rosemary Cross, a widowed 1st grade teacher who becomes the object of both Max's and Herman's affection.

Max's life revolves around Rushmore Academy, where he is a scholarship student. Max spends nearly all of his time on elaborate extracurricular activities, caring little how it affects his grades. He also feuds with the school's headmaster, Dr. Guggenheim. This article is about scholarship (noun) and scholarship as a form of financial aid. ... An extracurricular activity is any school-sanctioned activity in which students may participate for some form of credit or recognition. ...

Blume finds his operation of a multimillion dollar company to be unsatisfying and is frustrated that his marriage is failing and the two sons he's putting through Rushmore are unrepentant brats. He and Max become close friends; Max admires Herman's success while Herman is impressed by Max's cocksure attitude.

Ms. Cross arrives at the academy as a new teacher after the death of her husband (and former Rushmore student), and Max quickly develops an infatuation. He makes many attempts at courting her. While she initially tolerates Max, Ms. Cross becomes increasingly alarmed at his obvious obsession with her. Along the way Blume attempts to convince Max that Ms. Cross is not worth the trouble, only to fall for Rosemary himself. They begin dating without Max's knowledge.

Eventually, Max's friend Dirk discovers the relationship and informs Max, initially as payback for a rumor Max started about his mother. Max and Blume go from being friends to mortal enemies. The two engage in a back-and-forth series of pranks on each other. Max informs Blume's wife of her husband's affair, ending their marriage. Max also cuts the brake lines on Blume's car, for which he is arrested. Meanwhile, Blume destroys Max's bicycle with his car.

After Max attempts to break ground on an aquarium without the school's approval, he is expelled from Rushmore. He is then forced to enroll in Grover Cleveland High, a public school, for the first time. Attempts to engage in outside activities at his new school have mixed results. He eventually begins spending time as an apprentice to his father, a barber. A fellow student, Margaret Yang, tries to engage Max, but he pays little attention to her. If youre looking for the TV show, see The Apprentice. ...

One day, Dirk stops by the barber shop to apologize to Max and bring him a Christmas present. In the process, Dirk suggests Max see his old headmaster in the hospital, knowing Blume will be there, as well. Max and Blume meet and are cordial, but Max finds out that Ms. Cross broke up with Blume. However, he does manage to bring Dr. Guggenheim out of his coma.

Max takes his final shot at Ms. Cross and is rebuffed again. Max makes it his new mission to win Ms. Cross back for Blume. His first attempt is unsuccessful, but then he invites both Herman and Rosemary to the performance of a play he wrote, making sure they will be sitting together. In the end, Ms. Cross and Blume appear to reconcile. Max and Margaret Yang also become a couple.

The movie ends with Max and Ms. Cross looking at each other enigmatically as they share a dance at the play's wrap party. A wrap party is a party organised for the cast and crew of a film to celebrate the end of principal photography. ...

Cast and characters

Max Fisher as founder of the Yankee Racers; based on a photograph by Jacques Henri Lartigue.

• Jason Schwartzman ... Max Fischer
• Bill Murray ... Herman Blume
• Olivia Williams ... Rosemary Cross
• Seymour Cassel ... Bert Fischer
• Brian Cox ... Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
• Mason Gamble ... Dirk Calloway
• Sara Tanaka ... Margaret Yang
• Stephen McCole ... Magnus Buchan
• Connie Nielsen ... Mrs. Calloway
• Luke Wilson ... Dr. Peter Flynn

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Production

The film was shot in and around Houston, Texas where Wes Anderson grew up. His high school alma mater, St. John's School, was used for Rushmore Academy, while Lamar High School in Houston was used for Grover Cleveland High School, the public school. In real life, the two schools are directly across the street from one another. Auditions were held at the schools to cast students as themselves. Aside from the blazer Max wears, the uniforms used in Rushmore are the actual student uniforms. Houston redirects here. ... Alma mater is Latin for nourishing mother. It was used in ancient Rome as a title for the mother goddess, and in Medieval Christianity for the Virgin Mary. ... St. ... Lamar High School Mirabeau B. Lamar Senior High School is a secondary school located at 3325 Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas, United States, with a zip code of 77098. ...

Technical data

• Format: 35mm film (Eastman Kodak)
• Camera: Panavision Cameras And Lenses
• Sound: DTS / Dolby Digital / SDDS
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 (anamorphic)
• Color by: Technicolor
• MPAA rating: R

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Soundtrack

Further information: Rushmore (soundtrack)

Wes Anderson originally intended for the film's soundtrack to be entirely made up of songs by The Kinks, feeling the music suited Max's loud and angry nature, and because Max was initially envisioned to be a British exchange student. However, while listening to a compilation of other British Invasion songs on set, the soundtrack gradually evolved until only one song by the Kinks remained in the film ("Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryn' 'Bout That Girl"). Rushmore is a 1999 soundtrack to the Wes Anderson film of the same name. ... The Kinks were an English rock group formed in 1963 by lead singer-songwriter Ray Davies, his brother, lead guitarist and vocalist Dave Davies, and bassist Pete Quaife. ... For other uses, see British Invasion (disambiguation). ...

A soundtrack album for the film was released in 1999. Rushmore is a 1999 soundtrack to the Wes Anderson film of the same name. ...

Legacy

Since the film's success, Jason Schwartzman has appeared in numerous films, more than often portraying equally peculiar characters. Moreover, Rushmore is widely credited with introducing a new side of Bill Murray, a comedic actor typically known for his smug yet charming, easy-going delivery. The film signalled Murray's transformation into an actor known for tragicomic portrayals of men who have been beaten down into detached and mournfully wistful characters. After Rushmore, Murray established a "second career" as a respected serious actor, playing characters of this type in The Royal Tenenbaums, Lost in Translation, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and Broken Flowers. The Royal Tenenbaums is the 2001 dramatic comedy about three genius siblings who experience great success in youth, and even greater disappointment and failure after their eccentric father leaves them in their adolescent years. ... Lost in Translation is a 2003 comedy-drama film. ... The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is Wes Andersons fourth feature length film and was released in the U.S. on December 25, 2004. ... Broken Flowers is a 2005 comedy-drama film directed and written by Jim Jarmusch and produced by Jon Kilik and Stacey Smith. ...

Awards and recognition

Rushmore is number 34 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies". This article is about the U.S. cable network. ...

Rushmore also won the following awards:

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Mason Gamble (born January 16, 1986 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Dennis Mitchell in the 1993 film Dennis the Menace and as Jason Schwartzmans sidekick, Dirk Calloway, in Wes Anderson and Owen Wilsons critically acclaimed 1998 film, Rushmore. ...

DVD

The Criterion Collection DVD release of Rushmore, cover illustration by Eric Chase Anderson.

Buena Vista Home Entertainment released a bare bones edition of the film on June 29, 1999. This was followed by a special edition on January 18, 2000 by The Criterion Collection with remastered picture and sound as well as various supplemental materials, including an audio commentary by Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman, a behind-the-scenes documentary by Eric Chase Anderson, Anderson and Murray being interviewed on The Charlie Rose Show, and theatrical "adaptations" of Armageddon, The Truman Show and Out of Sight, staged especially for the 1999 MTV Movie Awards by the Max Fischer Players. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article should appear in one or more categories. ... The Criterion Collection logo The Criterion Collection is a privately held company that distributes authoritative consumer versions of important classic and contemporary films on DVD. It was established in 1984 as a joint venture between Janus Films and the Voyager Company. ... Charlie Rose is a television interview show, with Charlie Rose as executive producer, executive editor, and host. ... For other films with this name, see Armageddon (disambiguation). ... The Truman Show is a 1998 film directed by Peter Weir, written by Andrew Niccol, and starring Jim Carrey and Ed Harris. ... Out of Sight is a 1998 movie directed by Steven Soderbergh. ... The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV (Music Television). ...

Homages and connections with other Anderson films

The famous shot of Max sitting on the go-kart used in the "Making Time" montage is based on a photograph by Jacques Henri Lartigue. Anderson would later reference Lartigue's work in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.^{[citation needed]} A kart racer takes a turn on an indoor track Kart racing (as the word is so spelled by enthusiasts) or karting is a variant of open-wheeler motor sport with simple, small four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. ... Jacques Henri Lartigue was a French photographer and painter. ...

The penciled-in quote inside a book Max is reading is Diving for Sunken Treasure by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Philippe Diote: "When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself". In Anderson's later film, The Life Aquatic, the main character Steve Zissou is a parody of and homage to Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Jacques-Yves Cousteau in 1976. ...

In the scene where Max meets Rosemary, he is carrying the book, The Powers That Be by David Halberstam, an account of the rise of journalistic media to political power. This article is about the author and journalist. ...

In the scene where Max buys the dynamite, he holds an ID up to the salesman and says, "And could you make the order out to Ready Demolition, Tucson, Arizona?" This is the same line a character buying explosives uses in the 1995 Michael Mann film Heat. The film is also referenced during Max's production of Serpico, when the actor portraying Serpico snaps his fingers while saying "That you're gonna follow this thing all the way to the end...of the line...where I got to be." Not only is this line almost identical to a line spoken by Al Pacino in Heat, but Al Pacino also portrayed Serpico himself in the 1973 film. Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943 in Chicago) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. ... Heat is an American made crime/thriller/drama film released on December 15, 1995. ... For other uses, see Serpico (disambiguation). ... Alfredo James Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an Academy, Golden Globe, Tony, BAFTA, Emmy, and SAG award winning American actor who is best known for playing the roles of Tony Montana in the 1983 film Scarface and Michael Corleone in The Godfather Trilogy . ...

Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude was a big influence on the film's look and tone, as well as Mike Nichols' The Graduate.^{[citation needed]} Harold and Maude is a movie directed by Hal Ashby in 1971. ... For the novel of the same name, see The Graduate (novel). ...

The font used throughout the film is Futura, in particular, Futura Bold. Anderson also used it extensively in Bottle Rocket and in his subsequent films. A font can mean: A member of a typeface family; or digital font - file format that encapsulates a typeface family in a database. ... Promotional poster which uses the first edition of typeface Futura-late 1927. ...

Influence on popular culture

• The video for The Decemberists's "16 Military Wives" is loosely based on the movie.
• "Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades" is the name of a Brand New song on the album Deja Entendu. The song title is a line from the movie.
• Metal group Every Time I Die have a song entitled "She's My Rushmore" from their 2003 album Hot Damn!. "She's my Rushmore, Max" is a line from the movie.
• Give Up the Ghost has a song called "I Saved Latin," referencing a line from the movie.
• The album Take This to Your Grave by Fall Out Boy includes a song called "Tell That Mick He Just Made My List Of Things To Do Today", referencing a line of Max Fischer's, although the quote in the movie is actually "...that stupid mick...". The band has also toured under the codename Saved Latin.
• Guitarist Frank Iero from My Chemical Romance has said Rushmore to be his favorite movie, and the video for the band's song "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" is inspired by the movie.
• The music video for the band Motion City Soundtrack's "The Future Freaks Me Out" is a take on Rushmore.
• The Australian alternative rock band Kisschasy have a song entitled With Friends Like You, Who Needs Friends? on their 2005 album United Paper People. The title is a reference to a line from Rushmore.

The Decemberists are a five-piece indie pop band from Portland, Oregon, fronted by singer/songwriter Colin Meloy . ... 16 Military Wives is a single released by The Decemberists from their third album, Picaresque. ... Alternate cover DVD cover Sic Transit Gloria. ... For other uses, see Brand New (disambiguation). ... Deja Entendu is the second album from Long Island based band Brand New, released in 2003. ... Every Time I Die is a five-piece metalcore/hardcore/metal band from Buffalo, New York, founded in the winter of 1998. ... Inroduction Second full length title from hardcore set Every Time I Die. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Fall Out Boy (commonly abbreviated as FOB) is an American band from Wilmette, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) that formed in 2001. ... Frank Anthony Iero (born October 31, 1981) is the rhythm guitarist and back up vocalist for the alternative rock band My Chemical Romance. ... My Chemical Romance are an American rock band formed in 2001. ... Re-release cover Im Not Okay (I Promise) is the second single and fifth track from My Chemical Romances second studio album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. ... Motion City Soundtrack is an American pop punk band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... The Future Freaks Me Out is a song by the pop punk band Motion City Soundtrack. ... Alternative music redirects here. ... Kisschasy is an alternative/pop punk band from Melbourne, Australia. ... {{Album infobox 2| Name = United Paper People | Type = Album | Artist = Kisschasy | Cover = Kisschasy4. ...

See also

• 1990s in film
• 1998 in film

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References

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Rushmore

• Rushmore at the Internet Movie Database
• All Movie Guide entry for Rushmore
• Camus's Choice: Rushmore
• Criterion Collection essay by David Kehr
• Wes Anderson interviews Bill Murray