Rushmore
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Short description
Max Fischer is a student at Rushmore, an elite private school where he throws himself into an extraordinary range of extracurricular pursuits. He runs the theater group, edits the student newspaper, leads the debate and beekeeping clubs, and presides over several societies, yet his classroom performance is poor enough that the headmaster warns him he may be expelled. Into this precarious situation comes Rosemary Cross, a young widowed teacher, with whom Max becomes infatuated. He also strikes up an unlikely friendship with Herman Blume, a melancholy businessman whose sons attend Rushmore. The two discover they are pursuing the same woman, and their bond turns into a rivalry that upends both their lives.
Rushmore was released in 1998 and runs 93 minutes. It is the third of 26 films directed by Wes Anderson, following Bottle Rocket and preceding The Royal Tenenbaums, and was written by Anderson with Owen Wilson. Jason Schwartzman plays Max, Bill Murray plays Blume, and Olivia Williams plays Rosemary Cross, with Seymour Cassel, Brian Cox and Mason Gamble among the credited cast.
Made for about 9 million dollars, the film took roughly 17 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 7.6 out of 10 from around 208,000 votes, and on TMDB 7.4 from a much smaller vote count. A critics' rating of 8.4 from 107 reviews is higher than both audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- 1,800 teenagers were considered for the role of Max Fischer before Jason Schwartzman was found.
- The schools used in the film—St. John’s School as Rushmore Academy and Lamar High School as Grover Cleveland High School—are actually located across the street from each other in real life.
- Jason Schwartzman arrived at the audition wearing a sweater with a self-made Rushmore Academy emblem.
- On the first day of filming, director and screenwriter Wes Anderson addressed Bill Murray, respectfully lowering his voice (such was his impression of working with such a renowned actor). Murray turned out to be not at all intimidating – he spoke to the director with respect, helped carry equipment, and when the film company refused to pay for helicopter rental (which would have cost $75,000), he gave Anderson a bearer check without specifying the amount.
- Bill Murray was genuinely irritated and angered by Keith and Ronnie McCool, who played his sons (as they were intended to irritate him according to the script), and many scenes in which he lashes out at them were improvisations.
- Wes Anderson organized the film's promotional campaign in the old-fashioned way – he arranged a tour of the country in a bus equipped with two televisions with huge screens, two VCRs, a CD player, cell phones, a satellite dish, and a “Sony Playstation.” Mainly because Anderson despises flying on airplanes.
- During the filming of the scene where the characters played by Jason Schwartzman and Olivia Williams feed the fish and talk, Schwartzman had to stand on some boxes to appear level with his partner.
- Bill Murray's agent was a fan of Anderson's first film, "Bottle Rocket," and gave Murray the script to read. He liked it so much that he agreed to star for minimal pay—$9,000.
- Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson began writing the script years before "Bottle Rocket." Owen himself was expelled from school in the 10th grade, while Anderson was falling in love with a woman older than him.
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