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Rushmore
starring: Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, Seymour Cassel, Brian Cox
directed by: Wes Anderson

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: MURRAY,BILL
EAN: 9786305428237
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0788816144
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 29, 1999
Running Time: 93 minutes
Sales Rank: 2387
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 05, 1999

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Product Description:
A gifted, rebellious teenager finds himself in competition with a wealthy older man for a favorite teacher's affections.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 22-AUG-2006
Media Type: DVD

Amazon.com essential video:
Wes Anderson's follow-up to the quirky Bottle Rocket is a wonderfully unorthodox coming-of-age story that ranks with Harold and Maude and The Graduate in the pantheon of timeless cult classics. Jason Schwartzman (son of Talia Shire and nephew of Francis Coppola) stars as Max Fischer, a 15-year-old attending the prestigious Rushmore Academy on scholarship, where he's failing all of his classes but is the superstar of the school's extracurricular activities (head of the drama club, the beekeeper club, the fencing club...). Possessing boundless confidence and chutzpah, as well as an aura of authority he seems to have been born with, Max finds two unlikely soulmates in his permutations at Rushmore: industrial magnate and Rushmore alumnus Herman Blume (Bill Murray) and first-grade teacher Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams). His alliance with Blume and crush on Miss Cross, however, are thrown out of kilter by his expulsion from Rushmore, and a budding romance between the two adults that threatens Max's own designs on the lovely schoolteacher.

Never stooping to sentimentality or schmaltz, Anderson and cowriter Owen Wilson have fashioned a wickedly intelligent and wildly funny tale of young adulthood that hits all the right notes in its mix of melancholy and optimism. As played by Schwartzman, Max is both immediately endearing and ferociously irritating: smarter than all the adults around him, with little sense of his shortcomings, he's an unstoppable dynamo who commands grudging respect despite his outlandish projects (including a school play about Vietnam). Murray, as the tycoon who determinedly wages war with Max for the affections of Miss Cross, is a revelation of middle-aged resignation. Disgusted with his family, his life, and himself, he's turned around by both Max's antagonism and Miss Cross's love. Williams is equally affecting as the teacher who still carries a torch for her dead husband, and the superb supporting cast also includes Seymour Cassel as Max's barber father, Brian Cox as the frustrated headmaster of Rushmore, and a hilarious Mason Gamble as Max's young charge. Put this one on your shelf of modern masterpieces. --Mark Englehart

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Coming of Age, and All of its Pain and Glory
Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson wrote and created a film that is profoundly rich in its portrayal of multifaceted characters, three lonely and wounded people. I have seen many coming of age films, from comedies to dramas, from "Welcome to the Dollhouse" to "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". "Rushmore" is one of my favorites, a total standout with its own unique flavor and style. It is at times dark, quirky, funny, joyful, heartbreaking, and triumphant.

I can't imagine this film without Jason Schwartzman ... Read More

Rating:

- Wes Anderson rocks
This is such a smart, funny, thoughtful film. Jason Schwartzman's Max is character for the ages, the spirit of what can be, Bill Murray delivers, the story is well written, the soundtrack is great, if you like good films, check this out, as well as Royal Tennenbaums.

Rating:

- An American original
"Rushmore" is one of the most original American films I've ever seen. That does not necessarily make it among the best or most memorable I've ever seen (it isn't) but it is clearly one of the most original and mold-breaking excursions in comedy.

Jason Schwartzman -- Talia Shire's son -- played the lead in this 1998 dramedy as Max Fischer, a 15-year-old attending the prestigious Rushmore Academy in Houston. Max is everything -- head of the fencing team, the beekeepers, most other oddball clubs ... Read More

Rating:

- The Paths of Glory Lead But to the Grave
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Such is the epitaph on the tombstome of Max's deceased mother, Eloise. It serves as his mantra as well which he repeats in Latin ("sic transit gloria") both in life and in his final play about the Vietnam War.
Max lives for the moment because he has found where he wants to be for the rest of his life- at Rushmore- hopefully making lots of babies with Miss Cross. This is why he doesn't bother to ... Read More

Rating:

- A Most Perfect Comedy
Director Wes Anderson crafts an excellent exploration in the gamut of emotions, with a cast that captures the essence of each moment, with an emphasis on stage presence.

Each of the featured characters is scarred by one or more of the following: loss, lies and love. The juxtaposition throughout of how it affects the individual and the situation with others involved is subtle, yet vital.

Jason Schwartzman is the rebellious teen, Max Fischer, whose life is structured around his extra-curricular ... Read More

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