SYNOPSIS: The dazzling sophomore film from Wes Anderson is equal parts coming-of-age story, French New Wave homage, and screwball comedy. Tenth grader Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) is Rushmore Academy’s most extracurricular student—and its least scholarly. He faces expulsion and enters into unlikely friendships with both a lovely first-grade teacher (Olivia Williams) and a melancholy self-made millionaire (Bill Murray, in an award-winning performance). Set to a soundtrack of classic British Invasion tunes, Rushmore defies categorization, capturing the pain and exuberance of adolescence with wit, emotional depth, and cinematic panache.
| Max Fischer | Jason Schwartzman |
| Mr. Blume | Bill Murray |
| Miss Cross | Olivia Williams |
| Dr. Guggenheim | Brian Cox |
| Bert Fischer | Seymour Cassel |
| Dirk Calloway | Mason Gamble |
| Margaret Yang | Sara Tanaka |
| Magnus Buchan | Stephen McCole |
| Dr. Peter Flynn | Luke Wilson |
| Mr. LittleJeans | Kumar Pallana |
| Mr. Adams | Deepak Pallana |
| Coach Beck | Andrew Wilson |
| Ronny and Donny Blume | Ronnie and Keith McCawley |
| Director | Wes Anderson |
| Written by | Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson |
| Produced by | Barry Mendel and Paul Schiff |
| Director of photography | Robert Yeoman |
| Production designer | David Wasco |
| Edited by | David Moritz |
| Costume designer | Karen Patch |
| Music | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Music supervisor | Randall Poster |
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By November 29, 1999
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