United States
1998
93 minutes
Color
2.35:1
English
65
Wes Anderson’s dazzling sophomore effort 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 even as it captures the pain and exuberance of adolescence with wit, emotional depth, and cinematic panache. Criterion is proud to present one of 1998’s most acclaimed films in a director-approved special edition.
| Max Fisher | Jason Schwartzman |
| Mr. Blume | Bill Murray |
| Miss Cross | Olivia Williams |
| Bert Fisher | Seymour Cassel |
| Dr. Guggenheim | Brian Cox |
| Dirk Calloway | Mason Gamble |
| Margaret Yang | Sara Tanaka |
| Magnus Buchan | Stephen McCole |
| Dr. Peter Flynn | Luke Wilson |
| Mr. Adams | Deepak Palana |
| Coach Beck | Andrew Wilson |
| Ronny and Donny Blume | Ronnie and Keith McCawley |
| Director | Wes Anderson |
| Screenplay | Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson |
| Producer | Barry Mendel and Paul Schiff |
| Cinematography | Robert D. Yeoman |
| Editing | David Moritz |
| Production Design | David Wasco |
| Costume design | Karen Patch |
| Music | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Music supervisor | Randall Poster |
What do Orson Welles, François Truffaut, Mike Nichols, and Peanuts have in common? According to critic Matt Zoller Seitz, they’re just a few of the many influences on Wes Anderson’s films, and in a lovingly assembled and keenly edited five-part series of new video essays titled
The title of Wes Anderson’s Rushmore refers to the ivy-covered prep school attended by the film’s central character, Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman). Max, with his bushy eyebrows and imposing glasses, loves his school beyond reason and is Rushmore’s number one go-getter—editor of the . . .
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