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7.4When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.
Cast
- Jason Schwartzman as Max Fischer
- Bill Murray as Herman Blume
- Olivia Williams as Rosemary Cross
- Seymour Cassel as Bert Fischer
- Brian Cox as Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
- Mason Gamble as Dirk Calloway
Themes
- lone wolf
- private school
- theater play
- theatre group
- theater director
- coming of age
- precocious child
- complex
- teenager
- comforting
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Wes Anderson
- Written by
- Wes Anderson Owen Wilson
- Produced by
- Barry Mendel Paul Schiff
- Starring
- Jason Schwartzman Olivia Williams Bill Murray Brian Cox Seymour Cassel Mason Gamble
- Cinematography
- Robert Yeoman
- Edited by
- David Moritz
- Music by
- Mark Mothersbaugh
- Production companies
- Touchstone Pictures , American Empirical Pictures
- Distributed by
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- Release dates
- September 17, 1998 ( 1998-09-17 ) ( TIFF ) December 11, 1998 ( 1998-12-11 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 93 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $9–10 million
- Box office
- $17.1–19.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 93
- FilmAffinity ID
- 476225
Show 5 more facts
- title
- Rushmore
- review score
- 87/100
- capital cost
- 9000000
- box office
- 17105219
- publication date
- 2001-03-08
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Rushmore is a 1998 American comedy film directed by Wes Anderson about a teenager named Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman in his film debut), his friendship with rich industrialist Herman Blume (Bill Murray), and their shared affection for elementary school teacher Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams). The film was co-written by Anderson and Owen Wilson. The soundtrack features multiple songs by bands associated with the British Invasion of the 1960s. Filming began in November 1997 around Houston, Texas, and lasted 50 days, until late January 1998.
While the box office results were modest, the film had a positive reception among film critics. The film helped launch Schwartzman's acting career while establishing a "second career" for Murray as a respected actor in independent cinema. At the 1999 Independent Spirit Awards, Anderson won the Best Director award and Murray won Best Supporting Male award. Murray also earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.