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- The painting of Herman Blume’s (Bill Murray) family seen during the opening credits is currently hanging in Anderson’s home.
- The parting curtains that show the changing months was accomplished on set with a rack opened on cue by set dressers. Anderson greatly prefers in camera tricks because doing optical effects requires duplicating your original negative.
- They filmed at St. Johns school in Houston which is where Anderson actually went as a student. The room where Max Fischer (Schwartzman) meets with Dr. Nelson Guggenheim (Brian Cox) is actually the school’s Senior Tea Room where they would go after class for little sandwiches and such.
- The teacher in the opening scene is played by Dipak Pallana who is the son of Anderson regular, Kumar Pallana.
Rushmore is a 1998 American comedy film [ 1 ] 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 ...
When a beautiful first-grade teacher (Olivia Williams) arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max (Jason Schwartzman), who quickly falls in love ...
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Feb 5, 1999 · Roger Ebert. February 5, 1999. 4 min read. Max Fischer, the hero of “Rushmore,” is an activity jock, one of those kids too bright and restless to color inside the lines. Although he’s a lousy student, that doesn’t stop him from organizing a movement to keep Latin on the curriculum of his exclusive prep school.
Sep 25, 2024 · The truth is, it can be difficult to say what that factor of a movie is that makes it go from really good to truly special. I guess, to me, Rushmore is a uplifting movie. It takes heavy themes— loss, loneliness, the inability to fit in— and looks at them through such a whimsical lens, you almost don’t know what you just watched until hours, maybe even days after you’ve seen it.
Dec 9, 2023 · Anderson and Owen Wilson’s concise screenplay deftly avoids sentimentality but somehow manages to be touching anyway. The former’s astute direction displays an excellent knack for visual as ...
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Dec 11, 1998 · Jul 21, 2018. The 1990s created some great films. Rushmore stands out as one of the greats of the decade. Memorable, funny, charming, sad, and with a great soundtrack, Rushmore really solidified Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson as great creative forces. And it kickstarted the career of Jason Schwartzman and revitalized the career of Bill Murray.
