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Rushmore (1998)

R  93 min  -  Comedy | Drama   -  5 February 1999 (USA)
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The king of Rushmore prep school is put on academic probation.

Director:

Wes Anderson
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Schwartzman ...
Bill Murray ...
Olivia Williams ...
Seymour Cassel ...
Brian Cox ...
Mason Gamble ...
Sara Tanaka Sara Tanaka ...
Stephen McCole Stephen McCole ...
Connie Nielsen ...
Luke Wilson ...
Dipak Pallana Dipak Pallana ...
Mr. Adams (as Deepak Pallana)
Andrew Wilson ...
Marietta Marich Marietta Marich ...
Mrs. Guggenheim
Ronnie McCawley Ronnie McCawley ...
Ronny Blume
Keith McCawley Keith McCawley ...
Donny Blume
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Storyline

Max Fischer is a precocious 15-year-old whose reason for living is his attendance at Rushmore, a private school where he's not doing well in any of his classes, but where he's the king of extracurricular activities - from being in the beekeeping society to writing and producing plays, there's very little after school he doesn't do. His life begins to change, however, when he finds out he's on academic probation, and when he stumbles into love with Miss Cross, a pretty teacher of the elementary school at Rushmore. Added to the mix is his friendship with Herman Blume, wealthy industrialist and father to boys who attend the school, and who also finds himself attracted to Miss Cross. Max's fate becomes inextricably tied to this odd love triangle, and how he sets about resolving it is the story in the film. Written by Gary Dickerson <slug@mail. utexas.edu>  

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Plot Keywords:

Teacher | Friendship | Private School | Student | Industrialist  | See more »

Taglines:

All's fair when love is war. See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and brief nudity See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish (a few words) | Latin | French (a few words)

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Çilgin liseliler See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$43,666 (USA) (13 December 1998) (2 Screens)

Gross:

$17,105,219 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

DTS  | Dolby Digital  | SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The pictures of Ms. Cross' dead husband in her bedroom are pictures of co-writer Owen Wilson. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: In the elevator scene at the hospital with Max and Herman, Herman lights a second cigarette while still finishing the first. In the shots that follow the old (almost finished) and new cigarette (full) switch locations and then switch back. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Student: If, and only if, both sides of the numerator is divisible by the inverse of he square root of the two unassigned variable.
School Professor: Good. Except when the value of the "X" coordinate is equal to or less than the value of one. Yes Isaac?
Student: What about *that* problem?
School Professor: Oh, that? Don't worry about that.
Student: Wait. Why?
School Professor: I just put that up as a joke. That's probably the hardest geometry equation in the world.
Student: Well, how much extra credit is it worth?
School Professor: Well, considering I've never seen anyone get it right, including my mentor Dr. Leaky at MIT, I guess if anyone here can solve that problem, I'd see to it that none of you ever have to open another math book again for the rest of your lives.
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Soundtracks

"Nothin' In This World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl"
Written by Ray Davies
Published by Jayboy Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Performed by The Kinks
Courtesy of Castle Copyrights Ltd.
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