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Title: Rushmore (1998)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jason Schwartzman | ... | Max Fischer | |
| Bill Murray | ... | Herman Blume | |
| Olivia Williams | ... | Rosemary Cross | |
| Seymour Cassel | ... | Bert Fischer | |
| Brian Cox | ... | Dr. Nelson Guggenheim | |
| Mason Gamble | ... | Dirk Calloway | |
| Sara Tanaka | ... | Margaret Yang | |
| Stephen McCole | ... | Magnus Buchan | |
| Connie Nielsen | ... | Mrs. Calloway | |
| Luke Wilson | ... | Dr. Peter Flynn | |
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Dipak Pallana | ... | Mr. Adams (as Deepak Pallana) |
| Andrew Wilson | ... | Coach Beck | |
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Marietta Marich | ... | Mrs. Guggenheim |
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Ronnie McCawley | ... | Ronny Blume |
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Keith McCawley | ... | Donny Blume |
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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Wes Anderson's Rushmore is a movie full of everything that modern day cinematic crap movies lack; dry humor, unique writing, music that makes a scene unforgettable, and real heart. I feel as though Rushmore is cinematic excellence, Max Fischer is the perfectly flawed yet absolutely brilliant character who tries to find his place in the world, whether it's by engrossing himself in extracurricular activities or pretending he's the son of a neurosurgeon. All of the characters are finely tuned, Herman Blume is a successful man who feels worthless, Miss Cross is a brilliant woman who feels only sorrow because of the loss of her husband. But it is their flaws that make them so wonderful, they aren't boxed into labeled packages, they are raw and real human beings who are just trying to survive. This movie is about, as Max says, finding out what you love and doing it for the rest of your life.
The camera angles in this film are interesting, connecting you to the environment and the characters. Wes Anderson picks the perfect music for each scene, especially for the heartbreaking scene at the end when Miss Cross and Max are dancing to the Faces "Ooh la la." But, what's most brilliant about Rushmore is how it makes you feel; pessimistic yet hopeful, sad yet joyful, confused yet clear-minded. A good movie makes you think but a great movie changes your perspective on the world and this is what Anderson has done. To quote Cousteau, as Miss Cross did in the Diving for Sunken Treasure book, "When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life he has no right to keep it to himself," and I'm glad that Wes Anderson created such an extraordinary movie and shared it with us all.