Rushmore Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Anderson
Genres: Comedy Drama
Rating:
After the highly acclaimed independent film Bottle_Rocket, director Wes_Anderson followed up with a quirky Touchstone Studios film entitled Rushmore. Written by Anderson and friend Owen_Wilson (an actor in Armageddon and Anaconda), they created the story of Max Fischer, a highly eccentric 15-year-old boy who attends the tenth grade at Rushmore Academy. Played by Jason_Schwartzman (Talia_Shire's son and Francis_Ford_Coppola's nephew), Max is a poor student with big dreams and a love of extracurricular activities. Max is editor of the school newspaper and yearbook, president of the chess, astronomy, French, and German clubs, captain of the fencing team, and director of the school play. Max is also a compulsive liar, telling everyone that his barber father (Seymour_Cassel) is really a brain surgeon. Suddenly Max falls in love with Miss Cross (Olivia_Williams), a first-grade teacher at the school. He also makes a new friend in business tycoon Mr. Blume (Bill_Murray), an eccentric millionaire who also loves Miss Cross. The love triangle heats up as Max refuses to believe that his age has anything to do with Miss Cross refusing his romantic advances. Also Max's scheme to erect an aquarium on the school baseball diamond gets him booted out of Rushmore Academy. As his life crumbles around him, he is forced to grow up and accept the consequences of his actions and his lies. He throws himself more into his extracurricular activities, hoping to redeem himself by staging the most ambitious school play ever attempted. Arthur Borman, Rovi
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