Rushmore

1998

93 minutes 

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Rated R

English, Not Subtitled

 

Join host and indie film fan, Glen Haley, as he revisits the best of independent film from various decades. Haley will lead a pre-film discussion sharing insights and personal reflections on each film. Arrive early for the preshow talk and experience some of the best in independent film.

 

The dazzling sophomore film from Wes Anderson is equal parts coming-of-age story, French New Wave homage, and screwball comedy. Tenth grader Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) is Rushmore Academy’s most extracurricular student—and its least scholarly. He faces expulsion and enters into unlikely friendships with both a lovely first-grade teacher (Olivia Williams) and a melancholy self-made millionaire (Bill Murray, in an award-winning performance). Set to a soundtrack of classic British Invasion tunes, Rushmore defies categorization, capturing the pain and exuberance of adolescence with wit, emotional depth, and cinematic panache.

 

Directed by Wes Anderson | 1998 | USA