Rushmore

"Love. Expulsion. Revolution."

Feb 19 1999 R 1h 33m
Comedy, Drama

When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.

Plot

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

Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson

Directed by

Wes Anderson

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

American Empirical Pictures, Touchstone Pictures

Languages

Español, Latin, English, Français

Awards

16 wins & 16 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
202,128
Average Rating
7.6 out of 10
Metascore
87
Popularity
NA