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Rushmore (1998)
Rushmore is a 1998 American comedy film directed by Wes Anderson about a teenager named Max Fischer, his friendship with rich industrialist Herman Blume, and their shared affection for elementary school teacher Rosemary Cross. The film was co-written by Anderson and Owen Wilson. The soundtrack features multiple songs by bands associated with the British Invasion of the 1960s. Filming began in November 1997 around…
Directed by Wes Anderson · Shot by Robert Yeoman · Music by Mark Mothersbaugh · 93 min
How it was made
- Anderson and Owen Wilson wrote the role of Mr. Blume for Bill Murray without expecting to reach him; once Murray read the script he agreed to work for scale, around $9,000.
- Casting directors considered 1,800 teenagers from the US, Canada and Britain for Max Fischer before Jason Schwartzman, then drummer of the band Phantom Planet, was found about a month before filming through a chance meeting arranged by Sofia Coppola.
- Filming took place around Houston, Texas, using Anderson's own former school, St. John's School, as Rushmore Academy, and Lamar High School, redressed to look dilapidated, as the public school located across the street from it in reality.
- Disney executives nearly cut the French New Wave-influenced opening montage for budget and time reasons, so the crew shot it quickly whenever they happened to be at a suitable location.
- Anderson originally intended the soundtrack to be built entirely around the Kinks, envisioning Max as a British exchange student, but the song selection evolved during filming until only one Kinks track remained in the finished film.
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