Rushmore (film review) (to be continued...)

When "Rushmore" was first released in 1998, it was a box office disappointment, but it became a critical favorite that year and helped launched the careers of director/co-writer Wes Anderson and star Jason Schwartzmann, as well as establishing a "second career" for Bill Murray within independent filmmaking. Schwartzmann plays a tenth grade student named Max Fischer at Rushmore Academy, being the most extracerricular student they have. The only problem is that he is so busy, that he's risking to flunk class. He also is on bad terms with the head master, played by Brian Cox. His eccentric spirit gives him the attention of an industrialist named Herman Blume, played by Murray, who befriends him and takes him under his wing. Eventually, they both fall in love with a widowed elementary school teacher named Rosemary Cross, played by Olivia Williams.