History Film / Rushmore

* RomanticFalseLead: Luke Wilson as Dr. Peter Flynn.

''Rushmore'' is a 1998 film by Creator/WesAnderson, starring Jason Schwartzman, Creator/BillMurray, and Creator/OliviaWilliams. It follows the exploits of Max Fischer, 15-year-old student at the eponymous academy. He is incredibly bright but scatterbrained, preferring to do extracurricular activities instead of actual schoolwork. He becomes unlikely friends with Herman Blume, a local businessman who is unhappy with his life and becomes inspired by Max's energy.

** Among the plays that the Max Fischer Players perform are Film/{{Serpico}}, and Oliver Stone's ''Heaven And Hell''. The film also contains many references to ''Film/TheGraduate'', ''{{Peanuts}}'', Jacques Cousteau and the photography of Jacque Henri Lartigue.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Max and Herman are probably the trope codifeiers.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Pretty every negative thing that happens to Max ultimately stems from his own actions. While some of it is down to his crush on Rosemary [[LoveMakesYouDumb overriding his better judgement]], a lot more is because he's an egocentric jackass.

* ElaborateUniversityHigh: Actually filmed at two real schools in Houston. Rushmore is St. John's in real life, Wes Andersons alma mater.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: A few, but most prominently the one between Max, Ms. Cross and Mr. Blume.

''Rushmore'' is a 1998 film by Creator/WesAnderson, starring Jason Schwartzman, Creator/BillMurray, and Olivia Williams. It follows the exploits of Max Fischer, 15-year-old student at the eponymous academy. He is incredibly bright but scatterbrained, preferring to do extracurricular activities instead of actual schoolwork. He becomes unlikely friends with Herman Blume, a local businessman who is unhappy with his life and becomes inspired by Max's energy.

* ExtracurricularEnthusiast: Max Fischer's extracurricular activities at Rushmore Academy include: Yankee Review editor-in-chief, French Club president, representing Russia in the model UN, Stamp & Coin Club vice-president, debate team captain, Lacrosse team manager, Calligraphy Club president, Astronomy Society founder, fencing team captain, track & field J. V. decathlon, 2nd Chorale choirmaster, bombardment society founder, Kung Fu Club yellow belt, Trap & Skeet Club founder, Rushmore Beekeepers president, Yankee Racers founder, Max Fischer Players director and the Piper Cub Club. Yeah, and he saved Latin - what did you ever do?

''Rushmore'' is a 1998 film by Creator/WesAnderson, starring Jason Schwartzman, Creator/BillMurray, and Olivia Williams. It follows the exploits of Max Fischer, 15-year-old student at the eponymous academy. He is incredibly bright but scatterbrained, preferring to do extracurricular activities instead of actual schoolwork. He becomes unlikely friends with Herman Blume, a local businessman who is unhappy with his life and becomes ispired by Max's energy.

''Rushmore'' is a 1998 film by Creator/WesAnderson, starring Jason Schwartzman, Creator/BillMurray, and Olivia Williams. It follows the exploits of Max Fischer, 15-year-old student at the eponymous academy. He is incredibly bright but scatterbrained, preferring to do extracurricular activities instead of actual schoolwork. He is friends with Herman Blume, a local businessman who is unhappy with his life. When a new teacher arrives at Rushmore Academy, Rosemary Cross, an odd LoveTriangle develops, with Max hopelessly lusting after Rosemary while she and Herman begin having an affair. The two friends soon become bitter enemies, working to ruin each other's lives. However, since this is a comedy, and not a particularly dark one, [[LighterAndSofter the tone remains lighthearted and whimsical throughout]].

* [[DoggedNiceGuy Dogged Nice Girl]]: It’s clear pretty soon after she’s introduced that Margaret Yang is harboring an attraction for Max, but he gives her the cold shoulder in favor of his own infatuation with Ms. Cross. [[spoiler: Things get better by the end, though, when he warms up to and eventually begins dating her after getting over Ms. Cross ([[AmbiguousEnding maybe]]).]]

** The Max Fischer Players also produced a number of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jra8HD-VTv0 specially commissioned pieces for the 1999 MTV Awards]] adapting the biggest films of that year in their own unique, ingenius style. These included ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', ''Film/OutOfSight'' and ''Film/TheTrumanShow''.

* ShoutOut: Among the plays that the Max Fischer Players perform are {{Serpico}}, and Oliver Stone's ''Heaven And Hell''. The film also contains many references to ''TheGraduate'', ''{{Peanuts}}'', Jacques Cousteau and the photography of Jacque Henri Lartigue.
** The Max Fischer Players also produced a number of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jra8HD-VTv0 specially commissioned pieces for the 1999 MTV Awards]] adapting the biggest films of that year in their own unique, ingenius style. These included ''{{Armageddon}}'', ''OutOfSight'' and ''Film/TheTrumanShow''.

''Rushmore'' is a 1998 film by Wes Anderson, starring Jason Schwartzman, Creator/BillMurray, and Olivia Williams. It follows the exploits of Max Fischer, 15-year-old student at the eponymous academy. He is incredibly bright but scatterbrained, preferring to do extracurricular activities instead of actual schoolwork. He is friends with Herman Blume, a local businessman who is unhappy with his life. When a new teacher arrives at Rushmore Academy, Rosemary Cross, an odd LoveTriangle develops, with Max hopelessly lusting after Rosemary while she and Herman begin having an affair. The two friends soon become bitter enemies, working to ruin each other's lives. However, since this is a comedy, and not a particularly dark one, [[LighterAndSofter the tone remains lighthearted and whimsical throughout]].

** The whole scene in which Max is [[UnstoppableRage slightly annoyed]] that Rosemary brought Dr. Flynn to his dinner might be a shout out to a certain scene in ''MyLeftFoot''.

* EnterStageWindow: After learning Blume and Ms. Cross have split up, Max comes to the latter’s second-story window at night and makes up a story about having been hit by a car and needing to use her phone. When she wises up, he leaves the same way he came in.

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: At least two. One between Max and Dirk when the latter learns from Magnus that Max has been claiming to have gotten a handjob from Dirk’s mother. This, in turn, kicks off the falling out between Max and Blume when Dirk writes him a letter revealing the affair Blume is having with Ms. Cross.

* [[DoggedNiceGuy Dogged Nice Girl]]: It’s clear pretty soon after she’s introduced that Margaret Yang is harboring an attraction for Max, but he gives her the cold shoulder in favor of his own infatuation with Ms. Cross. Things get better by the end, though, when he warms up to and eventually begins dating her after getting over Ms. Cross ([[AmbiguousEnding maybe]]).

''Rushmore'' is a 1998 film by Wes Anderson, starring Jason Schwartzman, Creator/BillMurray, and Olivia Williams. It follows the exploits of Max Fischer, 15-year-old student at the eponymous academy. He is incredibly bright but scatterbrained, preferring to do extracurricular activities instead of actual schoolwork. He is friends with Herman Blume, a local businessman who is unhappy with his life. When a new teacher arrives at Rushmore Academy, Rosemary Cross, an odd LoveTriangle develops, with Max hopelessly lusting after Rosemary while she and Herman begin dating. The two friends soon become bitter enemies, working to ruin each other's lives. However, since this is a comedy, and not a particularly dark one, [[LighterAndSofter the tone remains lighthearted and whimsical throughout]].

''Rushmore'' is a 1998 film by Wes Anderson, starring Jason Schwartzman, {{Bill Murray}}, and Olivia Williams. It follows the exploits of Max Fischer, 15-year-old student at the eponymous academy. He is incredibly bright but scatterbrained, preferring to do extracurricular activities instead of actual schoolwork. He is friends with Herman Blume, a local businessman who is unhappy with his life. When a new teacher arrives at Rushmore Academy, Rosemary Cross, an odd LoveTriangle develops, with Max hopelessly lusting after Rosemary while she and Herman begin dating. The two friends soon become bitter enemies, working to ruin each other's lives. However, since this is a comedy, and not a particularly dark one, [[LighterAndSofter the tone remains lighthearted and whimsical throughout]].

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* IncrediblyLamePun:
--> '''Dr. Peter Flynn''': These are O.R. scrubs.
--> '''Max''': "O.R." they?

* BrilliantButLazy: Max.

* ElaborateUniversityHigh

--> ''These are O.R. scrubs.''
--> '' "O.R." they?''

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: At least two. One between Max and Dirk when the latter learns from Mangus that Max has been claiming to have gotten a handjob from Dirk’s mother. This, in turn, kicks off the falling out between Max and Blume when Dirk writes him a letter revealing the affair Blume is having with Ms. Cross.

* RomanticFalseLead: Luke Wilson as Peter Flynn.

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: At least two. One between Max and Dirk when the latter learns from Angus that Max has been claiming to have gotten a handjob from Dirk’s mother. This, in turn, kicks off the falling out between Max and Blume when Dirk writes him a letter revealing the affair Blume is having with Ms. Cross.

* EnterStageWindow: After learning Blume and Ms. Cross have gone split up, Max comes to the latter’s second-story window at night and makes up a story about having been hit by a car and needing to use her phone. When she wises up, he leaves the same way he came in.

''Rushmore'' is a 1998 film by Wes Anderson, starring Jason Schwartzman, {{Bill Murray}}, and Olivia Williams. It follows the exploits of Max Fischer, 15-year-old student at the eponymous academy. He is incredibly bright but scatterbrained, preferring to do extracurricular activities instead of actual schoolwork. He is friends with Herman Blume, a local businessman who is unhappy with his life. When a new teacher arrives at Rushmore Academy, Rosemary Cross, an odd love triangle develops, with Max hopelessly lusting after Rosemary while she and Herman begin dating. The two friends soon become bitter enemies, working to ruin each other's lives. However, since this is a comedy, and not a particularly dark one, [[LighterAndSofter the tone remains lighthearted and whimsical throughout]].

--> ''These are O.R. Scrubs.''