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Rushmore (1998)

The extracurricular king of Rushmore preparatory school is put on academic probation.

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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 Gary Dickerson <slug@mail. utexas.edu>

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Rated R for language and brief nudity | See all certifications »

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19 February 1999 (USA)  »

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Budget:

$9,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$43,666 (USA) (11 December 1998)

Gross:

$17,096,053 (USA) (11 June 1999)
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2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The song featured whilst the two main characters are sabotaging each other is a live performance from The Who called "A Quick One While He's Away" This is taken from "The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus" show from 1968. See more »

Goofs

During the math class, the board is shown. y = f(x) = x^0.5. The question is to compute f(x+ deltax) - f(x). The first statement is accurate. The second statement is obtained by multiplying by 1 in the form of [(x+ deltax)^ 0.5 + x^ 0.5]/[(x+ deltax)^ 0.5 + x^ 0.5]. Thus the denominator of the second statement should be [(x+ deltax)^ 0.5 + x^ 0.5], NOT [(x+ deltax) + x^ 0.5]^0.5 as shown on the board. Interestingly, the third statement on the board has the denominator correct. See more »

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Student: If, and only if, both sides of the numerator is divisible by the inverse of he square root of the two unassigned variable.
School Professor: Good. Except when the value of the "X" coordinate is equal to or less than the value of one. Yes Isaac?
Student: What about *that* problem?
School Professor: Oh, that? Don't worry about that.
Student: Wait. Why?
School Professor: I just put that up as a joke. That's probably the hardest geometry equation in the world.
Student: Well, how much extra credit is it worth?
School Professor: Well, considering I've never seen anyone get it right, ...
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References Year of the Dragon (1985) See more »

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Here Comes My Baby
Written by Cat Stevens
Published by Mainstay Music (BMI)
Performed by Cat Stevens
Courtesy of The Decca Record Company Limited / London Records
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Music
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Quirky comedy with a tender heart
16 July 1999 | by (Toronto, Canada) – See all my reviews

I think if you're looking for a straight up comedy, you'll be disappointed. This is not an easily classifiable film, but one that I love for its unique spin on some interesting characters. I especially like the fact that Max is not completely lovable, but in the end you root for him anyway. I found all the various reconciliations quite touching, and there's an interesting emphasis on friendships between people with lots of differences. Max's sidekick is younger than him, his crush is on a teacher much older, his friendship with Bill Murray's character who could be his father. Lots of heart here.


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