The dazzling sophomore film from Wes Anderson (FANTASTIC MR. FOX) is equal parts coming-of-age story French New Wave homage and screwball comedy. Tenth grader Max Fischer (THE DARJEELING LIMITED Jason Schwartzman) is Rushmore Academy s most extracurricular student and it s least scholarly. He faces expulsion and enters into unlikely friendships with both a lovely first-grade teacher (THE GHOST WRITERS Olivia Williams) and a melancholy self-made millionaire (GROUNDHOG DAYS Bill Murray in an award-winning performance). Set to a soundtrack of classic British Invasion tunes RUSHMORE defies categorization; it captures the pain and exuberance of adolescence with wit emotional depth and cinematic panache.