Rushmore (DVD)

If you've seen any films by Wes Anderson (Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited), then you'll know that he's a curious character, with a very quirky, idiosyncratic sense of humour that, whilst not always great, is certainly unique and unlike anything else pumping through the Hollywood system. And Rushmore, his first majorly acclaimed work, can very well be said to have put him on his current career path, as well as establishing Bill Murray as a darling of independent cinema through the late 90s to present day. It also made lead Jason Schwartzman come to prominence, although a decade later, he still has yet to really make a huge dent ...  Read the complete review

Starring: Jason Schwartzman as Max Fischer Bill Murray as Herman Blume Olivia Williams as Miss Rosemary Cross The Story: Max is a tenth grade student at the prestigious Rushmore Academy, where he presides over virtually every extra curricular activity that exists, and if it doesn’t, he starts a new club or society. He is president of the bee-keeping society, involved in Chess, Latin, Fencing, Kite Flying, Wrestling, Dramatics, and the list goes on. The huge flaw of course in this excessive undertaking of non-academic activities, is that his studies are suffering, and he is under threat of expulsion (he eventually moves to Grover ...  Read the complete review

Move over 'The Omega Man','Blues Brothers 2000' and 'Debbie Does Dallas' there's a new kid on the favourite movies block.'Rushmore' is a touching,funny and brilliantly acted movie with a wonderful script and original characters. THE MOVIE ========= Newcomer Jason Schwartzman plays Max Fischer who's whole existence revolves around the titular school.Max runs every club and after school activity going from bee keeping to year book editor and as such his grades are failing.Despite a last warning from headmaster Dr Guggenheim (Brian Cox) Max soon starts a new project of building an aquarium to impress a pretty new ...  Read the complete review

Well, now I've reviewed the film, I thought I'd let you know what I think of the DVD. Here goes: A good film, but no DVD extras! I bought this film on DVD, but I may as well have got the video and saved some money, being as there is nothing extra other than a chapter list. Thanks to a helpful comment, I’d advice buyers to get the Region 1 version of the film (provided you can play it that is), as the list of extras is huge! Starring: Jason Schwartzman as Max Fischer Bill Murray as Herman Blume Olivia Williams as Miss Rosemary Cross Background (for more detail, read my opinion on the film): ...  Read the complete review

Ah the region 2 dvd market, for all those who don't have a multi-region player you don't know what you miss out on. If you want to see Rushmore on R2 dvd then by all means do so, it has a nice anamorphic picture but no extras of any kind. In Region 1 land you can buy a Criterion edition of the film and it's up to their high standard of dvd. The company basically buys the rights to films and then proceeds to give them excellent video/audio treatments and extras that aren't pointless. Rushmore is about a young teenage boy Max who is a student at Rushmore academy. His extra curricular activities range from being the leader of the drama ...  Read the complete review