Rushmore [The Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] [2018]

Description

The dazzling sophomore film from Wes Anderson is equal parts coming-of-age story, French New Wave homage and screwball comedy. Tenth grader Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) is Rushmore Academy's most extracurricular student-and its least scholarly. He faces expulsion and enters into unlikely friendships with both a lovely first-grade teacher (Olivia Williams) and a melancholy self-made millionaire (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.DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURESDigital transfer of the director's cut, supervised by director Wes Anderson, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrackAudio commentary featuring Anderson, co-writer Owen Wilson and actor Jason SchwartzmanThe Making of "Rushmore," an exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary by Eric Chase AndersonMax Fischer Players Present, theatrical "adaptations" of Armageddon, Out of Sight and The Truman Show, staged for the 1999 MTV Movie AwardsEpisode of The Charlie Rose Show featuring Wes Anderson and actor Bill MurrayAudition footageWes Anderson's hand-drawn storyboards, plus a film-to-storyboard comparisonOriginal theatrical trailerCollectible posterPLUS: An essay by film critic Dave Kehr