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Sunday Apr 23, 2023
Anderson Countdown Part 2 - Rushmore
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
Hello everyone and welcome to Some Like It Scott's newest Countdown miniseries: the Wes Anderson Countdown. To honor one of the great still-working indie writer-director auteurs, who's next film ASTEROID CITY comes out later this year, Scott, Scott, and Jay will be watching all 10 of the American filmmakers' works to-date, from his origins with the '90s heist-comedy BOTTLE ROCKET, all the way to his latest feature, 2021's star-studded anthology drama THE FRENCH DISPATCH. Join us each week over the next 10 weeks as we progress through Anderson's full oeuvre in the buildup to ASTEROID CITY!
On the second episode of the Anderson Countdown, Scott, Scott, and Jay review Wes Anderson's sophomore directorial outing, the coming-of-age comedy-drama, RUSHMORE. Directed by Anderson and co-written with BOTTLE ROCKET star and co-writer, Owen Wilson, RUSHMORE stars soon-to-be frequent Wes Anderson collaborator, Jason Schwartzman, in his first film, playing the role of the eccentric 15-year-old high-school student, Max Fischer. Max is a scholarship student at the prestigious school, Rushmore Academy, but is a bit of a problem child. He participates extensively in extracurricular activities, founding and leading many clubs at the Houston private school, but he struggles to scrape by academically, finding himself on academic probation and dangerously close to being expelled from the school. This newfound status only feeds the chip on his shoulder as one of the few middle-class kids amongst a mostly affluent and privileged student body. Soon though Max makes two new adult friends: Herman Blume (Bill Murray), a disillusioned parent and local business owner, who despises his twin sons Ronny and Donny, who both attend Rushmore, and Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams), a widowed 1st-grade teacher at Rushmore, who left an intriguing written message in a book Max checked out from the school library. Herman and Max become odd but fast friends, while Max's crush on Rosemary begins an unhealthy obsession with her. These two new relationships in Max's life shape who he is to become, but not without some meaningful consequences along the way. The countdown crew give their thoughts on Anderson's second outing, including the semi-autobiographical nature of Max, the coming-of-age themes, as well as the performances of Schwartzman, Murray, and Williams.
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