Article: Bill Murray & Wes Anderson.(interview with actor and director of the movie 'Rushmore,' respectively)(Interview)

Not since the mid-to-late '80s - the days of movies like Blue Velvet, True Stories, Raising Arizona, and Something Wild - has there been a slice of post-modern Americana as funny, thoughtful, and downright weird as the unmissable Rushmore. The film tells the tale of fifteen-year-old nerd entrepreneur Max (played by astounding newcomer Jason Schwartzman), who gets tycoon Mr. Blume (Bill Murray) to sponsor his madcap schemes so he can impress the schoolmarm he desires (Olivia Williams), only for the melancholy millionaire to fall for her himself.

Rushmore is brought to us by the inspired Bottle Rocket team of director Wes Anderson and cowriter Owen Wilson (whose ...

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