Talk:Rushmore (film)

Miss Cross and the ending
I do not agree with this article's suggestion that the film concludes with Max accepting his relationship with Miss Cross as a friendship. In fact, I would argue the counter. The movie is essentially what Max portrays it to be. It is his "play." He, in my opinions, "ends up" with Miss Cross given the ending. I think the article should be less specific about the ending and its meaning and slightly more open to other perspectives. Opinions? Abacab 06:39, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I absolutely disagree. the movie is not what max "portrays it to be" the film is about his coming of age and independence as a man. At the end of the film he has matured and accepted his natural role in life as an artist, and a young man. He has margaret chang. he is friends with blume again. and he takes rosemary's hand and dances with her as an acceptance and a farewell to all the previous troubles. he even sets up blume and rosemary in the audience and trys to put them back together by having blume try and build the aquarium again for her as a reconciliation. VanTucky 06:56, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

You're right that Max matures and accepts a great deal, but there's a definite indication of the same old manipulative Max when he has the DJ put on a specially chosen and especially sentimental song (save lyrics) for his dance with Miss Cross. Certainly, scheming to reconcile Blume with Cross indicates that he does not intend to pursue her (and hence I disagree with the Abacab that he "ends up" with Cross), I think this subtle touch (directing the DJ) indicates that Max will never fully "accept his role in life". If he did, there would be no hope for any of us. But more pertinently, with respect to editing, the claim that Max accepts his relatinoship with Cross as Platonic is someone's personal interpretation and not factual. (And by the way, it's 'Yang', not 'Chang'. God, watch the movie! :) )  82.45.161.53 20:45, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

The list of extracurricular activities
I'm removing it for the second time. While it might be interesting to fans of the film, there's really no reason for it to be in this article (Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information). Please present an argument for why it should be included before reinserting it. Pele Merengue 17:00, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
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I'm a newby - trying to learn - and this page is the first I have edited
I hope I have added content that is interesting, but really need some feedback. I'd like to become a valued contributor, so any constructive criticism of what I've done so far will be welcomed by me. I also intend to spend time reading various tutorials..... Any comments you have to help would be greatly appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Martin1231 (talk • contribs) 23:51, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Headlines
- Here are some links to articles and reviews to help beef up this article.--J.D. (talk) 19:31, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
 * A Real Buddy Picture
 * Love! Valor! And Hair Gel!
 * Class Clowns
 * Most Likely to Succeed? Or Annoy?
 * Tightening the Knot on the Old School Tie
 * An Original at Ease in the Studio System
 * Bill Murray, In All Seriousness
 * My Private Screening With Pauline Kael
 * The 50 best high school movies: Nos. 25-21
 * Class Struggle
 * Teacher's Pet
 * Rushmore - Chicago Sun-Times review
 * Rushmore - Rolling Stone magazine review

- another article to use.--J.D. (talk) 20:32, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The Road Wes Traveled
 * The Delicate Delinquent

Influence on popular culture
This section is unsourced and in list form. I've moved it here until it can be cited properly and placed in the appropriate sections in the article.--J.D. (talk) 19:27, 25 September 2008 (UTC)


 * The video for the song "Stupid Kid" by Alkaline Trio is an homage to the movie.
 * "Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades" is the name of a Brand New song on the album Deja Entendu. The song title is a line from the movie.
 * Metal group Every Time I Die have a song entitled "She's My Rushmore" from their 2003 album Hot Damn!. "She's my Rushmore, Max" is a line from the movie.
 * Give Up the Ghost has a song called "I Saved Latin", referencing a line from the movie.
 * The album Take This to Your Grave by Fall Out Boy includes a song called "Tell That Mick He Just Made My List Of Things To Do Today", referencing a line of Max Fischer's, although the quote in the movie is actually "...that stupid mick...".  The band has also toured under the codename Saved Latin.
 * Guitarist Frank Iero from My Chemical Romance has said Rushmore to be his favorite movie, and the video for the band's song "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" is inspired by the movie, notably the school setting and almost identical jackets worn by the band.
 * The Australian alternative rock band Kisschasy have a song entitled With Friends Like You, Who Needs Friends? on their 2005 album United Paper People. The title is a reference to a line from Rushmore.
 * The band The Decemberists video for single Sixteen Military Wives appears to take stylistic and thematic cues from Rushmore, including a whimsical, humorous plot satirising American imperialism using school societies and descriptive captions similar to those used in the film.
 * The video for Motion City Soundtrack's debut single, The Future Freaks Me Out, is based on the movie's school play finale.
 * The video for Company of Thieves' "Oscar Wilde" is largely influenced by Rushmore. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 17.103.181.229 (talk) 18:09, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Homages and connections with other Anderson films
This section is unsourced and in list form. I've moved it here until it can be cited properly and placed in the appropriate sections in the article.--J.D. (talk) 19:41, 11 October 2008 (UTC)


 * The famous shot of Max sitting on the go-kart used in the "Making Time" montage is based on a photograph by Jacques Henri Lartigue. Anderson would later reference Lartigue's
 * The penciled-in quote inside a book Max is reading is Diving for Sunken Treasure by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Philippe Diote: "When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself". In Anderson's later film, The Life Aquatic, the main character Steve Zissou is a parody of and homage to Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
 * The Vince Guaraldi Trio's version of "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing" appears in Rushmore. "Christmastime Is Here", also from A Charlie Brown Christmas, and performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, is in Anderson's film The Royal Tenenbaums.
 * In the scene where Max meets Rosemary, he is carrying the book, The Powers That Be by David Halberstam, an account of the rise of journalistic media to political power.
 * In the scene where Max buys the dynamite, he holds an ID up to the salesman and says, "And could you make the order out to Ready Demolition, Tucson, Arizona?" This is the same line delivered by Val Kilmer's character when purchasing explosives in the 1995 Michael Mann film Heat. The film is also referenced during Max's production of Serpico, when the actor portraying Serpico snaps his fingers while saying "That you're gonna follow this thing all the way to the end...of the line...where I got to be." Not only is this line almost identical to a line spoken by Al Pacino in Heat, but Al Pacino also portrayed Serpico himself in the 1973 film.
 * The surf board seen in the background of the war play is an homage to Robert Duvall's character in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, as was the play's character named "Surfboy," also paying homage to the character of Lance in Coppola's film.
 * Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude was a big influence on the film's look and tone, as well as Mike Nichols' The Graduate.
 * The font used throughout the film is Futura, in particular, Futura Bold. Anderson also used it extensively in Bottle Rocket and in his subsequent films.
 * In the scene where Max is notified of his academic probation, Max asks "can't you let me float by, for old time sake", to which Dr. Guggenheim replies "can't do it, Max." This is a reference to a scene from The Godfather, where Tessio, realizing that it's been discovered he was the traitor, asks "Tom, can you let me off the hook, for old time sake", to which Tom Hagen replies "can't do it, Sally."
 * When Max walks into Rosemary's classroom for the first time the book she is reading is Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.

is this film
set anywhere in partic? max meets mrs blume in a kinda big city. just wondering. n-dimensional §кakkl€ 19:41, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * No. kollision (talk) 03:44, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Reference #6
Is 404'ed. I don't want to remove the link, as #6 is use several times throughout the article. I did try to (very briefly) to find it again, w/ out any luck. I guess if I ever get back around to this article I'll delete it. Greg343 (talk) 08:40, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

uni work
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