Rushmore

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Showing as part of Intentionally Wes Anderson – a retrospective celebrating one of cinema's most beloved filmmakers, ahead of his latest film, The Phoenician Scheme, showing at HPPH from Fri 23 May. 

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Max, a student at Rushmore Academy, excels at everything except academics. He meets and falls in love with a teacher, Ms Cross, but later discovers that his mentor is also in love with her.

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). 

On Bank Holiday Monday (5th May), Rushmore will be screening as part of a double-bill alongside The Royal Tenenbaums. Individual tickets are required for both screenings.