Yes, you’re officially old now. Ten years ago today, Wes Anderson’s “Rushmore” came out in limited release in New York and L.A., thus making today the 10th anniversary of the film. Time flies, huh? The film opened wide February 19, 1999, but it is considered a 2008 film and was eligible for Oscars that year (Bill Murray earned himself a Golden Globe nomination that year, but he failed to nab an Academy nod). Being a slobbering Wes Anderson devotee and fetishist is annoying and gauche, no doubt, but we’d be lying if we said this film wasn’t near and dear to our hearts (the rest of the work afterwards, not so much). We were planning on doing an inaugural Playlist podcast about the film for today, but we’re a little backed up. Expect it hopefully tomorrow or over the weekend, but we’ll try and save you from bombardment society like we did with “Bottle Rocket.” But yeah, it’s ten years old now and you’re ten years older than you were. Basically what we’re trying to say is… we’re not sure if we’ve met anyone like you before.
This is a great Mark Mothersbaugh track, but the sweet spot doesn’t really start til :22 seconds in.
yeah! I watch Rushmore almost ten years ago here in Mexico, the film catch me since the credits, I love that tunes and all the Anderson´s style. The final scene at the play was a fucking visual pleasure.
by the way the title here was “Tres es multitud” wich means “Three is a crowd”
Can’t believe it’s ten years old. I was a freshman in high school when this came out and had only been into “interesting films” for about a year or two and dragged some of my friends to see it. At the time they said they didn’t like it or only kind of liked it but thought it was weird…but ten years later, they’re all Anderson fanatics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZLMmKhv1JI
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Rushmore really is Anderson’s masterpiece. Much more focused and less convoluted than Tenenbaums. It relaunched Bill Murray’s career and Mark Mothersbaugh’s soundtrack is brilliant and fits perfectly. This has definitely been my favorite movie for the last 10 years. I’ve probably watched it 50 times from beginning to end. I bought it the weekend it was released on VHS and watched it 3 times one Saturday (I was a loser in high school).