The eighth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1999 features Jason’s personal pick, Wes Anderson’s Rushmore. Directed and co-written (with Owen Wilson) by Wes Anderson and starring Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams and Mason Gamble, Rushmore premiered at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival before going into wide release in February 1999.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/rushmore-1999), Janet Maslin in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/09/movies/film-festival-review-most-likely-to-succeed-or-annoy.html), and Lisa Schwarzbaum in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/1998/12/18/rushmore-4/).

Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1999 installment, featuring the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner, Chris Smith’s American Movie.