[Jordan]

http://www.rollingst...jeeling_limited

I'm going to see this soon, if any one has already done so, please give me your opinion!

I love this director. RUSHMORE is one of my all time favorites.

[civilian_number_two]

Agreed, RUSHMORE was far and away the best American film of 1998. One interesting thing about that Peter Travrs review: at the bottom it says "posted October 18 2007." So the Rolling Stone is way ahead of us all, as ever.

[Jordan]

I can't believe Rushmore did not get an acadamy award. Wes Anderson is the first person, imo, to truely harnass the potential of Billy Murray. The guy who played the lead role, shcwartz?, is related to Sophia Ford Copolla.

Given that relation and the fact that she also uses Murray's dead pan humor along side his pathetic feel-sorry-for-him ability in Lost in Translation, it's fair to say that movie would not have been launched had it not been for Rushmore. Or at least not to the acclaim it got.

But if any one has seen this film, please give me your opinion. It has a cameo with Murray, schwartz(?), adrien brody, and as always Owen Wilson.

This post has been edited by Jordan: 05 October 2007 - 02:55 PM

[Heccubus]

If all goes well, I'm trucking it across town tomorrow to see it.
Interesting note: Owen Wilson's character is recovering from a recent suicide attempt. WEIRD.

[civilian_number_two]

Weird, really? He's also a writer. Wouldn't you say the two were connected? There was also some suicidal and self-destructive stuff in Tennenbaums. I don't think all of it was cribbed from Salinger.