Rushmore (Blu-Ray)

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). Set to a soundtrack of classic British Invasion tunes, Rushmore defies categorization; it captures the pain and exuberance of adolescence with wit, emotional depth and cinematic panache.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• Digital transfer of the director’s cut, supervised by director Wes Anderson, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• Audio commentary featuring Anderson, co-writer Owen Wilson and actor Jason Schwartzman
• The Making of “Rushmore,” an exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary by Eric Chase Anderson
• Max Fischer Players Present, theatrical “adaptations” of Armageddon, Out of Sight and The Truman Show, staged for the 1999 MTV Movie Awards
• Episode of The Charlie Rose Show featuring Wes Anderson and actor Bill Murray
• Audition footage
• Wes Anderson’s hand-drawn storyboards, plus a film-to-storyboard comparison
• Original theatrical trailer
• Collectible poster
• PLUS: An essay by film critic Dave Kehr