Rushmore. Max Fischer, a boy attending the prestigious Rushmore
Academy on scholarship, where he's failing all of his classes but is
the superstar of the school's extracurricular activities - head of
the drama club, the beekeeper club, the fencing club. Possessing
boundless confidence as well as an aura of authority, Max finds two
unlikely friends in his permutations at Rushmore. An industrial
magnate and Rushmore alumnus Herman Blume (Bill Murray) and a first-
grade teacher Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams).

Anderson and cowriter Owen Wilson have fashioned a wickedly
intelligent and wildly funny tale of young adulthood that hits all the
right notes in its mix of melancholy and optimism.

The cast is excellent. Bill Murray is great as a father who is hated
by his kids and ignored by his wife. He adopts Max Fisher, the do
everything except study Rushmore student, as his son and they become
good friends. Then they both fall in love with Olivia Williams, a
first grade teacher at Rushmore. Williams is equally affecting as the
teacher who still carries a torch for her dead husband.

Expelled from school Max goes ballistically obsessive in his passion
for the teacher. His friendship with Blume turns nasty. Suddenly Max
is no longer quite adorable. The movie turns into a juggling act,
first trying to keep many dark and weighty emotional objects aloft,
then successfully bringing them back to hand in a graceful and
satisfying way.

Rushmore contains some of the coolest moments captured on film
including the scene where a miserable Mr. Blume does a canonball from
the highdive at his pool in his Budweiser trunks and the shot where
Max exits the elevator after putting bees into Mr. Blume's hotel room
and, in slow-motion, sticks his gum against the wall. This movie
illustrates quality comedy.

The supporting cast are superb and includes a hilarious Mason Gamble
as Max's young charge. Dirk Calloway (Mason Gamble) is the best
friend that we wish we all had. Picked as Max's chapel partner, Dirk
idolizes Max, always by his side acting as his trusty sidekick and
taking part in his numerous extracurricular activities.

Name: Dirk Calloway, student at Rushmore Academy.
Affiliations: French Club, Model UN - Mexico, Debate Team, Fencing
Team, Trap & Skeet Club, Max Fischer Players, Kite Flying Society -
Co-founder.
Played by: Mason Gamble.
Quotes: "With friends like you, who needs friends?". "Why am I
telling you this? Because you're such a good friend".

You can see Mason Gamble's audition footage for Rushmore on the
RUSHMORE REGION 1 DVD. This special feature is not included on
DVD's for other regions.