Rushmore

...that of a "drowned ghostly ship's captain." Danson clearly adores Schwartzman and complimented him throughout the night. He called Rushmore "my all-time favorite film"; later, Schwartzman delighted us with the story of how he landed the...

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Jason Schwartzman and Wes Anderson are already inextricably tied together in our minds because of Rushmore, which still knocks us out. And here comes their latest film together, Fantastic Mr. Fox, a stop-motion animated adaptation of Roald...

In this article: Jason Schwartzman, Wes Anderson, Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, and George Clooney

...full effect; while his defeated, deadpan sarcasm in Ghostbusters is perhaps not as earned as it would later be in Lost in Translation and Rushmore (and even in 1993's Groundhog Day), it is already completely convincing and engaging.

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...considered a classic. And after a minor slump in the mid-'90s, his career was kickstarted by an appearance in a low-budget indie film called Rushmore (1998). Wes Anderson's eccentric college comedy became a cult hit, and was the beginning...

In this article: Bill Murray, George Clooney, Ivan Reitman, John Belushi, Al Pacino, Sofia Coppola, Ghostbusters, Fantastic Mr Fox, Wes Anderson, and Groundhog Day

...the Giant Peach"). George Clooney is the voice of Mr. Fox, Meryl Streep is his wife and Jason Schwartzman his son. Wes Anderson ("Rushmore," "The Royal Tenenbaums") directed and brought along members of his acting menagerie, including Bill...

In this article: Wes Anderson, Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Robert Zemeckis, The Polar Express, Dog, Halloween, IMAX, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

...Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Willem Dafoe The buzz: The combination of Anderson's off-kilter reputation (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) with Dahl's popularity (James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate...

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...in the entire film, except to throw a violent, childish tantrum. From a storytelling point of view, this has a lot in common with RUSHMORE and, in the hands of a competent filmmaker, could have been a sharp story of one-upmanship between...

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...STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING It takes a minute for this high school comedy to distinguish itself from the movies ("Rushmore,'' say) it appears to be ripping off. But once it does, the movie transforms into an exuberant,...

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...- presents himself to the world as an auteur. His six features, from his 1996 debut Bottle Rocket through the near-perfect Rushmore and on to Fantastic Mr Fox, are characterised by an increasingly fanatical attention to detail...

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...with painstaking artistry and a hefty dollop of neurosis by one of American indie cinema's most idiosyncratic auteurs, Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Life Aquatic). Thus due diligence is paid to the central tale of Dahl's poultry-pilfering fox...

In this article: Wes Anderson, The Life Aquatic, Roald Dahl, Michael Gambon, Pixar, George Clooney, and London