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The 1998 comedy-drama film Rushmore revolves around the eccentric teenager Max Fisher (Jason Schwartzman). Max is an outstanding extracurricular student at the Rushmore Academy: he is president of the French Club, vice-president of the Stamp and Coin Club, captain of the Debating Club, president of the Calligraphy Club, founder of the Astronomy Society, and captain of the Fencing Team — the list goes on and on. However, Max is less prolific when it comes to scholarly endeavors. In fact, he is haltingly behind academically. Rushmore Academy's headmaster Dr. Guggenheim (Brian Cox) refers to him as “one of the worst students” enrolled and threatens to put him on “sudden death academic probation.”
Herman Blume (Bill Murray), a wealthy industrialist who is struggling with a faltering marriage and two badly behaved sons, comes to admire Max for his cocky attitude and starts to befriend the unusual teenager. In the meanwhile, becoming infatuated with the much older and attractive newly arrived Rushmore Academy teacher, Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams), Max embarks on a journey of courtship, involving a series of capricious and immature attempts to gain the attention of Ms. Cross. In spite of Max's eager attempts to charm Ms. Cross, his adoration is far from reciprocated by the upright and conscientious schoolteacher; and as a true friend, Mr. Blume does his best to convince the young Max that he should not bother courting Ms. Cross. Mr. Blume is reluctant to follow his own friendly advice and ends up falling in love with Ms. Cross, whom he starts to date. Max finds out about Mr. Blume's and Ms. Cross's relationship, which culminates in an ugly discord between the two former friends. After some time, Max decides to end the quarrel with Mr. Blume (and the childish back-and-forth acts of revenge). Although initially depressed after the episode, Max finally has his spirit redeemed when he meets a girl his own age: a fellow student,