Glory fades, or so Max Fischer once said, but we’d wager Rushmore feels as fresh and as funny as it did more than a decade ago. It was the last picture show Wes Anderson shot in Texas before he abandoned – yes, abandoned! – us for New York, but at least we’ll always have it as a lasting monument.
And now the Texas Film Hall of Fame is making it official, by inducting Rushmore into its hallowed (entirely metaphorical) Hall at this year’s awards ceremony on March 12. Luke “These are O.R. scrubs” Wilson will be on hand to accept.
For more info about the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards, go here.
This article appears in February 20 • 2009.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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