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	<title>The Rushmore Academy</title>
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	<description>The World of Wes Anderson</description>
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		<title>Unreleased W.W. Anderson interview</title>
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From Fox Searchlight:
FANTASTIC MR. FOX director/co-writer/producer Wes Anderson sat down with Fox Searchlight&#8217;s own lovely Stephanie Allen, the basis of a video series in which Wes discusses various aspects of how FANTASTIC MR. FOX came to fruition. And the film&#8217;s now been nominated for two Academy Awards! Watch all eight videos here.
Wes On Author Roald [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rushmoreacademy.com/2010/02/07/unreleased-w-w-anderson-interview</link>
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		<title>Wes Anderson&#8217;s &#8220;Super Bowl&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Slate via Entertainment Weekly:

(the Wes parody is third)
(not-so) Bonus: a harsh take on Salinger &#8212; and Wes
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		<link>http://rushmoreacademy.com/2010/02/07/wes-andersons-super-bowl</link>
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		<title>Wes Anderson&#8217;s The Amazing Spider-Man</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So as you may have read on our twitter page (@RushmoreAcademy), Wes was one of the names rumoured to be on Sony&#8217;s wishlist of directors for their proposed Spiderman reboot before Marc Webb was chosen. Jeff Loveness has made a parody video based on that possibility, it is below.

Our favorite Wes parody is still the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rushmoreacademy.com/2010/02/05/wes-andersons-the-amazing-spider-man</link>
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		<title>French Fantastix Mr. Fox Poster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the release of the French version of Fantastic Mr. Fox a mere two weeks away, we thought we&#8217;d share the poster for the for dubbed version. Click on the image below to view it full size.

via IMPAwards
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		<link>http://rushmoreacademy.com/2010/02/03/french-fantastix-mr-fox-poster</link>
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		<title>Putting &#8220;Fantastic Mr. Fox&#8221; Oscar Nominations in Context</title>
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This morning it was announced that Fantastic Mr. Fox received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Animated Feature and another for Best Original Score. This is the second nomination Wes has received, after receiving a Best Original Screenplay nomination with Owen Wilson in 2002. But what are Fantastic Mr. Fox&#8217;s chances come Oscar time? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rushmoreacademy.com/2010/02/02/putting-fantastic-mr-fox-oscar-nominations-in-context</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Fox&#8221; receives Oscar nominations!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
It&#8217;s official:
Animated Film:
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
I have seen 1, 2 and 5 &#8211; excellent competition. Good luck, Wes!
Also:
Best Score
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up
via Vulture
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		<link>http://rushmoreacademy.com/2010/02/02/fox-receives-oscar-nominations</link>
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		<title>The Philosophy of Bill Murray</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
An interesting article today from The A.V. Club on the philosophies of some of Bill Murray&#8217;s most famous characters, including Herman Blume from Rushmore.
The asceticism of Scrooged and Rushmore
As  practiced by certain sects of Hinduism, Jainists, and even Christians  who reject the ideas of “prosperity theology” (and actually, you know,  listen to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rushmoreacademy.com/2010/02/02/the-philosophy-of-bill-murray</link>
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		<title>Wes on J.D. Salinger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
From Richard Brody&#8217;s blog at the New Yorker:
I remembered this passage from the F. Scott Fitzgerald story “The Freshest Boy”:
He had contributed to the events by which another boy was saved from the army of the bitter, the selfish, the neurasthenic and the unhappy. It isn’t given to us to know those rare moments when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rushmoreacademy.com/2010/01/31/wes-on-j-d-salinger</link>
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		<title>Two more Fantastic Mr. Fox FYC Ads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first below (click to enlarge), the second after the jump.



So, a little less elegant, a little less celebrating of the collaboration, but we&#8217;re in the thick of it people! Let&#8217;s see some hustle! (Or rather let&#8217;s not, as most likely you&#8217;re not an Academy member and even if you were, ballots were due last week.)
via [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rushmoreacademy.com/2010/01/24/two-more-fantastic-mr-fox-fyc-ads</link>
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		<title>Fantastic Mr. Fox DVD/Blu-Ray Release Date and New Cover Art Announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DVD Active has just posted the release information and revised cover art for Fantastic Mr. Fox on DVD and Blu-Ray. The release date is now March 23.

Full information and Blu-Ray art afer the jump.

The DVD will include:

From Script to Screen feature,
A Still Life (Puppet Animation) feature
A Beginner’s Guide to Whack-Bat


The Blu-Ray will include:

A DVD Copy of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rushmoreacademy.com/2010/01/20/fantastic-mr-fox-dvdblu-ray-release-date-and-new-cover-art-announced</link>
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