Directed by Wes Anderson Written by Wes Anderson Owen Wilson Cast Jason Schwartzman ... Max Fischer Bill Murray ... Herman Blume Olivia Williams ... Rosemary Cross Seymour Cassel ... Bert Fischer Brian Cox ... Dr. Nelson Guggenheim Mason Gamble ... Dirk Calloway Sara Tanaka ... Margaret Yang Stephen McCole ... Magnus Buchan Connie Nielsen ... Mrs. Calloway Luke Wilson ... Dr. Peter Flynn Dipak Pallana ... Mr. Adams (as Deepak Pallana) Andrew Wilson ... Coach Beck Marietta Marich ... Mrs. Guggenheim Ronnie McCawley ... Ronny Blume Keith McCawley ... Donny Blume Hae-Joon Lee ... Alex Adebayo Asabi ... Mr. Obiomiwe Al Fielder ... Ernie Colin Platt ... Boy Portraying Frank Serpico George Farish ... O'Reilly Francis Fernandez ... Burnum McCauley Penderdast ... Fields Eric Bennett Weems ... Willie (as Eric Weems) Dalton Tomlin ... Wrestler Wallace Wolodarsky ... Referee (as Wally Wolodarsky) Kim Terry ... Mrs. Blume Ella Pryor ... Woman Back Stage Paul Schiff ... Waiter Antoni Scarano ... Small Boy Artist Brian Tenenbaum ... Contractor Thayer McClanahan ... School Reporter / George Patricia Winkler ... Mrs. Whitney Manning Mott ... Mr. Halsted J.J. Stonebraker ... Woody Donny Caicedo ... 40 Ounce Ali Ktiri ... Benjamin Michael Maggart ... Concierge Robbie Lee ... Isaac Morgan Redmond ... Bellman Ed Geldart ... Security Guard David Moritz ... Dynamite Salesman John Killalea ... Tommy Stalling (as J.J. Killalea) William Lau ... Mr. Yang Lucille Sadikin ... Mrs. Yang Steve Eckelman ... Tennis Pro Eric Chase Anderson ... Architect Danny Fine ... Coach Fritz Kyle Ryan Urquhart ... Regis Kumar Pallana ... Mr. LittleJeans Stephen Dignan ... Reuben Uncredited Cast Alexis Bledel ... Student Robert Bryant ... Band Conductor David L. Carter ... Theatre Patron Reggie Dees II ... Student with Football Jersey in Hallway Hunter Hancock ... Student Al Hayter ... School Professor Nathaniel Holt ... Audience Member David B. Johnson ... Football Player Lance Allen Kramer ... Yankee Review Photographer Aubrey Trey LaFargue ... Student Wrestling Spectator Erich Lane ... Student Arnold Montey ... Audience Member Manning Mpinduzi-Mott ... Mister Holstead Frank Page ... Professor Murray Brandon Trost ... Vietnamese Soldier with Rocket Launcher Jason Trost ... Party Kid Sarah Trost ... Makeup Artist Produced by Wes Anderson John Cameron Barry Mendel Paul Schiff Owen Wilson Original Music by Mark Mothersbaugh

Additional Info Premiere: September 17, 1998 Theatrical Release: February 05, 1999 DVD Release: June 29, 1999 Blu-ray Release: November 22, 2011 Country: Distributor: The Criterion Collection Websites: Production Companies Touchstone Pictures American Empirical Pictures Distributors Buena Vista Pictures   (1998) (USA) (theatrical) The Criterion Collection   (2004) (USA) (DVD) The Criterion Collection   (2011) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.1 / 10 Our Rating 6.5 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.7 / 10 Female Users 5.4 / 10 Site Ranking #988 / 20,698 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 2 total ratings Almost Perfect 4 total ratings Average 2 total ratings Site Ranking #984 The Karate Kid (2010) #985 Cobra Kai: Season 1 (2018) #986 Cobra Kai: Season 2 (2019) #987 The Ninth Gate (1999) #988 Rushmore (1998) #989 Jurassic World Dominion (2022) #990 The Mask Of Zorro (1998) #991 Dazed And Confused (1993) #992 Melancholia (2011)