Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

At a pond, Annie offers fishing with her father, the family discusses baptism, and Dad skips a stone while Mason photographs it.

Scene 119 of 160 · ≈ 2 min on screen · Act two

Annie
Dad
Mason
Samantha

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 2:01 into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 119

As his mother’s homes and relationships change, Mason grows from a restless child into a young photographer learning to choose his own direction before leaving for college.

Scenes 1–11
Mason’s world is a child’s local orbit of school, siblings, play, and a family not yet displaced.
Scenes 12–23
The move exposes Mason’s wish to keep his friends and stay connected to his absent father while Olivia seeks a more secure life.
Scenes 24–74
Mason enters successive new family arrangements: Dad’s return, Olivia’s marriage to Bill, and finally escape from Bill’s house.
Just before
Scene 116
Dad, Annie, Samantha, and Mason perform a homemade family song for Nana and Grandpa Cliff on the porch.
Scene 117
A week-later church service is announced from outside the small country church.
Scene 118
The family listens as the preacher tells the story of Thomas and speaks about believing without seeing.
Scene 119
This scene

119EXT. WOODS - DAY

The family walks through the woods. Annie holds Cooper to her chest in a cloth carrier. Mason has his camera in hand. Dad chews on a piece of straw.

ANNIE

The pond's right up here. Ooh, it's

low.

DAD

Yeah.

ANNIE

You know, my dad could take you

fishing next time you're here if you

want.

MASON

Nice.

ANNIE

(to Cooper)

Hi, baby. What's goin' on?

Mason and Samantha walk down to the pond. Annie sits on a picnic bench with Cooper.

ANNIE (CONT'D)

You know, I think we're just gonna

hang out here for a minute.

DAD

Want me to stay with you?

ANNIE

No, it's okay.

DAD

You sure?

ANNIE

Yeah, thanks.

Samantha pushes a stick into the mud. Mason photographs pond.

SAMANTHA

Mason, why are you such a stick-in-

the-mud?

MASON

What are you even talking about?

DAD

Hey, you guys don't mind coming back

here on the 20th, do you, for Cooper's

baptism?

MASON

No, it's fine.

DAD

Sam?

SAMANTHA

Okay.

DAD

I appreciate it. It means a lot to

Annie and her folks, you know.

MASON

Were we baptized?

They share a look and laugh.

DAD

I wasn't the least bit concerned