Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

At the football game, Nick tells Mason to stop shooting artistic details and photograph the action; he also arranges a ride to a party.

Scene 123 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Nick
Mason
Chase

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Begins 2:08 into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 123

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 120
Photography teacher Turlington praises Mason's eye but challenges his discipline and assigns him to shoot a football game.
Scene 121
Nick jokes that Mason and Turlington spent too long together in the darkroom, and Mason jabs him playfully.
Scene 122
Olivia asks Samantha to finish listing household items for sale; Jim criticizes Mason's nail polish and equates responsibility with being cool.
Scene 123
This scene

123EXT. FOOTBALL GAME - NIGHT

An announcer comments on the game over the loud speaker. The crowd cheers and the band plays. Mason is on the sidelines, photographing details he finds interesting. He scrolls through the images on his camera.

NICK

Hey man, Turlington says to cut the

artsy crap and shoot the game. So

take your lens and point it that

way.

MASON

Jesus Christ.

NICK

Also, we got a ride tonight.

CHASE

McCormick gonna take us to the party.

We're gonna head out after the game.

You're goin', okay?

MASON

Okay.

NICK

Shoot the game.

A player catches the ball and is tackled.