Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Mason is caught playing Oregon Trail instead of finishing a classroom assignment, and a classmate mocks his delayed work.

Scene 21 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Teacher
Mason
Girl In Red

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 15 min into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 21

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.
Scene 12
Olivia announces the Houston move so she can return to college and support the family, uprooting Mason from his first home and friends.
Just before
Scene 18
Mason and Samantha wrestle in the back seat until Olivia starts a silence game as they approach Houston.
Scene 19
Mason hurriedly packs for school while Olivia calls him to breakfast and reminds him about homework.
Scene 20
Samantha teases Mason at breakfast; Olivia tells them their father is in town and will see them after school.
Scene 21
This scene

21INT. CLASSROOM - DAY

Mason plays Oregon Trail on a classroom computer, while his TEACHER speaks in the background.

TEACHER (O.S.)

All right, nice cursive. Okay, Mason,

when I check the mobiles, am I gonna

find yours?

MASON

No.

TEACHER

And why not?

MASON

'Cause I didn't finish it.

TEACHER

Well, it's time to finish it.

MASON

Just a minute.

TEACHER

No, let's do Apple Quit.

Mason cuts a sheet of construction paper in the shape of the state of Texas, presumably to finish his mobile. He sits across from a female classmate, GIRL IN RED, who teases him.

GIRL IN RED

Time to finish your work, Mason.

"Apple Quit."