Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

At dinner, the family swaps honeymoon stories until Bill reprimands Randy for playing games instead of finishing his science project.

Scene 33 of 160 · ≈ 2 min on screen · First scene of act two

Mom
Randy
Bill
Samantha
Mindy
Mason
Waiter

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 32 min into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 33

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.
Just before
Scene 30
Olivia and Mason walk across a college campus.
Scene 31
Mason meets Olivia's professor, Bill Welbrock, and notices a personal connection between them.
Scene 32
The children stage a welcome-home celebration for Olivia and Bill after their honeymoon and greet the new blended household.
Scene 33
This scene

33INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT

The family sits around the table, swapping fun stories and pictures from their time apart.

MOM

You take this big elevator up, and

when we got to the top, we flew a

paper airplane off.

RANDY (O.S.)

And what happened?

MOM (O.S.)

It flew!

BILL (O.S.)

It flew away. It went for miles.

Went onto the Arctic Trail.

They laugh.

SAMANTHA

Oh, did you guys kiss under the Bridge

of Sighs?

MOM

Yes.

BILL

Yes, we did.

Bill leans in to kiss Olivia.

MINDY

Hey, Mom, can we see your wedding

ring?

MOM (O.S.)

Oh, sure.

Mom hands over her wedding ring. The boys look at a 20 Questions game.

MINDY (O.S.)

(Eyeing the ring)

Wow.

SAMANTHA (O.S.)

(Holding the ring)

Technically that's a fancy step cut

surrounded by miniature brilliant.

MASON

I wish we could've gone to Europe.

RANDY

Yeah.

BILL

Yeah, we'll go as a family next time.

But you didn't miss much, really.

We just stayed in the hotel room the

whole time playing video games.

Mom laughs.

MASON

Really?

BILL

And the hotels are really small and

really old. Squeaky.

The WAITER comes over.

WAITER

Can I get you anything else? Would