Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Mason and Randy play a video game in their bedroom.

Scene 35 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Mason
Randy

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 35 min into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 35

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.
Scene 30
Mason and Olivia cross the college campus that becomes their new life in Houston, leaving his childhood home behind.
Just before
Scene 32
The children stage a welcome-home celebration for Olivia and Bill after their honeymoon and greet the new blended household.
Scene 33
At dinner, the family swaps honeymoon stories until Bill reprimands Randy for playing games instead of finishing his science project.
Scene 34
The children walk home trading jokes and gossip until Paul swears at them from the street.
Scene 35
This scene

35INT. BEDROOM - LATER

Mason and Randy are playing a video game.

MASON

Uh! Blew you up.

RANDY

Aw heck, man. That was not fair.

MASON

No, actually it was. That's like

the fairest thing ever.

RANDY

Ugh.

MASON

Oh, once again I take you down.