Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Mason spray-paints the ditch wall with Tommy until Samantha calls him home for dinner.

Scene 4 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Mason
Tommy
Samantha

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 2 min into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 4

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.

Just before
Scene 1
Mason waits outside school and tells Olivia his theory that flicked rocks turn into wasps.
Scene 2
On the drive home, Olivia confronts Mason about missing homework and his rock-stuffed pencil sharpener, then laughs at his arrowhead explanation.
Scene 3
Mason rides his bike from home and meets Tommy as they head down into the drainage ditch.
Scene 4
This scene

4EXT. DITCH - DAY

Mason runs up, as Tommy is spray-painting a drawing on the concrete wall of the drainage ditch.

MASON

Dude, when's my turn?

TOMMY

I don't know.

Tommy hands Mason the can of spray paint. Mason begins to spray-paint a letter on the wall.

SAMANTHA (O.S.)

(calling out)

...Maaason.

TOMMY

Samantha!

SAMANTHA

Oh! Tommy! Is Mason down there?

TOMMY

Yeah.

SAMANTHA

Well, tell him he has to come home

for dinner.

TOMMY (O.S.)

Okay.