Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

The children and Dad run around an outdoor sculpture playing tag.

Scene 47 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Mason
Dad

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 47 min into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 47

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.
Scene 32
Olivia and Bill return from their honeymoon to a newly joined household, placing Mason inside the family structure that dominates the next chapter.
Just before
Scene 44
Dad arrives to collect Mason and Samantha from Bill's house for the weekend.
Scene 45
Dad pulls over to make the children talk about their lives, then accepts Mason's suggestion that their conversations should happen more naturally.
Scene 46
Dad and the children identify butterflies at a museum, and a butterfly lands on Mason.
Scene 47
This scene

47EXT. SCULPTURE GARDEN - DAY

Dad, Samantha, and Mason play tag around a large outdoor sculpture.

MASON

One, two, three, four, five...

Soon they are running in circles around it.

DAD

Ahaa! Ahh! Get away from me! Get

away from me! Get your sister --

Ahh!