Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Dad sings a homemade lullaby about the children and Olivia while Jimmy accompanies him on guitar.

Scene 52 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

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Begins 52 min into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 52

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.
Scene 45
Dad asks Mason and Samantha to talk honestly during their weekends together, beginning a more mutual father-son relationship.
Just before
Scene 49
The family races downhill after a football, and Samantha gets it first.
Scene 50
At the Astros game, Mason asks whether Dad has a job; Dad explains his actuarial exams and celebrates the team's win.
Scene 51
Dad brings the children home to a messy apartment where his roommate Jimmy watches a horror movie and resists helping clean.
Scene 52
This scene

52INT. MUSIC ROOM - LATER

Dad plays the piano and sings, while Jimmy plays guitar. The kids sit at the kitchen table, listening intently.

DAD

"Well Saturday night was a lunar

eclipse, I sang 'em a song, went

somethin' like this: Well go to sleep,

my weary babies, Let the sounds roll

on by, Tonight we're safe here in

Houston, With this, your daddy's

lullaby. Your mother's got a new

husband now, He seems alright, I

wonder if he's readin' them stories,

And kissin' them goodnight? Well

babysitters say they miss me, I know

I shouldn't hope it's true, The

teacher says my son paints pictures

of a family all in blue, She says

she caught him whispering to the

window, Will Daddy please come home?

I know I could call him up, but what

if his mother answers the phone?