Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Mason and Randy bike with a neighborhood boy, who breaks away to skate elsewhere.

Scene 65 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Neighborhood Boy
Randy

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Begins 59 min into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 65

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 62
Mason tells Olivia Bill cut his hair without asking; she validates his anger, but Mason says they already had a family before Bill.
Scene 63
Mason walks down the school hallway toward class.
Scene 64
Classmates laugh at Mason's haircut, but a girl sends him a note saying she likes it.
Scene 65
This scene

65EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD STREET - DAY

Mason and Randy ride their bikes, while the Neighborhood Boy skateboards alongside them.

NEIGHBORHOOD BOY

There's a bump right there.

Neighborhood Boy skates off in a different direction.

NEIGHBORHOOD BOY (CONT'D)

Alright, I'll see y'all later, guys.

RANDY

Yeah.