Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

At dinner, Bill drinks, shatters a glass and bottle, and frightens the children while Olivia protests.

Scene 67 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Bill
Samantha
Mindy
Mom

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:00 into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 67

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 64
Classmates laugh at Mason's haircut, but a girl sends him a note saying she likes it.
Scene 65
Mason and Randy bike with a neighborhood boy, who breaks away to skate elsewhere.
Scene 66
Mason and Randy find Olivia crying on the garage floor after an accident; Bill dismisses her distress and berates her.
Scene 67
This scene

67INT. DINING AREA - MOMENTS LATER

Bill walks in angrily, carrying a bottle. He loudly bangs things on the table, and pours himself a drink.

BILL

I'm having a drink with my dinner.

Anybody else have a problem with

that? Hm? Samantha?

The family is seated at the dinner table, practically frozen.

SAMANTHA

No.

BILL

Mindy?

MINDY

No.

BILL

I didn't think so.

He drinks the entire glass, and slowly zeros in on Mason.

BILL (CONT'D)

You don't like me much, do you Mason?

That's okay, I don't like me either.

Think that's funny, huh? You think

that's fuckin' funny?

Bill throws his empty glass at Mason's plate, shattering it.

MOM

Oh!

BILL (O.S.)

(to Randy)

What's the matter, you feeling a

little left out?

Bill throws the empty whiskey bottle past Randy. It shatters on the floor.

MOM

Oh!

BILL

Clean it up, goddamnit! Clean it

up!

MOM

Bill! Bill!

BILL

Clean it up, goddamnit! I hate

squash!

Bill walks away, leaving the shocked family at the table.