Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

The children watch a comedy video and ask whether Bill has ever been as bad as he was at dinner.

Scene 68 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Samantha
Mason
Randy
Mindy

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:01 into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 68

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 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
At dinner, Bill drinks, shatters a glass and bottle, and frightens the children while Olivia protests.
Scene 68
This scene

68INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT

Mason watches THE LANDLORD web video on his laptop. The other kids lounge about the room, listening to the audio.

SAMANTHA

How many times can you watch that,

Mason?

MASON

It's funny.

A moment passes as Mason watches his video.

MASON (CONT'D)

Has he ever gotten this bad before?

RANDY

No, but he's yelled a lot.

MINDY

Yeah, but he hasn't thrown and broken

stuff.