Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

A drunk Bill writes a check and sends Mason and Randy into the liquor store to cash it.

Scene 71 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Bill

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Begins 1:03 into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 71

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 68
The children watch a comedy video and ask whether Bill has ever been as bad as he was at dinner.
Scene 69
Bill checks the children's phones for evidence of Olivia's whereabouts, then orders everyone into the car to find her.
Scene 70
At a liquor-store ATM, Mindy cannot withdraw cash and Bill assumes Olivia has taken it.
Scene 71
This scene

71INT. DRIVER'S SEAT - CONTINUOUS

Bill sloppily writes out a check. It's obvious that he has been drinking.

BILL

Alright, Randy, go cash this. Uh...

Tell him I'm not feeling well or

something. I don't know. Mason, go

with him. Here. Here's my ID.

Mindy gets back into the car, as Mason and Randy exit.