Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Mason and Samantha canvass for Obama; a hostile resident threatens Mason, and Samantha notes the Confederate flag at his house.

Scene 80 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Resident
Mason
Samantha

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Begins 1:10 into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 80

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.
Scenes 24–74
Mason enters successive new family arrangements: Dad’s return, Olivia’s marriage to Bill, and finally escape from Bill’s house.
Just before
Scene 77
Olivia drops Samantha at a new school; Samantha protests the upheaval, and Olivia tells her why she fled Bill.
Scene 78
Olivia walks Mason to his new classroom and reassures him before he slips away from her kiss.
Scene 79
Mason meets his new teacher and Kenny, who welcomes him with a joking warning about the school.
Scene 80
This scene

80EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD STREET - DAY

Mason pushes an Obama/Biden campaign sign into the ground, before he and Samantha walk across the street. Samantha waits in the street with more signs, while Mason knocks on the RESIDENT's front door.

RESIDENT (O.S.)

What?

The white-haired Resident is standing to Mason's right, beneath his carport.

MASON

Oh, hi. Can I put an Obama sign in

your yard?

RESIDENT

Do I look like a Barack Hussein Obama

supporter?

Mason shrugs.

RESIDENT (CONT'D)

No.

Mason turns to leave.

RESIDENT (CONT'D)

This is private property. Get off.

I could shoot you!

He rejoins Samantha at the street.

MASON

What a dick.

SAMANTHA

He had a Confederate flag on his

house.