Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Mason walks through school with Tony, then stops at his locker for books.

Scene 90 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Tony
Mason

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Begins 1:24 into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 90

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 87
Dad sings and plays "L.A. Freeway" inside the tent.
Scene 88
Dad invites Mason to pee on the campfire as a joke about returning what they take from the earth.
Scene 89
Olivia drops the children at school and tells Samantha to pick Mason up because she has to teach late.
Scene 90
This scene

90INT. SCHOOL - DAY

Mason walks down the hall with his classmate TONY.

TONY

Hey. That's who I was talking to

you about.

MASON

Yeah. Good luck with that.

TONY

See you, man.

Mason stops to get new books out of his locker.