Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Mason asks Olivia for permission to camp at a house under construction; she approves after asking him to leave contact details.

Scene 97 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Mason
Mom

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Begins 1:32 into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 97

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 94
Mason listens from the back of Olivia's psychology class as she lectures about attachment and advertises a holiday gathering.
Scene 95
Olivia confronts Samantha for stranding Mason after school and asks what kind of person she wants to become.
Scene 96
Chase invites Mason to camp overnight with his older brother and friends.
Scene 97
This scene

97INT. MOM'S BEDROOM - MOMENTS LATER

Mom is sitting on her bed grading papers.

MASON

Hey, Mom. Can I go camping with

Chase tonight?

MOM

Camping? Where?

MASON

Uh, at that house that his family's

building. It's pretty much finished.

MOM

Well, will any adults be there?

MASON

(shrugs)

His brother's a senior.

MOM

You have your cell phone?

MASON

Yeah.

MOM (O.S.)

Is it charged?

MASON

Mm-hmm.

MOM

Okay, do me a favor. Leave his

parents' number and the address on

the counter.

MASON

Okay.