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Synopsis: Boyhood is a 2014 American independent coming-of-age comedy-drama film, written and directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, and Ethan Hawke. Filmed from 2002 to 2013 (12 years), Boyhood depicts the childhood and adolescence of Mason Evans, Jr. (Coltrane) from ages six to eighteen as he grows up in Texas with divorced parents (Arquette and Hawke). Richard Linklater's daughter Lorelei plays Mason's sister, Samantha.
Genre: Drama
Production: IFC Films
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 171 wins & 209 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
100
Rotten Tomatoes:
97%
R
Year:
2014
165 min
$18,859,617
Website
5,272 Views


Smack, smack, smack...

MOM:

Samantha, I have to go back to college

so I can make us a better living.

Smack.

MOM (O.S.) (CONT'D)

With this job I can't take care of

us the way I'd like to. I can't

keep going this way. And Grandma

said she'd help us out... and it

would be nice to be near her.

SAMANTHA:

Fine, Mother. You can do whatever

you want but

(shrugs)

We're not moving.

(Smacks)

Mason moves his fork around in his bowl.

10.

MASON:

What about our friends?

MOM:

Oh, baby, we can e-mail them or write.

We can come back to visit. And guess

what?

She reaches out to touch Samantha's arm.

MOM (CONT'D)

This place that Grandma found us,

you'll each have your own room.

Right?

Samantha shrugs.

MOM (CONT'D)

And there's a pool.

Samantha shrugs again, clearly not sold on the idea.

INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT

Mason and Mom are lying on his bed together.

MASON:

Mom, do you still love Dad?

MOM:

I still love your father... but that

doesn't mean it was healthy for us

to stay together.

MASON:

What if after we move he's trying to

find us and he can't?

MOM:

Oh, that won't be a problem. He can

call Grandma and she'll tell him or

he can call Information. We won't

be hard to find.

She pushes back his hair lovingly.

MASON:

Is he still in Alaska?

MOM:

Well, that's what your uncle says.

MASON:

Probably taming polar bears or

something.

11.

MOM:

Yeah... well, I hope they're taming

him.

EXT. HOUSE - DAY

The moving van drives off as mom puts another item in the

pile of stuff to be left at the curb.

INT. HOUSE - DAY

Mom and Mason are getting ready to paint in the empty bedroom.

They're looking at the two lone murals, which look a little

odd without the bunk bed in front of them.

MOM:

Here, wanna help me out?

MASON:

Sure.

MOM:

Okay. Take this paint... very

carefully... and paint any little

smudge or mark or anything on the

baseboard there, behind the door,

and all around the doorways on the

inside.

INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY

Meanwhile, Samantha is talking on the phone.

SAMANTHA:

(on phone)

She says we're gonna come visit and

I'm gonna write and call you. Oh,

wait, hold on a second. I'm getting

another call.

(Pushes Flash)

Hello? Sorry, Tommy, Mason can't

come over today. We're moving. And

I'm on the other line. Bye.

(Pushes Button)

Althea? I'm gonna be sending Sailor

Scout instructions. Email, and write

back telling me how the other scouts

are doing. Well, because you're the

leader now.

During the last bit of this conversation, Mason slowly paints

over the "growth chart" lines on the bedroom door jamb.

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