Boyhood Page #13

MASON:

Why's that?

JILL:

Well -- LeeAnn has a big crush on

you and I know she was hoping you

would go. You don't have a

girlfriend, do you?

MASON:

Not currently.

JILL:

Well then, you should come. I'll

tell Chase to make sure you're there.

MASON:

Okay.

JILL:

But don't tell LeeAnn I told you

that. She'd kill me.

MASON:

I won't.

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JILL:

Well, I better get going. See you

later.

MASON:

Bye.

INT. COLLEGE CLASSROOM - DAY

Mason walks into his mother's classroom. He takes a seat to

observe from the back, while she lectures.

MOM (O.S.)

His cognitive series, his interviews

with orphans, Ethology theorists'

work... And then he in turn was

supported strongly by Harry Harlow's

rhesus monkey study. Now you guys,

you gotta think, this is the 1950's,

this was radical! This flew in the

face of traditional learning theory,

of B.F. Skinner's classical and

instrumental conditioning. Now,

Bowlby is going to argue that human

survival depends on us falling in

love. It depends on me falling in

love with my mother, and my mother

falling in love with me. And if

that doesn't happen, we're pretty

much doomed. Now think about it. A

tiger chases our tribe out of a cave.

Now an ideal mother goes, "Huh! My

baby! I love you! I'll protect

you!" Or... "Well you, why am I

going to pick you up? You're going

to slow me down. You... are... tiger

kibble!"

The class laughs.

MOM (CONT'D)

So next week we are gonna get into

Bowlby's four stages of attachment -

oh oh, uh, Professor Douglas and I -

some of you might have classes with

Elena -- she and I are hosting a

little pre-Thanksgiving get-together

at my place, so if anyone wants to

come, please stop by.

(pause)

I'm not the greatest cook...

The class laughs again.

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INT. APARTMENT - DAY

Mason opens the door as he and his mother enter the house.

MOM:

Thanks.

Mom drops her purse on the table and then walks down the

hallway to Samantha's bedroom. She knocks on the door before

walking inside.

MOM (CONT'D)

Samantha!

Samantha is sitting on her bed, listening to music with a

friend, GABY.

SAMANTHA:

Okay! Mom...

MOM:

Why in the hell didn't you pick up

your brother like you said you would?

SAMANTHA:

Mom, I know what you're gonna say.

She was running late and we couldn't

turn around.

MOM:

No, no! No excuses! The bottom

line is you didn't do what you said

you were gonna do. You stranded

your brother!

SAMANTHA:

It's embarrassing to ask my friend

to turn around and go get some kid

at the middle school.

MOM:

What do you mean "some kid"? He's

your brother! And you know what?

We've helped Janie out before. I

mean, she lives right around the

corner. It's no big deal.

Sorry.

SAMANTHA:

MOM:

You know what, Samantha? You need

to start thinking long and hard about

who you want to be.

(MORE)

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MOM (CONT'D)

Do you want to be a cooperative

person, who is compassionate and

helps people out? Or do you want to

be a self-centered narcissist?

SAMANTHA:

You know what? You're right. I am

this horrible person... But honestly,

he's not a baby anymore. You don't

have to treat him like one. He's in

eighth grade and he can find his way

home if he wants to.

MOM:

You know what? When Gaby leaves,

you and me are gonna have a chat.

Mom leaves the room.

SAMANTHA:

(to Gaby)

Awkward...

Gaby and Samantha laugh together.

GABY:

Dude, that sucks.

EXT. APARTMENT - DAY

CHASE approaches Mason's front door and knocks.

the door.

MASON:

Hey man. What's up?

CHASE:

Hey, we're going camping tonight.

You in?

MASON:

Uh, who's goin'?

CHASE:

My brother, one of his friends, and

Tony... Maybe.

MASON:

Yeah, let me check with my mom.

INT. MOM'S BEDROOM - MOMENTS LATER

Mom is sitting on her bed grading papers.

Mason answers

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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.

INT. CAMPING HOUSE - NIGHT

Mason, Chase, and Tony are now with two older guys, CHARLIE

(Chase's older brother) and his friend (SENIOR GUY). The

boys are drinking beer and breaking wooden boards with their

feet.

SENIOR GUY:

Yeah! That's what I'm talkin' about!

The boys murmur indistinctly.

SENIOR GUY (CONT'D)

You ready? Check this sh*t out.

That was alright, but this is gonna

be badass.

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CHARLIE:

Alright, let me see, let me see what

you can do.

SENIOR GUY:

Alright. This -- is your face. I'm

about to break his face, right here...

Senior Guy kicks through the wooden board.

BOYS:

Ohh sh*t, alright. Nice.

CHARLIE:

Alright, alright.

CHASE:

Alright, alright. Now check this

out. You might want to move.

Chase picks up a circular saw blade and throws it into a

large piece of sheet-rock with the outline of a body on it.

CHASE (CONT'D)

Oww, that'd be painful. That's like

the liver, stomach, something --

TONY:

That's like the belly button -

MASON:

Check this out, man.

Mason also heaves the blade into the human outline.

TONY:

Whoa! Pancreas!

MASON:

That sh*t's lethal.

CHASE:

Yeah, that would be painful.

CHARLIE:

(To Mason)

Man, have a beer, man. That was

awesome. Here.

Mason takes the beer and opens it, winning the boys' approval.

SENIOR GUY:

It's beer-30, children.

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CHASE:

Nice.

Chase offers a beer to Tony.

TONY:

Aw, no thanks.

CHASE:

Come on, man.

CHARLIE:

What, are you a p*ssy?

TONY:

No, I just don't feel like drinking

a beer right now.

CHARLIE:

Man, if you're too chicken sh*t to

even have a beer, I know for a fact

that you have never gotten any p*ssy.

TONY:

Like you guys have.

CHASE:

Sure have.

TONY:

When?

CHASE:

Last summer.

MASON:

With who?

CHARLIE:

It was awesome. Chase went down

easy street and f***ed this whore

Nancy. At least that's what he said.

CHASE:

I did. Would I lie?

SENIOR GUY:

Bullshit. Quick, where were you?

CHASE:

At Tobler's house. And, she f***ed

a couple other guys, too.

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CHARLIE:

Oh man, his first piece of ass was

sloppy seconds.

The boys all laugh.

CHARLIE (CONT'D)

What about you, Mason? You ever got

any?

SENIOR GUY:

Yeah, you ever made her, uh, howl

into the night?

MASON:

A few times.

TONY:

(skeptical)

Really?

SENIOR GUY:

Yeah, right. What was her name,

Lucky?

MASON:

Nooo. Jennifer. She doesn't live

here, though. She's back in Houston.

CHARLIE:

You're f***ing lying.

MASON:

I don't care if you a**holes believe

me or not.

SENIOR GUY:

Let me guess -- you were pulling all

kinds of ass back home, but once you

got down here... lefty.

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