Boyhood Page #14

Senior Guy motions with his left hand.

MASON:

Hey, f*** you. I would, but none of

the girls here want to.

CHARLIE:

Dude, it's not what they want, man.

It's what you want.

SENIOR GUY:

True dat.

Senior Guy toasts, as Mason rolls his eyes.

97.

CHARLIE:

You know what you should do? Join a

band. That's all it takes, man.

MASON:

Oh yeah?

CHARLIE:

F*** yeah, dude. You don't even

have to play that well. I mean, you

start playing your instrument, and

they line up to give you blow jobs.

(Points to Tony)

Except for you. It doesn't impress

the ladies so much when you play

flute for the marching band.

TONY:

I'm not in the f***ing marching band.

SENIOR GUY:

Ah dude, you sure? I heard you play

the skin flute.

TONY:

Alright, I got a question for you

guys. If you think you're so cool,

why are you hanging out with a bunch

of eighth graders on a Friday night?

SENIOR GUY:

Hey, f*** you, you little penis

wrinkle. You know, you're lucky to

even be here. This is our camp out.

The only reason you little cum gums

are here is because f***ing Charlie's

mom made him bring his little a**hole

brother, and then he drags along you

little dice danglers. F***ing fuzz

nut, talking sh*t!

Senior Guy throws a beer just past Tony.

CHARLIE:

It's all good, man. These little

fuzz nuts are going to get their

chance soon enough. We got some

whores coming by later.

CHASE:

Yeah?

SENIOR GUY:

Hell yeah!

98.

CHARLIE:

Now, I know Chase will f*** anything.

I mean, I've seen this kid mount

boulders before. But what about you

guys? You in?

MASON:

Whatever.

CHARLIE:

Alright.

SENIOR GUY:

Alright, good man. What about you,

Peter Puffer?

TONY:

I don't know. Maybe.

SENIOR GUY:

Dude, it's okay to be gay. We

understand. Just, you know, sleep

over there.

TONY:

I'm not gay.

CHARLIE:

Give it some time, man. You'll

realize.

TONY:

F*** y'all.

CHARLIE:

See, that's exactly my point, man.

Nah, but we don't have whores coming

over, we were just f***ing with you

to see what you'd say.

SENIOR GUY:

Yeah, and you just earned your Vag

Badge.

CHARLIE:

Put it next to your b*tch card.

SENIOR GUY:

Yeah, 'cause you know, you're a b*tch.

Now hold this, like the b*tch you

are, b*tch.

The boys return to breaking boards.

99.

SENIOR GUY (CONT'D)

Alright, this sh*t is called the

Death Punch.

Senior Guy breaks the board in half with one direct punch.

BOYS:

Ohh! Jesus!

INT. MOM'S HOUSE - DAY

Mom is hosting a pre-Thanksgiving get-together with 10-15

people all drinking wine and talking

MOM:

(to Mason and Samantha)

Hey, you guys made it! Good.

Mom places a cheese plate on the living room table.

MOM (CONT'D)

Oh, there you are.

PROFESSOR DOUGLAS hands Olivia a glass of wine.

PROFESSOR DOUGLAS

And here you go, hostess.

MOM:

Oh, thank you. Hey, can I get you a

bite?

INT. MASON'S BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS

Mason sits on his bed, chatting with a COLLEGE GIRL, who

looks around his room. There is a large graffiti mural on

the wall behind him.

COLLEGE GIRL:

(points to the mural)

Oh, that's cool.

MASON:

Thanks.

COLLEGE GIRL:

You did that?

MASON:

Yeah.

COLLEGE GIRL:

Wow. How long have you been doing

that for?

100.

MASON:

Not very long. Um, I went to this

camp thing just this past summer.

COLLEGE GIRL:

They have a camp for graffiti?

MASON:

Well, they call it "urban art".

COLLEGE GIRL:

Oh.

MASON:

So it sounds, you know, less illegal,

but... it was really just a way to

get free spray paint.

COLLEGE GIRL:

Cool. So is this your tag? Is that -do

they still call it...?

MASON:

Yeah, but you know, it's just letters

that I'm good at writing.

COLLEGE GIRL:

Oh. K...

MASON:

E.

COLLEGE GIRL:

E. Z. J. O. Kezjo. That's cool.

MASON:

It doesn't really mean anything,

though.

The College Girl notices a picture of Mason and his Dad

leaning against the GTO.

COLLEGE GIRL:

Is that your dad?

MASON:

Yeah.

COLLEGE GIRL:

Where's he live?

MASON:

In Houston.

101.

COLLEGE GIRL:

Get to see him much?

MASON:

Yeah, yeah. Some weekends, and over

the summer.

COLLEGE GIRL:

Cool.

MASON:

So you're a student of my mom's,

right?

COLLEGE GIRL:

Mm-hm. Yeah, she's uh, I got one

class with her. Yeah, she's cool.

MASON:

How's she doing? You know, is she -

is she a good teacher and everything?

COLLEGE GIRL:

Yeah! She's great. She's super

smart and she cares, you know, she

makes it interesting. She's probably

even my favorite teacher.

Mason nods.

INT. DINING AREA - MOMENTS LATER

One of Mom's students, JIM, tells a story while the group

sits around the table eating.

JIM:

...So anyway, we figured out a way

to rig up our iPods to the external

speakers on the ASV. So every time

we come rolling into town, you knew

the 456 was there, 'cause we were

bumping House of Pain. It was like,

"Jump around, Jump around." And the

whole family's coming outside, and

you got the kids and the mom and the

dad, and they're all bouncing up and

down. We're throwing out candies

for the kids, and soccer balls, and

Beanie Babies, and Frisbees... Um,

like, smokes for the adults. And

they loved, they absolutely loved,

Gatorade. But for some reason, you

know, they hated the lemon-lime

flavor. I don't know what it was.

Yeah. Couldn't give it away.

102.

The group laughs.

MOM:

How long were you over there?

JIM:

Uhh... I did two tours in Iraq and

one in Bosnia.

MOM:

Wow.

MASON:

Did you enlist?

JIM:

Mm-hmm. Yeah. I was, um, Army

National Guard. And, uh, you know

coming straight out of high school.

Needed money for college. Seemed

like a decent paying job. And, uh,

did my tour. And whenever I got

done, I told them if there's, you

know, a world-changing event, I'll

come back. And, uh, 3 months later

9/11 happened. And I was back 9/12.

And I'm proud to say the 456, the

whole time we were there, we never

lost a guy. Not one casualty.

MOM:

But is that odd? Is that unusual?

JIM:

Yeah. Almost impossible. Like the

guys that came along after us and

replaced us, they didn't listen to

any of our advice. They, you know,

did basically the polar opposite of

what we did, and they lost seven

guys in the first month.

MOM:

Wow. What did you guys do

differently?

JIM:

Well, I'd like to think it's just a

matter of mutual respect, you know.

I mean, all the time we spent over

there building trust, I mean these

guys basically destroyed it in three

days.

103.

PROFESSOR DOUGLAS

So, what did the locals think about

why we were there?

JIM:

Oil. Plain and simple.

INT. LIVING ROOM - MOMENTS LATER

The College Girl is now playing guitar and singing "Wish You

Were Here" along with others in the living room. At some

point, Mason notices Mom talking with Jim outside on the

porch.

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