Boyhood Page #15

EXT. CAR - NIGHT

A station wagon pulls up in front of Mason's house. The

teenagers inside are listening to music, about to drop Mason

off at home.

INT. CAR - NIGHT

Mason is in the far back of the station wagon, making out

with a BLONDE GIRL.

CHASE:

Hey, Mason.

(hands Mason a joint)

One last hit.

Mason takes a hit of the joint.

CHARLIE:

(in the driver's seat)

Hey! Mickey Mouse Club. Get the

f*** out of my car. Just crawl out

the back window or something, man.

Mason climbs out the back window of the station wagon.

BLONDE GIRL:

I'm gonna miss you.

MASON:

I'll see you on Sunday night.

BLONDE GIRL:

Alright. You better text me.

MASON:

Mm. Do you have any gum?

BLONDE GIRL:

Um... yeah, I do, actually. Here

you go.

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MASON:

Thanks. See ya.

Mason kisses her good-night.

INT. JIM'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Mom is hosting a small get-together, and is currently talking

with Professor Douglas.

MOM:

...And they're buying this party

line that they're supposed to feel

bad and trade off their own pension,

as if that's what's corrupting this

nation.

PROFESSOR DOUGLAS

Yeah, because those who hear Fox, in

my opinion, are being lied to.

MOM:

Yeah, thank God for Wisconsin. I

mean, we have to follow that example.

PROFESSOR DOUGLAS

You're right.

Mason enters the front door.

JIM:

Hey, Mason. What time is it?

MASON:

Uh, like 12:
15.

JIM:

Happy birthday.

Mason smiles.

MOM:

Huh! Happy birthday!

Mom kisses Mason. Professor Douglas walks over to join them,

taking an interest.

PROFESSOR DOUGLAS

Mason, it's your birthday?

MASON:

Uh, just now, I guess.

PROFESSOR DOUGLAS

Yeah, how old are you?

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MASON:

Fifteen.

PROFESSOR DOUGLAS

Fifteen! Give me a hug.

Professor Douglas hugs Mason.

PROFESSOR DOUGLAS (CONT'D)

Happy birthday. Oh my goodness!

Professor Douglas rejoins the party.

MOM:

(to Mason)

Have you been drinking?

MASON:

Have you?

MOM:

Yeah, a little. Have you?

MASON:

A little bit.

MOM:

Have you been...?

Mom mimes smoking reefer.

MASON:

A little bit.

MOM:

Oh... okay.

MASON:

I'm gonna go to sleep.

MOM:

Talk in the morning, huh?

EXT. JIM'S FRONT YARD - DAY

Dad and Jim stand around in front of the house. ANNIE opens

the doors to the new mini-van, so the kids can load their

overnight bags.

SAMANTHA:

Hey, Dad!

DAD:

Hey! How you doing?

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Dad kisses Samantha on the cheek.

SAMANTHA:

Good! Whose car is that?

DAD:

That's our car. Hop on in there.

SAMANTHA:

(to Annie)

Hey!

ANNIE:

Hey, sweetie.

Annie give Samantha a hug. Samantha peeks in the side door

of the mini-van, finding baby COOPER in a car seat.

SAMANTHA:

Hey Cooper! Hey, how's it goin'?

Hello little brother!

(to Annie)

He's so cute.

EXT. JIM'S SIDE YARD - CONTINUOUS

Mom talks with two workers about an exposed pipe in the yard.

MOM:

Can we just replace that part of the

pipe?

WORKER:

No, no it's no good. Everything is

no good.

MOM:

(attempting Spanish)

Todo... Total?

WORKER:

Everything, yes... Mira.

He shows the broken pipe with his shovel. He asks the other

worker to demonstrate the strength of the replacement pipe

by standing on it.

WORKER (CONT'D)

See this one is...

MOM:

Gusto... it's stronger?

WORKER:

Yes. It's better. Yes, yes, yes.

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EXT. JIM'S FRONT YARD - CONTINUOUS

DAD:

(to Jim)

Hey listen, uh, thanks for that camera

you got Mason.

JIM:

Oh, yeah... Mason's -

DAD:

He's loving that thing.

JIM:

He's all into the photography thing

right now.

DAD:

Yeah, I know.

JIM:

He's actually talking about turning

his, uh, his closet into a dark room.

The red light and developing, the

whole nine...

DAD:

Yeah? You alright with that?

JIM:

I probably won't see him for a week...

DAD:

Yeah... Right... Well...

JIM:

But, you know. He's having a good

time.

DAD:

At least he's focusing on something.

JIM:

Yeah, yeah.

DAD:

You know? That's what I like.

JIM:

Yeah, he's all about it.

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EXT. JIM'S SIDE YARD - CONTINUOUS

MOM:

(pointing to the pipe)

Okay... Let's go grande.

WORKER:

It's good?

MOM:

It's good.

WORKER:

It's good. It's better. Yes.

He instructs the other worker on how to get started. Mom

turns to join the others in front yard.

MOM:

Hey, you know, you're smart. You

should be in school.

WORKER:

I like school, I need school, but

it's hard. I work all day...

MOM:

Go to night school. At community

college. It's -- It's pretty

affordable.

EXT. JIM'S FRONT YARD - CONTINUOUS

DAD:

You're doing a nice job with the

house though, it's looking great...

really great.

JIM:

Thanks. Yeah, you know, some fix-

its here and there, you know. We

got a good deal on the foreclosure...

So, now I'm finding out why. You

know?

DAD:

(laughs)

Yeah. Right?

Mason walks outside, carrying a duffel bag.

DAD (CONT'D)

Hey bud! Hey, Happy Birthday!

The mini-van catches Mason's attention.

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MASON:

What's that?

DAD:

What's that? That's our new car!

Get in it.

Dad gives Mason a hug. Jim shakes Mason's hand.

JIM:

Alright, have a good weekend.

Mom arrives at the front yard and greets Dad with a hug.

MOM:

Hi.

DAD:

Hey, how you doing? Good to see

you.

MOM:

You too.

(to Annie)

Hey!

ANNIE:

Hey, how are you?

Mom gives Annie a hug.

MOM:

You look great.

ANNIE:

Oh, thanks.

MOM:

Aww, look at him! Ooh. He's got

Mason's nose.

SAMANTHA:

Yeah, isn't he cute?

MOM:

Yeah.

Dad gets into the van, as the family closes all the doors.

DAD:

Alright!

MASON:

Love you guys.

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DAD:

We got a big drive ahead of us.

MOM:

Bye, Sam.

JIM:

You guys drive safe.

DAD:

Alright. Well, we'll be back tomorrow

night.

MOM:

Bye, honey. I'm so glad you were

born!

Dad, Annie, and the kids drive off for Houston. Mom and Jim

are left standing in the front yard, as they watch the van

drive away.

INT. MINI-VAN - DAY

MASON:

So, this is like Annie's car and...

and you drive the GTO? I guess you

can't really put a baby seat in that

thing.

DAD:

Yeah, no... But I had to sell that

anyway.

MASON:

You what?

DAD:

Yeah, I had to sell that.

MASON:

So... so it's gone?

DAD:

Yeah, some sucker collector from

California paid twenty-two grand for

it, which is great 'cause I basically

got to pay for this in cash. I only

paid eighty-five hundred for that

thing way back when. I mean, you

know, cars are generally a terrible

investment. You know? Soon as you

drive them off the lot you got a used

car on your hands, and the value's

only dropping from there.

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DAD (CONT'D)

But... if you take care of it, you

know, and you get lucky and it's a

classic, you know, the value starts

going up again. I mean sh*t, you got

guys paying hundreds of thousands of

dollars for some Shelby Cobra.

After a long silence, Dad notices Mason is unusually quiet.

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