Boyhood (2014)
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Boyhood (2014)

Genre
Drama
Release Date
July 11, 2014
Studio
IFC Films
Official Site
http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/boyhood
Genre
Drama
Release Date
July 11, 2014
MPAA Rating
R
Duration
164 minute(s)
Production Budget
-
Studio
IFC Films
Official Site
http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/boyhood
Director
Richard Linklater
Producer
Richard Linklater, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss, Cathleen Sutherland
Screenwriter
Richard Linklater
Starring
  • Ellar Coltrane
  • Patricia Arquette as Mason's Mom
  • Lorelei Linklater
  • Brad Hawkins
  • Tamara Jolaine
  • Nick Krause
  • Jordan Howard
  • Evie Thompson
  • Sam Dillon

Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (a breakthrough performance by Ellar Coltrane), who literally grows up on screen before our eyes. Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as Mason's parents and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister Samantha, "Boyhood" charts the rocky terrain of childhood like no other film has before. Snapshots of adolescence from road trips and family dinners to birthdays and graduations and all the moments in between become transcendent, set to a soundtrack spanning the years from Coldplay's Yellow to Arcade Fire's Deep Blue. "Boyhood" is both a nostalgic time capsule of the recent past and an ode to growing up and parenting. It's impossible to watch Mason and his family without thinking about our own journey.