Boyhood (2014) on Netflix
From age six, Mason lives in Texas with his divorced mother Olivia and sister Samantha. His father Mason Sr. visits while Mason navigates school, family and the changes of growing up.
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Plot summary
Mason is six and lives in Texas with his divorced mother Olivia and his older sister Samantha. Olivia's boyfriend Ted leaves after an argument about her lack of free time. Olivia moves the children to Houston to attend university. The move does not excite either child, and their father Mason Sr. visits, taking them bowling. Olivia introduces Mason to her professor Bill Welbrock, and they begin dating. Olivia and Bill marry, blending their families with Bill's children Randy and Mindy. Bill is a strict parent, and his drinking grows heavier, while Mason and Samantha adjust to new schools and a new household.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Boyhood (2014)
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- The cast could not sign contracts for the film because of the De Havilland Law, which makes it illegal to contract someone for more than seven years of work. Linklater told Ethan Hawke that he would have to finish the film if Linklater died.
- Ethan Hawke was amazed that the producers "still had their job" at the film's completion, given they had to hide a couple hundred thousand dollars a year for over a decade while the movie was slowly made.
- Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette drew on their own families: Hawke's character is based on his and Linklater's fathers, both Texan insurance agents who divorced and remarried, and Arquette's on her mother, who resumed her education later in life and became a psychotherapist.
- Costume designer Kari Perkins had to review each year's footage to ensure there were no accidental repetitions in what the characters wore and to create a "flow" to the costumes.
