Overview Of The Movie

Boyhood is a 2014 American independent coming-of-age drama film, written and directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, and Ethan Hawke. Shot intermittently from 2002 to 2013, Boyhood depicts the childhood and adolescence of Mason Evans, Jr. (Coltrane) from ages six to eighteen as he grows up in Texas with divorced parents (Arquette and Hawke). Richard Linklater's daughter Lorelei plays Mason's sister, Samantha.

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Directed by Richard Linklater

Produced by •Richard Linklater•Cathleen Sutherland•Jonathan Sehring•John Sloss

Written by Richard Linklater

Starring •Patricia Arquette•Ellar Coltrane•Lorelei Linklater•Ethan Hawke

Cinematography •Lee Daniel•Shane Kelly

Edited by Sandra Adair

Distributed by IFC Films

Release dates •January 19, 2014(Sundance)•July 11, 2014(United States)

Running time 165 minutes[1]

Country United States

Language English

Budget $4 million[2]

Box office $46.4 million[2]

Production of Movie

-One of my favorite movie of the year is Richard Linklater‘s Boyhood, which tells the story of a young boy’s childhood from age 5 to age 18. You’ve probably also heard that the movie was filmed over the course of 12 years using the same actors. -While the film was shot over short periods from 2002 to 2013 (nearly a 12 years span), production also included a year of pre-production and two years of post-production. The film production employed a crew of 400 over that time. Variety reports that IFC gave Boyhood a financial commitment of $200,000 per year — the total Boyhood budget is roughly $2.4 million.-The completed film ended up running 164 minutes, comprised of a whopping 143 scenes.

• Boyhood began filming without a completed script. Linklater had prepared each character's basic plot points, and the ending—including the final shot—but otherwise wrote the script for the next year's filming after rewatching the previous year's footage, incorporating the changes he saw in each actor. All major actors participated in the writing process, contributing their life experiences; for example, Hawke's character is based on his and Linklater's fathers—both Texan insurance agents who divorced and remarried—and Arquette's character is based on her mother, who resumed her education later in life and became a psychotherapist.

• Despite the unconventional screenwriting process, Linklater stated that he had a general storyline in mind, and that the actors did not change the general direction of the story:

• People think I asked Ellar, "What did you do in school the other day? Let's make a scene about that!" That never happened. The time we spent together was me just gauging where he was at in his life—what his concerns were and what he was doing. Then I would think, maybe we could move the camping trip up, we can do this or that.

• One aspect of Boyhood that’s been relatively underdiscussed (assuming there are any such left) is its use of 35mm, which has been widely noted but little parsed. Richard Linklater’s repeatedly noted that the primary reason for shooting on film over 12 years was to ensure visual continuity from one year to the next

• Paramount Home Media Distribution has acquired the U.S. home entertainment distribution rights to Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, from IFC Films.

• The studio will handle all physical and digital home entertainment distribution of the film following its theatrical run, with IFC Films handling VOD and sales to cable, satellite and telecommunication providers. IFC will release the film on some VOD platforms day-and-date with Paramount’s home video release.

• The film, starring Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Lorelei Linklater and Ellar Coltrane, was shot over the course of a dozen years and has earned a 100 score on Metacritic. Boyhood has grossed $14.4 million in limited domestic theatrical release off a budget of $4 million.

Distribution Of Movie

• “We are thrilled and delighted to bring Richard Linklater’s extraordinary film to home viewing audiences,” said Amy Reinhard, president of worldwide TV and home media acquisitions for Paramount Pictures. “Boyhood is an exceptional and unique piece of cinematic artistry that explores universal themes that everyone can appreciate.

• “We plan to bring all of Paramount’s home media division’s resources to bear and leverage our numerous distribution platforms in order to ensure that Boyhood reaches the broadest possible audience and look forward to giving viewers a chance to go behind-the-scenes with bonus footage chronicling the 12 years of work that went into this outstanding achievement.”

• Boyhood producer John Sloss added: “We are thrilled that Paramount Home Media Distribution is bringing the company's extensive home video reach and marketing acumen to Rick’s vision.”

I took this Information from www.homemediamagazine.com

• Filmed over the course of 12 years with the same cast, BOYHOOD is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason. A box office hit from IFC Films that has garnered universal critical acclaim, BOYHOOD achieved a rare 99% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, earned an unprecedented score of 100 on Metacritic and is the first film to receive an A+ score from Entertainment Weekly’s Critical Mass. The film stars Academy Award® nominee* Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Lorelei Linklater and Ellar Coltrane as Mason.

• The BOYHOOD Blu-ray Combo Pack includes a look at the extraordinary work that went into making the film, as well as an in-depth Q&A with Richard Linklater and the cast.• The Blu-ray Combo Pack available for purchase includes a Digital Version of the film that can be accessed through UltraViolet™, a way to collect, access and enjoy movies. With UltraViolet, consumers can add movies to their digital collection in the cloud, and then stream or download them—reliably and securely—to a variety of devices.

Online

• Boyhood Blu-ray• The BOYHOOD Blu-ray is presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and English Audio Description with English, English SDH and Spanish subtitles. The combo pack includes access to a Digital HD copy of the film as well as the following: Blu-ray, DVD, Boyhood DVD.• The BOYHOOD DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with English 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and English Audio Description and English and Spanish subtitles. The DVD includes the feature film in standard definition.• Website: http://boyhoodmovie.tumblr.com/• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boyhoodmovie• Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/boyhoodmovie/• It is Available on itunes for $14.9

The Result• Boyhood premiered theatrically on July 11, 2014, in a limited

release in four theaters in North America and grossed $387,618, with an average of $77,524 per theater, ranking #19 at the box office. The film expanded the next week to 34 theaters and grossed $1,170,217, with an average of $34,418 per theater. The film's wide release occurred on August 15, opening in 771 theaters and grossing $1,992,448, with an average of $2,584 per theater and ranking #11. The film's widest release in the U.S. was 775 theaters. The film ultimately earned $25,352,281 domestically and $21 million internationally for a total of $46.4 million, well above its $4 million production budget.[17] Boyhood received a score of 8.1/10 from approximately 200,000 user votes on IMDb.

•On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a "certified fresh" rating of 98%, based on 264 reviews, with an average rating of 9.2/10. The critical consensus states, "Epic in technical scale but breathlessly intimate in narrative scope, Boyhood is a sprawling investigation of the human condition." On Metacritic, the film has a full score of 100 out of 100, based on 50 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".It is the highest rated of all films reviewed upon their original release on the site. It also holds the highest number of reviews for a film with a score of 100. Both Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes listed Boyhood as the best-reviewed film of 2014.