--- description: The film will be released digitally on Dec. 9 title: Boyhood Behind the Scenes Footage: How Linklater Made It - Watch image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Exclusive: Watch Ellar Coltrane Reflect After _Boyhood_ Finishes Shooting  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2014 2:00 PM CUT  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2014 2:00 PM CUT _Boyhood_ is by now an indie hit with critics and audiences as well as a potential frontrunner for the best picture Oscar. But back when it was called _12 Years_ and was still in production, no one knew what its reception would look like; it was just a strange little project that had, each year, brought together director Richard Linklater and a cast of actors that included Ellar Coltrane, who’d been working on the film for almost his entire conscious life. In this video, exclusive to TIME, Coltrane reflects on the experience of having filmed _Boyhood_ very shortly after he interacted with his onscreen dad (played by Ethan Hawke) for the last time. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3620425/boyhood-behind-the-scenes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3620425/boyhood-behind-the-scenes/"},"headline":"Exclusive: Watch Ellar Coltrane Reflect After Boyhood Finishes Shooting","datePublished":"2014-12-08T14:00:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:36:54.957Z","description":"The film will be released digitally on Dec. 9","url":"https://time.com/3620425/boyhood-behind-the-scenes/","keywords":["movies","ethan hawke","Boyhood","Richard Linklater"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel D'Addario","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3620425/boyhood-behind-the-scenes/","name":"Exclusive: Watch Ellar Coltrane Reflect After Boyhood Finishes Shooting"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Boyhood - Ellar Coltrane","description":"Boyhood - Ellar Coltrane","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/qyPGFqg5/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-05T15:45:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/qyPGFqg5.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3620425/boyhood-behind-the-scenes/","duration":"PT53S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3620425/boyhood-behind-the-scenes/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```