“Boyhood,” the Oscar-winning coming-of-age drama filmed over 12 years by Richard Linklater, will return to theaters nationwide for its twelfth anniversary.
“We started filming this 24 years ago,” Linklater says. “The way life chugs along, you look up and it’s been 12 years since the movie came out and it’s kind of crazy. But the whole project was untraditional. We’d get together for a few weeks every year and film, so it ended up taking up a big chunk of our lives.”
When “Boyhood” was launched in 2014, critics raved concerning the household drama and the movie was nominated for six Oscars, profitable greatest supporting actress for Patricia Arquette. Since its launch, it has constantly ranked as one of many biggest films ever made. Linklater mentioned Unbiased Movie Firm, which launched “Boyhood,” approached him about doing one thing for the tenth anniversary.
“I wasn’t in the mood, and I think I was busy,” Linklater says. “I just kicked the can, but the idea was, hey, let’s do a 12 year. Everyone does 10 and 20 and 25, you know? If you do anniversaries, they fall on the zeros and the fives. We’re the only one who kind of qualifies to do a 12-year anniversary that isn’t entirely arbitrary. But it was really just a delay tactic.”
As a part of a celebration of the movie, the forged and creators can even reunite in Austin, Texas, the place “Boyhood” was made, for a one-night-only anniversary occasion. It will likely be hosted by Austin Movie Society, which Linklater based and which additionally served as a producer on the movie, on July 18. The reunion occasion will characteristic a particular screening, purple carpet premiere and reside Q&A with Linklater and stars Ethan Hawke, Arquette and Ellar Coltrane in attendance.
“Boyhood” stays the highest-grossing movie within the Unbiased Movie Firm’s historical past, incomes greater than $25 million on the home field workplace.
“’Boyhood’ captures something deeply human about growing up and the passage of time in a way few films ever have,” Scott Shooman, head of IFC Leisure Group, mentioned in an announcement. “It’s an honor to be part of its continued life in theaters as we celebrate it again 12 years after its original release and invite audiences to experience it — old and new — on the big screen.”
Following the Austin Movie Society occasion, “Boyhood” will return to arthouse theaters starting July 31. Taking part theaters, together with Alamo Drafthouse, may have entry to the recorded reunion forged and filmmaker Q&A. The total reunion dialog can even be accessible for a future unique presentation connected to “Boyhood,” on streaming service Sundance Now, which IFC’s dad or mum firm AMC World Media owns.
Linklater praises Unbiased Movie Firm for giving him the assets to make a film over such a protracted time period, trusting that he would ultimately produce one thing of worth.
“They just took a leap of faith,” Linklater admits. “But you know, there’s rewards for doing a bold thing every now and then.”
