Considering this, was the movie boyhood filmed over 12 years?
Ellar Coltrane, who plays Mason in the new movie Boyhood, was 6 years old when director Richard Linklater picked him for the role. The film takes place over the course of 12 years, and it was shot over the course of 12 years.
One may also ask, what is the longest time it took to make a movie? The animated movie The Thief And The Cobbler holds the record for a movie to be in production for the longest time. It was in production stage for 31 years. (1964-1995) Then there's Love & God (1986) directed by K.
In this manner, when did they start filming boyhood?
2001
Is boyhood real footage?
Twelve years in the making, Richard Linklater's Boyhood tells in real time the story of a boy called Mason – played, since he was six, by Ellar Coltrane. For 12 years, Linklater shot him growing up with his divorced on-screen parents, Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette.
