Watch 12 Years of a Life Unfold in First Trailer for Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood'

The trick of Dazed and Confused director Richard Linklater's latest coming-of-age movie Boyhood is a real-life coming-of-age, in that his unique project was shot over a 12-year period to capture the actors as they grew up in real time.

Linklater cast Ellar Coltrane at age 6, shooting the family saga intermittently with co-stars Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette until Coltrane was 18. If you weren't lucky enough to catch it at Sundance in January, the trailer is your first good look, and even this minute-and-a-half sample of the moviemaking high-wire act is extraordinarily powerful, both visually and emotionally. Read more...