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| Directed by | Joel Edgerton |
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| Based on | Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley |
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| Cinematography | Eduard Grau |
| Edited by | Jay Rabinowitz |
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| Distributed by | Focus Features |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11 million[1] |
| Box office | $11.9 million[2] |
Boy Erased is a 2018 American biographical drama film based on Garrard Conley's 2016 memoir of the same name. It was written and directed by Joel Edgerton, who also produced with Kerry Kohansky Roberts and Steve Golin. The film stars Lucas Hedges as Jared Eamons, a fictionalized version of Conley, the closeted gay son of Baptist parents (portrayed by Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe), who is forced to take part in a conversion therapy program. Edgerton, Joe Alwyn, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Cherry Jones, and Flea also appear in supporting roles.
Boy Erased premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2018, and also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film was theatrically released in the United States on November 2, 2018, by Focus Features and grossed over $11 million worldwide. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who mostly praised the performances of the cast, and received various award nominations, including two Golden Globe Award nominations: Best Actor for Hedges and Best Original Song for "Revelation". The film won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Limited Release at the 30th GLAAD Media Awards.
- ^ Levy, Emanuel (November 21, 2018). "Nicole Kidman: 'My children were shocked, particularly with the way I looked'". Financial Times. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
- ^ "Boy Erased (2018)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved October 30, 2019.