On July 17 Focus Features debuted the trailer for one of the most anticipated films of the coming awards season: “Boy Erased.” It stars Oscar nominee Lucas Hedges (“Manchester by the Sea”) as a young man coming to terms with being gay and Oscar winners Nicole Kidman (“The Hours”) and Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”) as his conflicted, religious parents who hope to cure him of his homosexuality. Get a look at the film above.
The film is adapted from the 2016 memoir of the same name by Garrard Conley, and it’s written and directed by Joel Edgerton. He’s best known for his work in front of the camera in past Oscar contenders like “Warrior” (2011), “Zero Dark Thirty” (2012) and “Loving” (2016). But he also received critical acclaim for his feature directing debut, “The Gift” (2015), a thriller in which he co-starred with Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall.
Edgerton hails from Australia, as do Kidman and Crowe,...
The film is adapted from the 2016 memoir of the same name by Garrard Conley, and it’s written and directed by Joel Edgerton. He’s best known for his work in front of the camera in past Oscar contenders like “Warrior” (2011), “Zero Dark Thirty” (2012) and “Loving” (2016). But he also received critical acclaim for his feature directing debut, “The Gift” (2015), a thriller in which he co-starred with Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall.
Edgerton hails from Australia, as do Kidman and Crowe,...
- 7/18/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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