Stars: Isabel May, Radha Mitchell, Thomas Jane, Eli Brown, Olly Sholotan, Treat Williams, Barbara Crampton, Cyrus Arnold, Britton Sear, Catherine Davis, Kenneisha Thompson, Zachary Le Vey, Shelby Mayes | Written and Directed by Kyle Rankin
I’ve been a huge fan of writer/director Kyle Rankin’s work ever since I first saw Infestation. His blend of comedy and horror really appealed to my sensibilities. Which means I’m always excited to see what he does next. However all his previous efforts never prepared me for Run Hide Fight… Gone are the laughs and in comes a shockingly real look at school shootings, from inside the building.
A normal school day is brought to a brutal halt when invaded by armed students on a murderous mission. As the shooting starts and the blood starts to flow, Zoe (Isabel May) is lucky to get out alive. But then she heads back inside...
I’ve been a huge fan of writer/director Kyle Rankin’s work ever since I first saw Infestation. His blend of comedy and horror really appealed to my sensibilities. Which means I’m always excited to see what he does next. However all his previous efforts never prepared me for Run Hide Fight… Gone are the laughs and in comes a shockingly real look at school shootings, from inside the building.
A normal school day is brought to a brutal halt when invaded by armed students on a murderous mission. As the shooting starts and the blood starts to flow, Zoe (Isabel May) is lucky to get out alive. But then she heads back inside...
- 3/8/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Run Hide Fight Trailer — Kyle Rankin‘s Run Hide Fight (2020) movie trailer has been released by The Daily Wire and stars Isabel May, Thomas Jane, Radha Mitchell, Eli Brown, Olly Sholotan, Britton Sear, Cyrus Arnold, Catherine Davis, Treat Williams, Barbara Crampton, Sahara Ale, Shelby Mayes, Joel Michaely, Carlton Caudle, and Brandon Germaine. Crew Rankin wrote [...]
Continue reading: Run Hide Fight (2020) Movie Trailer: Die Hard during a High School Shooting starring Isabel May & Thomas Jane...
Continue reading: Run Hide Fight (2020) Movie Trailer: Die Hard during a High School Shooting starring Isabel May & Thomas Jane...
- 1/6/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
If “‘Elephant’ meets ‘The Hunger Games'” is your idea of an enticing elevator pitch, you’re unlikely to be disappointed by “Run Hide Fight,” though you might want to take a long hard look at your enthusiasm. Kyle Rankin’s fictitious school-shooting thriller echoes multiple previous films in its evocation of post-Columbine classroom terror, before dubiously distinguishing itself by assuming the perspective of one female student tough enough to fight back. Merely pedestrian at the levels of direction, craft and performance, the film instead makes a grab for attention by peddling an ambiguous line on gun control and eye-for-an-eye morality. Any controversy that ensues, however, won’t disguise the phoniness of this exploitation exercise, which milks the worst fears of millions in pursuit of empty tension. A place in Venice’s official selection, even out of competition, was generous.
For Rankin, the writer-director of such openly trashy B-movies as “Night of the Living Deb...
For Rankin, the writer-director of such openly trashy B-movies as “Night of the Living Deb...
- 9/10/2020
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Voltage Pictures has boarded international sales on writer-director Kyle Rankin’s (Night Of The Living Deb) upcoming thriller Run Hide Fight, starring Thomas Jane (Deep Blue Sea), Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill) and Isabel May (Alexa & Katie). The U.S. firm will present the project to buyers at the upcoming European Film Market.
Run Hide Fight follows 17-year-old Zoe Hull (May) who uses her wits, survival skills, and compassion to fight for her life, and those of her fellow classmates, against a group of live-streaming school shooters.
Currently in post-production, the film also stars Eli Brown (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists), Olly Sholotan (All American), Cyrus Arnold (Zoolander 2), Britton Sear (Boy Erased), Catherine Davis (S.W.A.T.), Treat Williams (Deep Rising), and Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator).
The project’s subject matter is a highly sensitive one. The filmmakers discussed their rationale for making the film and its journey when we broke news about it late last year.
Run Hide Fight follows 17-year-old Zoe Hull (May) who uses her wits, survival skills, and compassion to fight for her life, and those of her fellow classmates, against a group of live-streaming school shooters.
Currently in post-production, the film also stars Eli Brown (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists), Olly Sholotan (All American), Cyrus Arnold (Zoolander 2), Britton Sear (Boy Erased), Catherine Davis (S.W.A.T.), Treat Williams (Deep Rising), and Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator).
The project’s subject matter is a highly sensitive one. The filmmakers discussed their rationale for making the film and its journey when we broke news about it late last year.
- 2/11/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Kyle Rankin, the filmmaker behind Night Of The Living Deb and The Witch Files, has completed a secretive project, Run Hide Fight, about a 17-year-old girl who must use her wits to survive a school-shooting.
Isabel May (Young Sheldon) leads the cast of the action-drama, which filmed in Red Oak, Texas this October and November in a recently closed junior high school. Also starring are Thomas Jane (Deep Blue Sea) and Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill) as the lead character’s parents. The film sees the protagonist and her fellow classmates attempting to survive an assault from a group of school shooters, who live stream their attack.
Eli Brown (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists), Olly Sholotan (All American), Cyrus Arnold (Zoolander 2), Britton Sear (Boy Erased), Catherine Davis (S.W.A.T.), Treat Williams (Deep Rising), and Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator) are also in the cast.
Rankin has been working on the project for several years and,...
Isabel May (Young Sheldon) leads the cast of the action-drama, which filmed in Red Oak, Texas this October and November in a recently closed junior high school. Also starring are Thomas Jane (Deep Blue Sea) and Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill) as the lead character’s parents. The film sees the protagonist and her fellow classmates attempting to survive an assault from a group of school shooters, who live stream their attack.
Eli Brown (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists), Olly Sholotan (All American), Cyrus Arnold (Zoolander 2), Britton Sear (Boy Erased), Catherine Davis (S.W.A.T.), Treat Williams (Deep Rising), and Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator) are also in the cast.
Rankin has been working on the project for several years and,...
- 12/17/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Lucas Hedges, Russell Crowe, Madelyn Cline, Victor McCay, David Joseph Craig, Troye Sivan, Emily Hinkler, Devin Michael, Matt Burke, Lindsey Moser, Jesse Latourette, Britton Sear, David Ditmore, William Ngo | Written and Directed by Joel Edgerton
Jared Eamons, the son of a small-town Baptist pastor, must overcome the fallout after being outed as gay to his parents. His father and mother struggle to reconcile their love for their son with their beliefs. Fearing a loss of family, friends and community, Jared is pressured into attending a conversion therapy program. While there, Jared comes into conflict with its leader and begins his journey to finding his own voice and accepting his true self.
Director Joel Edgerton follows on from his thrilling and incredibly underseen directorial debut The Gift with Boy Erased, brought to the screen by Edgerton and based off of Garrard Conley’s book by the same name.
Jared Eamons, the son of a small-town Baptist pastor, must overcome the fallout after being outed as gay to his parents. His father and mother struggle to reconcile their love for their son with their beliefs. Fearing a loss of family, friends and community, Jared is pressured into attending a conversion therapy program. While there, Jared comes into conflict with its leader and begins his journey to finding his own voice and accepting his true self.
Director Joel Edgerton follows on from his thrilling and incredibly underseen directorial debut The Gift with Boy Erased, brought to the screen by Edgerton and based off of Garrard Conley’s book by the same name.
- 12/6/2018
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, families across the country will be getting together for that big meal and generally re-connecting. But what about those families that have split, those who are torn apart virtually at the seams? Many will be facing that reality over the next week, perhaps into the following holiday. At the heart of many of these rifts are religious beliefs about sexual orientation. But most faiths put family first? That’s the conundrum addressed in this new film about a young man who feels as though his parents are pushing him away and aside, making him a Boy Erased. Surprisingly it’s based on a true story.
We first meet eighteen-year-old Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges) as he’s attending church services on a warm Texas evening. Next to him is his adoring mother Nancy (Nicole Kidman), and at the pulpit, preaching to the congregation is his father...
We first meet eighteen-year-old Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges) as he’s attending church services on a warm Texas evening. Next to him is his adoring mother Nancy (Nicole Kidman), and at the pulpit, preaching to the congregation is his father...
- 11/16/2018
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Author Garrard Conley and Director Joel Edgerton are by DaniElle DeLaite for the movie adaptation of Garrard’s book Boy Erased. The film played very well across the world on the festival circuit and the cast have talked often about why it was essential that they make this film, and why now is the right time.
It stars Edgerton, along with Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Jesse Latourette and Britton Sear. Below you’ll find DaniElle’s interview with the writer and director/actor, and below that we have clips from our red carpet interviews in Toronto earlier in the year. We also have an extended interview with Garrard Conley which you can find here.
Boy Erased is released on the 2nd of November, 2018 in the Us and on the 8th of February, 2019 in the UK.
Joel Edgerton & Garrard Conley Boy Erased Interview
Plot:
The...
It stars Edgerton, along with Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Jesse Latourette and Britton Sear. Below you’ll find DaniElle’s interview with the writer and director/actor, and below that we have clips from our red carpet interviews in Toronto earlier in the year. We also have an extended interview with Garrard Conley which you can find here.
Boy Erased is released on the 2nd of November, 2018 in the Us and on the 8th of February, 2019 in the UK.
Joel Edgerton & Garrard Conley Boy Erased Interview
Plot:
The...
- 11/1/2018
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“Boy Erased,” which is based on Garrard Conley’s 2016 memoir, is comprised of some strong scenes, some flashy scenes, and some scenes that are just scenes. It makes its argument against gay conversion therapy — a form of torture usually rooted in the self-loathing of the so-called therapist — persuasively. And it is dramatically impressive most of the time, but it is also very messy and uneven.
“Boy Erased” is packed with well-known performers, and this can be distracting. Pop star Troye Sivan and Canadian auteur Xavier Dolan play two of the inmates at a detention center called Love in Action, which is where our teenaged protagonist Jared (Lucas Hedges) is sent by his Baptist minister father (Russell Crowe) after he confesses to homosexual feelings. While Sivan and Dolan will likely bring some attention to this film from their respective fan bases, their presence on screen only emphasizes the public-service-message aspect of this production.
“Boy Erased” is packed with well-known performers, and this can be distracting. Pop star Troye Sivan and Canadian auteur Xavier Dolan play two of the inmates at a detention center called Love in Action, which is where our teenaged protagonist Jared (Lucas Hedges) is sent by his Baptist minister father (Russell Crowe) after he confesses to homosexual feelings. While Sivan and Dolan will likely bring some attention to this film from their respective fan bases, their presence on screen only emphasizes the public-service-message aspect of this production.
- 10/31/2018
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
Universal Pictures has released a new trailer for the gay conversion story starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and Lucas Hedges, ‘Boy Erased’
Written and directed by Joel Edgerton, and based on the memoir by Garrard Conley, Boy Erased stars Edgerton along with Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Jesse Latourette and Britton Sear.
Also in trailers – Natalie Portman ‘gives ’em a show’ in full trailer for ‘Vox Lux’
The film hits UK cinemas February 8th 2019
Boy Erased Synopsis
The film tells the story of Jared (Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is outed to his parents (Kidman and Crowe) at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith. Boy Erased is the true story of one young man’s struggle to find himself...
Written and directed by Joel Edgerton, and based on the memoir by Garrard Conley, Boy Erased stars Edgerton along with Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Jesse Latourette and Britton Sear.
Also in trailers – Natalie Portman ‘gives ’em a show’ in full trailer for ‘Vox Lux’
The film hits UK cinemas February 8th 2019
Boy Erased Synopsis
The film tells the story of Jared (Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is outed to his parents (Kidman and Crowe) at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith. Boy Erased is the true story of one young man’s struggle to find himself...
- 10/31/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Ahead of its platform release Friday comes a new trailer for Focus Features’ Boy Erased, the drama written and directed by Joel Edgerton based on Garrard Conley’s memoir about coming out to his Southern Baptist parents who sent him to conversion-therapy camp. Lucas Hedges stars alongside Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe in the pic, which has been building up steam since its fall-festival debut at Telluride, then Toronto.
Hedges plays Jared Eamons, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who must overcome the fallout of being outed to his parents, who struggle with reconciling their love for their son with their beliefs. Fearing a loss of family, friends, and community, Jared is pressured into attending a conversion therapy program. While there, Jared comes into conflict with its leader (Edgerton) and begins his journey to finding his own voice and accepting his true self.
Hedges plays Jared Eamons, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who must overcome the fallout of being outed to his parents, who struggle with reconciling their love for their son with their beliefs. Fearing a loss of family, friends, and community, Jared is pressured into attending a conversion therapy program. While there, Jared comes into conflict with its leader (Edgerton) and begins his journey to finding his own voice and accepting his true self.
- 10/30/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Talk about a movie with its heart in the right place. In adapting Garrard Conley’s 2016 memoir about enduring a gay conversion facility, writer-director Joel Edgerton manages to criticize the alleged therapy without condemning the individuals caught in its trap. In the case of Jared Eamons, an Arkansas teen played with wrenching conviction by Lucas Hedges (one of the finest actors of his generation), his oppressors appear to be his conservative Christian parents. His dad, Marshall (Russell Crowe), is a Baptist minister (he also owns a Ford dealership) who preaches...
- 10/30/2018
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
"You may have to walk away from everything..." Focus Features has debuted the second official trailer for Boy Erased, an adaptation of the book of the same name by Garrard Conley. The story is about the son of a baptist preacher who is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program - similar to the one also seen in The Miseducation of Cameron Post. Boy Erased is directed by Australian actor-filmmaker Joel Edgerton (also of The Gift previously), who also wrote the script, and stars in the film. The main cast includes Lucas Hedges (from Manchester by the Sea) as Jared, with Nicole Kidman & Russell Crowe as his parents, plus Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Jesse Latourette, Britton Sear, David Ditmore, Matt Burke, and William Ngo. This has been playing at a few film festivals this fall, and it's a damn fine film. Highly recommended, especially as an example of how blasphemous these programs are.
- 10/30/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Lucas Hedges already has one Oscar nod under his belt — thanks to his powerful work in “Manchester by the Sea” — but the impressive young actor might be heading for still more awards season glory, thanks to roles in not one, but two hard-hitting dramas arriving in the coming weeks. Hedges isn’t resting on his laurels these days, instead opting to dig into two big dramas focused on real world issues.
In December, Hedges will star alongside Julia Roberts in the drug drama “Ben Is Back,” directed by his own father Peter Hedges, but before that film hits screens, there’s his turn in Joel Egerton’s fact-based gay conversion drama “Boy Erased.”
Based on Garrard Conley’s 2016 memoir of the same name, Hedges stars in the film as the teenage son of an outspoken preacher (played by Russell Crowe) and a loving Arkansas mother (Nicole Kidman). The film follows...
In December, Hedges will star alongside Julia Roberts in the drug drama “Ben Is Back,” directed by his own father Peter Hedges, but before that film hits screens, there’s his turn in Joel Egerton’s fact-based gay conversion drama “Boy Erased.”
Based on Garrard Conley’s 2016 memoir of the same name, Hedges stars in the film as the teenage son of an outspoken preacher (played by Russell Crowe) and a loving Arkansas mother (Nicole Kidman). The film follows...
- 10/30/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
In short order, Joel Edgerton has gone from a solid actor to a multi hyphenate with a lot to say. His directorial debut was a nifty genre effort, but for his sophomore feature, he’s gone way up in ambition. Opening this week, Boy Erased is a prestige drama with Academy Award aspirations. During its fall film festival run, it has gotten some strong acclaim. Sadly, I can’t quite go along with that, as I found it lacking a bit too much to give the thumbs up to. There’s plenty to like, but it also never hits home emotionally like it so clearly desires. In that regard, it’s a letdown. Based on the memoir of the same name by Garrard Conley, this is his slightly fictionalized story. Here, we follow Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges), the son of prominent Baptist preacher Marshall Eamons (Russell Crowe). In high school,...
- 10/30/2018
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Written and directed by Joel Edgerton, and based on the memoir by Garrard Conley, Boy Erased stars Edgerton along with Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Jesse Latourette and Britton Sear. There’s a new poster and trailer for the film out in the wild.
We spoke to writer/director Joel Edgerton and star Nicole Kidman at the world premiere of the film at Toronto last month. They talked about the importance of bringing this story to the screen, and subsequently to a wide audience. Here are the interviews.
Boy Erased World Premiere Interviews
Boy Erased is released on the 2nd of November, 2018 in the Us and on the 8th of February, 2019 in the UK. Here’s the new trailer which features the new original song “Revelation” by Troye Sivan & Jónsi.
Boy Erased Trailer
Boy Erased tells the story of Jared (Hedges), the son of a...
We spoke to writer/director Joel Edgerton and star Nicole Kidman at the world premiere of the film at Toronto last month. They talked about the importance of bringing this story to the screen, and subsequently to a wide audience. Here are the interviews.
Boy Erased World Premiere Interviews
Boy Erased is released on the 2nd of November, 2018 in the Us and on the 8th of February, 2019 in the UK. Here’s the new trailer which features the new original song “Revelation” by Troye Sivan & Jónsi.
Boy Erased Trailer
Boy Erased tells the story of Jared (Hedges), the son of a...
- 10/10/2018
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Written and directed by Joel Edgerton, and based on the memoir by Garrard Conley, Boy Erased premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. It stars Edgerton, along with Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Jesse Latourette and Britton Sear.
The cast talked up Edgerton’s ability behind the camera, as well as the highly emotive subject matter of the film.
Boy Erased is released on the 2nd of November, 2018 in the Us and on the 8th of February, 2019 in the UK. Dave Sztypuljak was on the red carpet out in Toronto, here’s how he got on.
Boy Erased – Tiff Premiere Interviews
Plot:
The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.
The post Joel Edgerton & Nicole Kidman on the Gay Conversion therapy film Boy Erased – Tiff premiere appeared first on HeyUGuys.
The cast talked up Edgerton’s ability behind the camera, as well as the highly emotive subject matter of the film.
Boy Erased is released on the 2nd of November, 2018 in the Us and on the 8th of February, 2019 in the UK. Dave Sztypuljak was on the red carpet out in Toronto, here’s how he got on.
Boy Erased – Tiff Premiere Interviews
Plot:
The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.
The post Joel Edgerton & Nicole Kidman on the Gay Conversion therapy film Boy Erased – Tiff premiere appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 9/19/2018
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“Boy Erased” is neither the first, nor the best, of this year’s films about the crucible of gay conversion therapy, but Joel Edgerton’s adaptation of Garrard Conley’s memoir is most interesting for the ways that it differs from “The Miseducation of Cameron Post.” Although it’s fortunate we have both, and tragic that we need either, “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” leveraged the awful and dehumanizing evangelical practice into a coming-of-age saga about a teenage girl’s hard-won self-acceptance; “Boy Erased” uses a similar premise to deflect that burden outward — to put the onus for change and understanding on the misguided people who surround its traumatized young protagonist.
The result is a powerfully conflicted portrait of the relationship between love and hate, a story in which all but the ugliest bigotries can be traced back to a misguided sense of protection. While Edgerton’s fractured approach has...
The result is a powerfully conflicted portrait of the relationship between love and hate, a story in which all but the ugliest bigotries can be traced back to a misguided sense of protection. While Edgerton’s fractured approach has...
- 9/1/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Nicole Kidman stars as “Nancy” and Russell Crowe stars as “Marshall” in Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased, a Focus Features release.
Limina House, Focus Features, and Anonymous Content announced today that the filmmakers behind the anticipated fall film Boy Erased along with the creators of the widely acclaimed Radiolab podcast and radio program will launch a new podcast, UnErased, this fall.
The four-part podcast series will reveal the controversial truth behind the “pray away the gay” movement and conversion therapy in America. The series will be produced by Limina House, which was started by Mikel Ellcessor, the co-creator with Jad Abumrad of Radiolab.
The UnErased production team is Ellcessor, Kat Aaron, Alice Quinlan and Shima Oliaee with the author of the Boy Erased memoir Garrard Conley, whose life story and experience with conversion therapy is the basis for the film, and the film’s co-producer and cast member David Joseph Craig.
Limina House, Focus Features, and Anonymous Content announced today that the filmmakers behind the anticipated fall film Boy Erased along with the creators of the widely acclaimed Radiolab podcast and radio program will launch a new podcast, UnErased, this fall.
The four-part podcast series will reveal the controversial truth behind the “pray away the gay” movement and conversion therapy in America. The series will be produced by Limina House, which was started by Mikel Ellcessor, the co-creator with Jad Abumrad of Radiolab.
The UnErased production team is Ellcessor, Kat Aaron, Alice Quinlan and Shima Oliaee with the author of the Boy Erased memoir Garrard Conley, whose life story and experience with conversion therapy is the basis for the film, and the film’s co-producer and cast member David Joseph Craig.
- 8/30/2018
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Joel Edgerton (The Gift) has written and directed a coming-of-age and coming-out drama called Boy Erased for Focus Features. The film is based on the book, Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family which was written by Garrard Conley.
The movie has a fantastic cast that includes Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea), Russell Crowe (Gladiator) and Nicole Kidman (The Hours). Boy Erased is the true story of one young man’s struggle to find himself while being forced to question every aspect of his identity. Here's the synopsis:
Boy Erased tells the story of Jared (Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is outed to his parents (Kidman and Crowe) at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program — or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.
The movie also stars Joel Edgerton¸Cherry Jones,...
The movie has a fantastic cast that includes Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea), Russell Crowe (Gladiator) and Nicole Kidman (The Hours). Boy Erased is the true story of one young man’s struggle to find himself while being forced to question every aspect of his identity. Here's the synopsis:
Boy Erased tells the story of Jared (Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is outed to his parents (Kidman and Crowe) at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program — or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.
The movie also stars Joel Edgerton¸Cherry Jones,...
- 7/18/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
“I love you,” the small-town Baptist pastor tell his son, “but we cannot see a way that you can live under this roof if you’re gonna fundamentally go against the grain of our beliefs.” And when 19-year-old Jared admits to his folks, “I think about men — I don’t know why,” he is faced with an ultimatum: Attend a conversion-therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends and faith.
Here’s the first trailer for Boy Erased, starring Lucas Hedges as the young man who is struggling to find himself while being forced to question every aspect of his identity. Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman play his disapproving parents in writer-director Joel Edgerton’s film that based on a true story. He also co-stars in the drama alongside Cherry Jones, Michael “Flea” Balzary, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Joe Alwyn, Emily Hinkler, Jesse Latourette, David Joseph Craig,...
Here’s the first trailer for Boy Erased, starring Lucas Hedges as the young man who is struggling to find himself while being forced to question every aspect of his identity. Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman play his disapproving parents in writer-director Joel Edgerton’s film that based on a true story. He also co-stars in the drama alongside Cherry Jones, Michael “Flea” Balzary, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Joe Alwyn, Emily Hinkler, Jesse Latourette, David Joseph Craig,...
- 7/17/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
"I don't want to pretend anymore." Focus Features has revealed the first official trailer for Boy Erased, an adaptation of the book of the same name by Garrard Conley. The story is about the son of a baptist preacher who is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program - similar to the one also seen in The Miseducation of Cameron Post. Boy Erased is directed by Australian actor-filmmaker Joel Edgerton (also of The Gift previously), who also wrote the script, and stars in the film. The main cast includes Lucas Hedges (from Manchester by the Sea) as Jared, with Nicole Kidman & Russell Crowe as his parents, plus Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Jesse Latourette, Britton Sear, David Ditmore, Matt Burke, and William Ngo. As expected, this looks excellent so far - with strong performances throughout to make this story more meaningful. It looks like a powerful film that will...
- 7/17/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Garrard Conley’s best-selling memoir Boy Erased is getting the feature film treatment. From actor-director Joel Edgerton, who last impressed with his thriller The Gift, comes the story of Conley’s harrowing upbringing in a gay conversion therapy, which he is placed in by his pastor father and Southern belle mother.
Lady Bird and Manchester by the Sea star Lucas Hedges will be playing Conley, while Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman will be assuming the roles of his parents. In addition to being one of this fall’s few films dealing with Lgbt themes, it also has quite the diverse cast, including pop star Troye Sivan, Cherry Jones, and acclaimed director Xavier Dolan, who will be stepping in front of the camera for the first time in a few years.
“I find Lucas just to be a really beautiful blank canvas. There’s a sensitivity to him in his observation in the world.
Lady Bird and Manchester by the Sea star Lucas Hedges will be playing Conley, while Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman will be assuming the roles of his parents. In addition to being one of this fall’s few films dealing with Lgbt themes, it also has quite the diverse cast, including pop star Troye Sivan, Cherry Jones, and acclaimed director Xavier Dolan, who will be stepping in front of the camera for the first time in a few years.
“I find Lucas just to be a really beautiful blank canvas. There’s a sensitivity to him in his observation in the world.
- 7/17/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Distributer lines up heavyweights for year-end.
Focus Features strategists have moved back two of the company’s main awards season contenders, Boy Erased and On The Basis Of Sex.
Gay conversion therapy drama Boy Erased from anonymous Content moves from September 28 to November 2 in limited release, while Participant Media’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg drama On The Basis Of Sex moves from November 9 to December 25 in limited release.
Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe star in Boy Erased, about the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town who is outed to his parents and forced to either...
Focus Features strategists have moved back two of the company’s main awards season contenders, Boy Erased and On The Basis Of Sex.
Gay conversion therapy drama Boy Erased from anonymous Content moves from September 28 to November 2 in limited release, while Participant Media’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg drama On The Basis Of Sex moves from November 9 to December 25 in limited release.
Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe star in Boy Erased, about the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town who is outed to his parents and forced to either...
- 7/3/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Theodore Pellerin stars as “Xavier” and Lucas Hedges stars as “Jared” in Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased, a Focus Features release.
Focus Features has released three new photos from the upcoming film Boy Erased.
The drama tells the story of Jared (Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is outed to his parents (Kidman and Crowe) at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith. Boy Erased is the true story of one young man’s struggle to find himself while being forced to question every aspect of his identity.
Nicole Kidman stars as “Nancy” and Russell Crowe stars as “Marshall” in Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased, a Focus Features release.
Joel Edgerton stars as Victor Sykes in Boy Erased, a Focus Features release. Credit: Focus Features
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Focus Features has released three new photos from the upcoming film Boy Erased.
The drama tells the story of Jared (Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is outed to his parents (Kidman and Crowe) at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith. Boy Erased is the true story of one young man’s struggle to find himself while being forced to question every aspect of his identity.
Nicole Kidman stars as “Nancy” and Russell Crowe stars as “Marshall” in Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased, a Focus Features release.
Joel Edgerton stars as Victor Sykes in Boy Erased, a Focus Features release. Credit: Focus Features
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- 5/22/2018
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Rex/Shutterstock
Emmy and Tony Award winner Cherry Jones (“Transparent”, “24”) and Grammy Award winner Michael “Flea” Balzary, from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, join the cast of Boy Erased, the coming-of-age and coming-out drama from writer/director Joel Edgerton based on Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley, who serves as a consultant on the film.
In addition to Jones and Flea, also joining the cast are Xavier Dolan (I Killed My Mother), singer/songwriter and YouTube personality Troye Sivan, as well as Emily Hinkler (Tyler Perry’s Boo 2), Jesse Latourette (Z Nation), David Joseph Craig (The Gift), Théodore Pellerin (It’s Only the End of the World), and Britton Sear (Unfinished Business, HBO’s “Vice Principals”). They join the already announced cast led by Academy Award nominee Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea), Academy Award winners Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman,...
Emmy and Tony Award winner Cherry Jones (“Transparent”, “24”) and Grammy Award winner Michael “Flea” Balzary, from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, join the cast of Boy Erased, the coming-of-age and coming-out drama from writer/director Joel Edgerton based on Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley, who serves as a consultant on the film.
In addition to Jones and Flea, also joining the cast are Xavier Dolan (I Killed My Mother), singer/songwriter and YouTube personality Troye Sivan, as well as Emily Hinkler (Tyler Perry’s Boo 2), Jesse Latourette (Z Nation), David Joseph Craig (The Gift), Théodore Pellerin (It’s Only the End of the World), and Britton Sear (Unfinished Business, HBO’s “Vice Principals”). They join the already announced cast led by Academy Award nominee Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea), Academy Award winners Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman,...
- 8/31/2017
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Emmy and Tony winner Cherry Jones and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist-turned-actor Michael "Flea" Balzary have come aboard the coming-out drama Boy Erased, from writer/director Joel Edgerton. Xavier Dolan (I Killed My Mother), singer/songwriter and YouTube personality Troye Sivan, Emily Hinkler (Tyler Perry's Boo 2), Jesse Latourette (Z Nation), David Joseph Craig (The Gift), Théodore Pellerin (It's Only the End of the World), and Britton Sear (HBO's Vice Principals) round…...
- 8/30/2017
- Deadline
The Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea and writer-director Xavier Dolan are the latest to join Joel Edgerton's gay conversion drama Boy Erased.
Tony winner Cherry Jones and artist Troye Sivan are also joining the cast, which will be led by Manchester by the Sea's Lucas Hedges, who will star as the son of a Baptist minister that is outed by his parents (played by Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe) and forced into conversion therapy.
Emily Hinkler, Jesse Latourette, David Joseph Craig, Théodore Pellerin and Britton Sear round out the cast for Boy Erased, which is based on the book Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith,...
Tony winner Cherry Jones and artist Troye Sivan are also joining the cast, which will be led by Manchester by the Sea's Lucas Hedges, who will star as the son of a Baptist minister that is outed by his parents (played by Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe) and forced into conversion therapy.
Emily Hinkler, Jesse Latourette, David Joseph Craig, Théodore Pellerin and Britton Sear round out the cast for Boy Erased, which is based on the book Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith,...
- 8/30/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stars: Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco, Sienna Miller, June Diane Raphael, Britton Sear, Ella Anderson, Nick Frost, James Marsden | Written by Steve Conrad | Directed by Ken Scott
Daniel Trunkman (Vaughn), a hard-working but disillusioned salesman, decides to set up on his own and take on the big man – or more specifically his cut-throat former boss Chuck (Miller). Accompanied by two unlikely associates; Timothy McWinters (Wilkinson) and Mike Pancake (Franco), he travels to Europe to close the most important deal of his life. But what begins as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable – and unimaginable – way, including unplanned stops at a massive sex fetish event and a global economic summit.
Ken Scott, director of Starbuck and its Us remake Delivery Man, seems to have cornered the market in broad comedies with emotional heart. Delivery Man could have been just another gross out comedy about...
Daniel Trunkman (Vaughn), a hard-working but disillusioned salesman, decides to set up on his own and take on the big man – or more specifically his cut-throat former boss Chuck (Miller). Accompanied by two unlikely associates; Timothy McWinters (Wilkinson) and Mike Pancake (Franco), he travels to Europe to close the most important deal of his life. But what begins as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable – and unimaginable – way, including unplanned stops at a massive sex fetish event and a global economic summit.
Ken Scott, director of Starbuck and its Us remake Delivery Man, seems to have cornered the market in broad comedies with emotional heart. Delivery Man could have been just another gross out comedy about...
- 7/9/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Apparently made by snickering 12-year-olds who like naked boobies and have heard rumors about the phenomenon known as “the business trip.” I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): the trailer was embarrassing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Unfinished Business is the kind of movie in which a mentally retarded character — whose impairment is offered as a constant source of “hilarity” — is required to recite a line of dialogue such as “The penis touched my face” in a way that, this pathetic excuse for entertainment hopes, will make you laugh. Because the penis did indeed touch his face, and you are, it is presumed, consumed with “American prudishness,” hence you will snicker, just like, in another scene, the retarded character snickers when he sees naked boobies. In a fit of something that the movie deems clever, the naked-boobies scene directly addresses the matter...
I’m “biast” (con): the trailer was embarrassing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Unfinished Business is the kind of movie in which a mentally retarded character — whose impairment is offered as a constant source of “hilarity” — is required to recite a line of dialogue such as “The penis touched my face” in a way that, this pathetic excuse for entertainment hopes, will make you laugh. Because the penis did indeed touch his face, and you are, it is presumed, consumed with “American prudishness,” hence you will snicker, just like, in another scene, the retarded character snickers when he sees naked boobies. In a fit of something that the movie deems clever, the naked-boobies scene directly addresses the matter...
- 3/6/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Once again Hollywood reaches for that elusive golden ring that is the big box office “R” rated comedy smash. After all, there’s been a Hangover trilogy, and double dips in the Hot Tub Time Machine and those Horrible Bosses. So when did this cycle of raunchy, crude laugh fests begin? Many point to that unexpected Bo champ from nearly ten years ago, Wedding Crashers. And, oddly enough, one half of that “bromance” headlines this new release. That 2015 hit was a high point in the roller coaster movie career of Vince Vaughn, a ride that really began with his breakout role nearly twenty years ago in Swingers. But of recent years the coaster car has been on a downward trek with misfires like The Watch and The Internship. Perhaps with two new comic cohorts and the director of one of his few recent bright spots (Delivery Man), he can put...
- 3/6/2015
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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