Boy Erased
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Boy Erased is a 2018 biographical drama film about a young man forced into a gay conversion therapy program, exploring themes of identity, faith, and family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Boy Erased canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11337747 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boy Erased Context triple: [Lucas Hedges, notableWork, Boy Erased]
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A.
Beautiful Boy
Beautiful Boy is a 2018 biographical drama film about a family's struggle with a son's methamphetamine addiction, starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet.
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B.
The Sessions
The Sessions is a 2012 independent drama film in which Helen Hunt plays a sex surrogate helping a man with polio explore intimacy and sexuality.
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C.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a 2018 coming-of-age drama film about a teenage girl sent to a gay conversion therapy center after being caught with another girl.
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D.
Fellow Travelers
Fellow Travelers is a historical romance and political drama miniseries following two men entangled in a decades-long love affair amid the anti-LGBTQ+ persecution of the McCarthy era and beyond.
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E.
Long Way Down
Long Way Down is a televised documentary series and travelogue chronicling Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s long-distance motorcycle journey from Scotland to South Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boy Erased Target entity description: Boy Erased is a 2018 biographical drama film about a young man forced into a gay conversion therapy program, exploring themes of identity, faith, and family.
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A.
Beautiful Boy
Beautiful Boy is a 2018 biographical drama film about a family's struggle with a son's methamphetamine addiction, starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet.
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B.
The Sessions
The Sessions is a 2012 independent drama film in which Helen Hunt plays a sex surrogate helping a man with polio explore intimacy and sexuality.
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C.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a 2018 coming-of-age drama film about a teenage girl sent to a gay conversion therapy center after being caught with another girl.
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D.
Fellow Travelers
Fellow Travelers is a historical romance and political drama miniseries following two men entangled in a decades-long love affair amid the anti-LGBTQ+ persecution of the McCarthy era and beyond.
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E.
Long Way Down
Long Way Down is a televised documentary series and travelogue chronicling Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s long-distance motorcycle journey from Scotland to South Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographical drama film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Garrard Conley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossWorldwideUSD | 11500000 ⓘ |
| budgetUSD | 11000000 ⓘ |
| character |
Jared Eamons
NERFINISHED
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Marshall Eamons NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Eamons NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor Sykes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Eduard Grau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Joel Edgerton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Focus Features NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Jay Rabinowitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT-related film
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biographical drama ⓘ coming-of-age film ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
faith
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family relationships ⓘ gay conversion therapy ⓘ sexual identity ⓘ |
| MPAARating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Danny Bensi
NERFINISHED
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Saunder Jurriaans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress
NERFINISHED
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama NERFINISHED ⓘ Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
ex-gay movement
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family conflict over sexuality ⓘ religious fundamentalism ⓘ |
| producer |
Joel Edgerton
NERFINISHED
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Kerry Kohansky-Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Golin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSource | 2016 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 115 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Joel Edgerton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Cherry Jones
NERFINISHED
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Flea NERFINISHED ⓘ Joel Edgerton NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucas Hedges NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicole Kidman NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Crowe NERFINISHED ⓘ Troye Sivan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| theatricalReleaseDate | 2018-11-02 ⓘ |
| worldPremiereDate | 2018-09-01 ⓘ |
| worldPremiereEvent | Telluride Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Boy Erased Description of subject: Boy Erased is a 2018 biographical drama film about a young man forced into a gay conversion therapy program, exploring themes of identity, faith, and family.
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