- Actors: Larry Sullivan, Steve Braun, Ray Baker, James Handy, Faith Salie
- Directors: Miles Swain
- Writers: Miles Swain
- Producers: Miles Swain, Houston King, Michael 'Spike' Van Briesen, Natanya Marks, Ned Adams
- Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
- Language: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Mongrel Media
- Release Date: Dec 9 2003
- Run Time: 95 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (81 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0000DD75N
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Miles Swan's romantic comedy The Trip spans 11 years, charting the lives of two men through the Gay Rights movement of the '70s, the conservative backlash of the Reagan-era, and through the AIDS epidemic. Straight, Young Republican author Alan (played by Larry Sullivan) meets Tommy (Steve Braun), a Gay Rights activist, while Alan is completing his anti-gay book. Falling in love with Tommy, Alan tries to avoid publishing "The Straight Truth," but an alleged friend of Alan's underhandedly sabotages him by not only publishing it but also securing for it a place on the bestseller list. As a converted gay man, this enrages Alan and also ruins Tommy's credit as an activist, thereby breaking them up for several years during the '80s. Finally, the two do reunite to pledge their eternal love, though under tragic circumstances. Relevant gay rights news footage, from Stonewall for example, historically sets each segment in the film, making the movie more realistic and educational. Alan and Tommy's plight to fight for the acceptance of homosexuality takes on metaphorical significance, while other characters in the film, like Tommy's best friend, Michael (Alexis Arquette), and Alan's mother (Jill St. John), bring the narrative humor specific to The Trip back into focus. At times, the movie verges on corny, but for the most part avoids cliché. The satisfaction one gets from watching a deep relationship unfold over the years makes this coming-of-age tale a meaningful reminder that there is absolutely no justification for keeping any couples in love apart. --Trinie Dalton
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Gay 'The way we were' wannabe,
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Well, the movie is nice, but all the time it seemed to be shifting tones, and not becouse the genre-mixing material would require it, in fact the story is quite standard fare. So I guess it'd be for some kind of story-telling incompetence.The first act is more of a comedy, and I like it better. The third act tries too desperately to get some profound-meaning or tragic-fate kind of thing going on (you know, one character is dying), but it doesn't make it. Anyway I think the reason it fails it's becouse the second act is the weakest of them all. Here some major things are supossed to change in the main characters' life, but they are not very believably told, so we don't get the right set up for the end. So to sum it up, it's kind of an amateur retelling of 'The way we were'. About the dvd: Halleluiah! A gay dvd with a good quality transfer! If you've bought a lot of gay movies in dvd (and I don't mean the ones edited by the major companies) you know what I mean. So if you're worried about that, relax, this looks good, and there are some nice extras too.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wanted to own...,
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I highly recommend this film for the soft romantics out there. Just a sweet and endearing film - I saw it on OutTV first and just had to add it to my DVD library. The storyline may be similar to storylines seen in some straight films, but the gay aspect (the characters and historic references) make it very special.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Coach class,
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People need to be careful with reviews, I saw all the 5 star reviews and purchased it expecting a 5 star film. In my books a film isn't spectacular just because it has a gay theme. This film, judged just by it's merits is somewhat less than average. The story is clumsy and the humour often very contrived. Where is that famous gay wit? Low rent movie with high rent pretentions. For the price, not worth it.
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