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List Price: $14.99 | | Label: TLA Releasing
Salesrank: 19244
Released: December 9, 2003 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
An ambitious epic romance that traces the course of two men through their initial meeting as teenagers in 1973 until the mid 80’s. Alan is a member of the Young Republicans and an aspiring journalist. He’s working on a book about the evils of homosexuality, and invites Tommy, a gay rights activist, over for dinner and to interview him for the book. Thus begins a friendship that leads to a love affair told against the background of Anita Bryant, radical politics and the emerging gay rights movement. A huge audience hit during its festival and National Theatrical release, THE TRIP is a funny, touching and powerful film.
Description of The Trip:
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
The Trip Reviews:
Shadowed with "family values" 
2009-11-29 - An epic romance film depicting a blossoming 20th century sex-liberation in 1973-middle eighties, this sometimes mixing info story is of friendship and relations between two young Americans, an open gay activist and influential daddy's son-journalist born into success.
Probably, timing itself grounds more recently a broad public acknowledgement with and viewing of "Bareback Mountain" disappeared from Amazon to date as this movie is unreasonably still shadowed with "family values" speculations.
The Trip of a lifetime!!!! 
2009-09-06 - I love this film!!!!!!!!!!!! Not all of the acting was great but it was a beautiful film. Sad, funny, political, compassionate!!!!!!! Larry Sullivan is great in this film in every way!!!! One of my favorite gay themed films ever!!!! Buy this dvd!!!!!!!!!! It is a MUST in your collection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EXCELLENT film!
2009-03-02 - I don't know what the reviewer "Gordon Larko" is smoking. For some eason, he feels compelled to leave the EXACT SAME horrible review and 1 STAR rating for all GAY-THEMED movies. Probably a "personal problem" of his. Hopefully this review will help correct this imbalance. I can't believe AMAZON is allowing this GAY BASHER to use their website as a venue to spread his hate.
By the way, This is an absolutely WONDERFUL movie!
Trip of a Lifetime
2009-01-26 - This story is so wonderful because it touches on so many levels. The Music within it is excellent, and the somedy that ensues is FANTASTIC!! This is a Trip you don't want to miss!!
Better than Brokeback Mountain
2008-10-13 - This should have been the gay tragedy thrown into the mainstream instead of "Brokeback Mountain" Granted, I think the writing, acting, and directing is superior in "Brokeback" I feel the storyline is not. The fact that "Brokeback Mountain" became the 'mainstream' gay film upsets me. I did not like those characters and I did not like the way gay men were depicted. The characters in "The Trip" felt more authentic and more realistic. You could tell they were in head-over-heels in love with each other and although they were flawed and the results were tragic, you saw and witnessed their love. If "The Trip" had the budget and studio deal "Brokeback" had, "Brokeback Mountain" would have been another low-budget indie film and "The Trip" would have been the Oscar winning film.
