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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TLA RELEASING
EAN: 0807839000610
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, Full Screen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: TLA Releasing
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: TLA Releasing
MPN: TLA052
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: TLA Releasing
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 09, 2003
Running Time: 94 minutes
Studio: TLA Releasing
Theatrical Release Date: 2002

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Romance politics sex and humor all collide during two men's 11-year journey of passion self-discovery and adventure. Tommy (Steve Braun) is a sexy blond gay activist who meets the handsome muscular Alan (Larry Sullivan) a closeted Republican at a party in 1973. An intense love affair ignites setting in motion a torrid and unpredictable relationship that steers its way through the turbulent political and social climate of thei'70s andi'80s. The Trip blends farce and tragedy fantasy and reality and features a quirky cast of supporting characters including indie-fave Alexis Arquette comedienne Julie Brown and former Bond-girl Jill St. John as Alan's outrageous mom. The Trip is one excursion that's definitely worth taking.System Requirements: Running Time 95 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 807839000610 Manufacturer No: TLA052

Amazon.com:
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




Rating: - Better than Brokeback Mountain
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 ... Read More

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Rating: - the trip
for me the story was a little too flip and choppy. I think I would have rented it instead. On the next yard sale this video will probably wind up on the sale table....

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Rating: - DISAPPOINTMENT
For a movie that deals with acceptance, equal rights, tolerance etc, it sure managed to include every Mexican stereotype. The acting was good, but the directing and story line was very mediocre. I wanted to like this movie!

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Rating: - Love Concurs All
When I first saw this movie, I turned the station because I thought it was boring. I bought it and decided to check it out. Glad I picked it up and viewed it. A movie from the heart and for the heart. These guys did really well in this film and proved love concurs all no matter how long it takes or what you may be going through.

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Rating: - THE TRIP IS A GREAT JOURNEY
I received and watched the great film THE TRIP yesterday. The story is very moving, all the actors are wonderfully involved in their roles and the final "TRIP" itself is a real adventure.
THE TRIP was very eloquently reviewed by Amazon's three main reviewers, but I was just puzzled why the film is presented on DVD in full screen only (even the main title is not wholly shown) when the disc cover says "1.77:1 anamorphically enhanced", and Amazon's site details say "Fullscreen and Widescreen"!!! ... Read More

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