Directed by:
Miles SwainComposer:
Steven ChesneCast:
Steve Braun, Ray Baker, James Handy, Jill St. John, Art Hindle, Miles Swain, Alexis Arquette, Brian Leckner, Julie Brown, Connie Sawyer, Larry Sullivan (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews (1)
A romantic-dramatic comedy about a love that was not favoured by the social climate of the time and many other circumstances. The Trip is a film that purposefully mixes comic and relaxed scenes with tense and tragic ones, while the love story finds its place. Even though it's more of a modest and (in appearance) TV movie, it still got me. I'm sure it could have done with a little more in certain places, but I was still satisfied in the end. In short, a film about an unconventional look at one couple in love, influenced by contemporary events across a decade.
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