Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

The Trip

 The Trip
type
 TVTItem
 The Trip
label
 The Trip
 The Trip
page
 TheTrip
 The Trip
comment
 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Trip is a 2002 gay romance period film that takes place in the 1970s and 1980s. Tommy (Steve Braun) is a political activist attending college during the 1970s; at a party he meets Alan (Larry Sullivan), who invites him to dinner. Tommy accepts, thinking it's a date, only to find out later that Alan wanted to interview him for a book he is writing about homosexuals and that Alan has a girlfriend, the kooky Beverly (Sirena Irwin). Beverly, however, sees the chemistry between the two men and leaves Alan.Tommy and Alan become friends, but eventually have a fight, and Alan writes and publishes his booky - anonymously, thanks to the advice of his homophobic attorney Peter (Ray Baker). Tommy comes to see him and apologies are made. The two become a couple, and we flash four years later to 1977.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Anita Bryant's crusade against homosexuality is in full swing, and Alan's book is used as a tool to propel it. It's leaked out that Alan was the writer, and his relationship and job are ruined. He ends up as a sort of pet for Peter, and lives with him for the next eight years.In 1984, Alan finds out Peter was the one to leak to the press that he wrote the book, and leaves, wanting to reunite with Tommy. They reunite, and take their dream of a road trip through Mexico, but Tommy is dying. As the road trip ends, Tommy dies, and Alan writes about the experience.Not to be confused with the 2010 British comedy film series of the same name, the 1967 film by Roger Corman, or the the 2021 film.
 The Trip
fetched
 2021-11-10T00:38:44Z
 The Trip
parsed
 2021-11-10T00:38:44Z
 The Trip
isPartOf
 DBTropes
 The Trip / int_9a1d239e
type
 Been There, Shaped History
 The Trip / int_9a1d239e
comment
 Been There, Shaped History: Alan's book helps fuel Anita Bryant's crusade on homosexuality. In reality, there was no such book.
 The Trip / int_9a1d239e
featureApplicability
 1.0
 The Trip / int_9a1d239e
featureConfidence
 1.0
 The Trip
hasFeature
 The Trip / int_9a1d239e
 The Trip / int_name
type
 ItemName
 The Trip / int_name
comment
 The Trip / int_name
featureApplicability
 1.0
 The Trip / int_name
featureConfidence
 1.0
 The Trip
hasFeature
 The Trip / int_name
 The Trip / int_name
itemName
 The Trip

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 TheTruthAboutCharlie
seeAlso
 The Trip