CNN - The straight story on turng a gay 'Trick' - July 26, 1999

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For the rerd: "Trick" is the most appealg and most erotic gay date movie ever ma. Siar, but far superr to "Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss," which preemed Sundance last year, Jim Fall's lightfully charmg film belongs to a new cycle ('s premature to ll a genre) of gay movi that are not about AIDS or social issu, but "simply" al wh suatns, such as datg and first love, relevant to everybody, regardls of sexual orientatn.

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"TRICK" TURNS 15: CAST/DIRECTOR REFLECT ON GAY FILM CLASSIC... AND TALK SEQUELWE STILL LOVE THE GAY ROMANCE THAT FEATURED MISS CO PE AND TORI SPELLG!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY JIM HALTERMANFEBARY 20, 2014/3:20 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}FE LE FEATUR/GETTY IMAGCHRISTIAN CAMPBELL SHIRTLS A SCENE OM THE FILM 'TRICK', 1999. (PHOTO BY FE LE FEATUR/GETTY IMAG)BY JIM HALTERMANFEBARY 20, 2014 / 3:20 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"TRICK\" TURNS 15: CAST/DIRECTOR REFLECT ON GAY FILM CLASSIC... AND TALK SEQUEL","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-02-20T20:20:52.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-02-20T20:20:52.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JIM HALTERMAN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOY MEETS GO-GO BOY AND THEY TRY TO FD A PLACE TO HOOK-UP…{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT’S THE BASIC PREMISE OF TRICK, BUT IF YOU’VE SEEN THE BELOVED 1999 FILM, YOU KNOW ’S ACTUALLY A SWEET AND CHARMG ROMANTIC EDY THAT HAS ENDURED AND IS CELEBRATG S 15TH ANNIVERSARY THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE NEW YORK-BASED FILM, DIRECTED BY JIM FALL AND WRTEN BY JASON SCHAFER, GABRIEL (CHRISTIAN CAMPBELL) FIRST SE GO-GO BOY MARK (J.P. POC) SHAKG AT A LOL GAY BAR, BUT A CHANCE MEETG ON THE SUBWAY LATER TAK THEM ON AN ALL-NIGHT ADVENTURE THAT GO OM A PIANO BAR, TORI SPELLG (WHO PLAYED GABRIEL’S BFF, KATHERE), A DANCE CLUB AND GABRIEL’S MEMORABLE BATHROOM TERACTN WH NONE OTHER THAN MISS CO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO MEMORATE THE FILM, UCLA IS HOSTG AN OUTFT LEGACY SCREENG THIS SATURDAY LOS ANGEL ALONG WH A Q&A WH FALL, CAMPBELL, AND POC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEBACKLOT HAD THE CHANCE TO CHAT WH THE THREE MEN—AND SPELLG—ABOUT THEIR MEMORI OF MAKG THE FILM AND WHY THEY THK ’S STILL HIGHLY REGARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS THE SUMMER OF ’98… WHEN TRICK FILMED ON LOTN NEW YORK CY. “I WAS ALREADY A LTLE WEARY OF G OUT MOVI AND MOVI ALG WH GAYS, AND ALSO MOVI ALG WH GAY GUYS FALLG FOR STRAIGHT GUYS,” FALL SAID OF THE LGBT FILM CLIMATE AT THE TIME. “I ALWAYS FOUND THAT ANNOYG AND KD OF HOMOPHOBIC, TO BE HONT… I WANTED TO TELL A MOVIE THAT WAS JT ABOUT HOW GAY PEOPLE LIVE. AND AT THE TIME, THERE HADN’T BEEN ANY GAY MOVI THAT WERE JT ABOUT BEG GAY [AND] JT FALLG LOVE OR TRYG TO FALL LOVE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CASTG MARK, THE GO-GO BOY: “THEY FOUND ME FIRST,” REMEMBERED POC. “THEY HAD CHRISTIAN MD, BUT THIS IS THE HARR ROLE TO ST.” FALL AGREED THAT THE MARK ROLE WAS FELY THE BIGGER CHALLENGE. “MARK WAS HARR BEE MY STG DIRECTOR [SENT] THE GUYS WHO WERE GOOD ACTORS BUT THEY DIDN’T HAVE LIKE GO-GO BOY BODI, YOU KNOW? YOU GO TO THE CLUBS AND THE GUYS THAT HAVE ROCKG BODI AND I HAD TO FD SOMEBODY WHO ULD ACT AND ALSO HAD THAT BODY, AND THAT’S REALLY HARD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT FALL SAW POC AN NYC PLAY WHERE A GROUP OF MEN, A MCLED POC AMONG THEM, WERE DRSED ONLY THEIR UNRWEAR WHILE READG MONOLOGU. “I ALREADY GOT TO SEE EVERYTHG,” FALL LGHED, “AND [JP] GOT UP AND DID THIS MONOLOGUE AND I WAS WH ERIC [D’ARBELOFF], MY PRODUCER, AND I THOUGHT, ‘OH MY GOD, THAT’S OUR GUY.’"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}…AND SWEET, VULNERABLE GABRIEL: EVEN THOUGH HE HAD THOSE NICE-GUY GOOD LOOKS CLUDG ADORABLE DIMPL, CAMPBELL WAS NOT A SHOE- FOR THE ROLE. FALL ADMS TO NOT IALLY GETTG THE SENSE THAT THE ACTOR WAS VULNERABLE ENOUGH OM HIS FIRST DN BUT FATE THANKFULLY TERVENED. “MY STG DIRECTOR KNEW HE WAS RIGHT AND I GUS GAVE HIM THE NOT THAT I HAD TRIED TO GET HIM TO DO THE ROOM,” FALL RELLED, “AND [CHRISTIAN] WORKED ON AND ME BACK AND GAVE A PLETELY DIFFERENT DN. HE WAS REALLY WONRFUL AND SWEET AND VULNERABLE AND EVERYTHG GABRIEL NEED TO BE, AND THEN HE ME, WAS PERFECT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TORI SPELLG AS KATHERE: SPELLG WAS A BIG TV STAR AT THE TIME OM STARRG ON THE ORIGAL BEVERLY HILLS 90210 BUT SHE DNED WH EVERYONE ELSE FOR THE ROLE OF WANNABE ACTRS KATHERE. “SHE WON THE ROLE FAIR AND SQUARE,” FALL REMEMBERED. “I ME UP TO LA, SHE DNED, SHE WAS GREAT. SHE DID THE DER SCENE AND JT WAS SO HYSTERIL AND GREAT.” DID HER NAME HELP GET THE MOVIE MA? NOPE. “WE ALREADY HAD THE MONEY AND SHE JT WAS ST BEE SHE WAS GOOD,” NFIRMED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR SPELLG, HER 90210 SCHLE KEPT HER BY BUT, SHE EXPLAED, “DURG SUMMER HIAT I WAS ALWAYS LOOKG FOR A GREAT PROJECT WH A QUIRKY CHARACTER TO FILM. ONCE I READ TRICK I KNEW I HAD TO BE A PART OF ! IT WAS SUCH A SPECIAL SCRIPT AND THE CHARACTER OF KATHERE WAS AMAZG!”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY OR GAY FOR PAY? FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, YOU DIDN’T HAVE MEGA-STARS LIKE MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND MATT DAMON PLAYG LOVERS FILMS SO WAS A VERY DIFFERENT PERCEPTN FOR STRAIGHT ACTORS LIKE CAMPBELL AND POC TAKG ON GAY ROL. “HAVG BEEN THAT MOVIE,” CAMPBELL EXPLAED, “ OPENED UP A MUNY. THE GAY MUNY WAS CREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE OF ME, OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS NOW… ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE WAS AN OPPOSG FEELG TO AS WELL, BEE WAS STILL A TIME WHEN IF YOU DO A GAY ROLE, THEN EVERYONE THKS YOU’RE GAY… BUT NOW ’S DIFFERENT. YOU N GO OFF AND DO GAY ROL AND DON’T PIGEONHOLE YOU… BUT WAS A SWEET GIFT, AND AT THE SAME TIME, I FACED A WALL AFTERWARDS AS WELL.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEARS AFTER TRICK, POC HAD THE CHANCE TO THANK ACTOR HARRY HAML, WH WHOM HE APPEARED THE FILM SHOOT OR BE SHOT, FOR STARRG AS A GAY MAN MAKG LOVE 1982 WHEN A FILM WH GAY CHARACTERS WAS A RARE BREED. “I SAID, ‘YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL FOR DOG THAT BEE IF YOU HADN’T DONE THAT, THERE WOULDN’T BE A PLACE FOR ME TO DO MY PART TRICK, AND I WOULDN’T BE HERE RIGHT NOW WORKG WH YOU… HE WAS GREAT, A VERY GRAC GUY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE DER SCENE: SPELLG REMEMBERED THE SCENE WHERE KATHERE LAYS TO GABRIEL AND ALSO LOS HER MD BEE HER CHEE I ME WH NO CHEE. “THE NIGHT WE FILMED THE DER SCENE WAS A LONG NIGHT,” SHE RELLED. “I KEPT DRKG FFEE TRYG UP KEEP MY ENERGY UP BUT WE DIDN'T START FILMG THAT SCENE TILL 3AM. I WAS EXHSTED. SHEER WILLPOWER AND PASSN GOT ME THROUGH FILMG . STILL MY FAVE LE ANY MOVIE I'VE EVER DONE!”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A DIFFERENT GAY FILM: WHILE MANY LGBT FILMS ALT WH DARKER, DRAMATIC THEM, CAMPBELL SAID HE WASN’T ORIGALLY AWARE HOW MUCH THE SIMPLE LOVE STORY ANGLE HAD IMPACTED DIENC. “I WASN’T AWARE THAT WAS A DIFFERENT TAKE UNTIL AFTER PREMIERED AT SUNDANCE,” HE SAID. “SO MUCH OF THE RPONSE I GOT OM PEOPLE WHO SAW WAS SUCH APPRECIATN FOR A MOVIE THAT WASN’T ABOUT G OUT OR WASN’T ABOUT DYG OF AIDS. IT WAS JT A SWEET LOVE STORY, AND JT SO HAPPENED, HIS SWEET LOVE STORY, THAT OUR PROTAGONISTS WERE BOTH MALE. THAT WAS THE THG. IT STOOD ON S OWN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MISS CO PE AS… HERSELF! FALL AND CLTON LPP (AKA MISS CO) HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER WAY BEFORE TRICK SO WAS A NO-BRAER TO CLU THE FABULO DRAG QUEEN. BUT WAS THE FAMO BATHROOM SCENE WHERE MISS CO TALKS ABOUT HOW A CERTA BODILY FLUID BURNS WHEN GETTG YOUR EYE FULLY SCRIPTED OR IMPROVISED? “THE BATHROOM SCENE WASN'T THE ORIGAL SCRIPT. WE WROTE FOR CO,” SAID FALL. “THEN CLT RE-WROTE MOST OF THAT MONOLOGUE HIMSELF. IT WASN'T IMPROVISED. HE TOLD ME THAT EXACT STORY. CLT SAID HE'D BEEN WH A HOT LATO GUY WHO SAID ‘IT'S BIG, 'S BETIFUL, AND YOU'RE GONNA LOVE .’”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND MISS CO APPEARED ANOTHER SCENE BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK REFULLY, FALL REVEALED. “NO ONE KNOWS THIS BUT CLT IS THE FAL BATHROOM SCENE WHERE THE BOYS ALMOST KISS, BUT I CUT HIS PART OUT. IF YOU WATCH THE DER SCENE, THE ONLY PERSON YOU SEE CROSS OUTSI THE WDOW AND ENTER THE DER IS CO! BUT NO ONE SE , THANK GOD, BEE I CUT HIM OUT OF THE BATHROOM SCENE. I CUT BEE THE MOMENT IS SO SWEET THERE, AND PUTTG ANOTHER ‘JOKE’ WH CO SEEMED APPROPRIATE. NOW, I'M NOT SO SURE…”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEMORI… CAMPBELL SAID OF MAKG THE FILM THAT SUMMER, “WE WERE WORKG PENNT FILM HOURS BUT WE HAD A GOOD TIME BEE WE WERE SHOOTG GRTY STUFF NEW YORK, WHICH HELPED IMMERSE OURSELV THE WORLD AS WELL, PECIALLY AS A PERSON WHO WASN’T A NEW YORKER AT THAT POT.” OVERALL, POC SUMMED UP HIS RELLECTNS BY SAYG HE HAD “SWEET MEMORI OF JT THE WONRFULLY CREATIVE PEOPLE HUMMG ALONG AND WORKG TOGETHER ON THIS PASSN PROJECT.” SPELLG IS VERY AWARE OF HOW THE FILM HAS HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE. “FANS TALK ABOUT TRICK ALL THE TIME,” SHE SAID. “SO MANY GAY MEN TELL ME THAT TRICK WAS A PIVOTAL MOVIE THEIR LIV. MEANS THE WORLD TO ME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRICK: THE SEQUEL: WHILE FALL SAID THE SEQUEL ISN’T READY TO LENS QUE YET, CAMPBELL, POC, AND SPELLG ARE ALL READY TO REVIS THEIR BELOVED CHARACTERS. CAMPBELL ENVISNED THAT THE FILMS ULD BE A GAY VERSN OF BEFORE SUNRISE. “WE ULD DO THAT, RIGHT? WHY NOT? I’M ALL FOR . I THK ’S GREAT. ONE OF THE FILMS EVERY 15 YEARS? PERFECT!”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POC SHARED HIS TAKE ON WHERE GABRIEL AND MARK WOULD BE TODAY. “I ALWAYS LIKE THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER THG,” HE SAID. “AND I THK THAT THEY WOULD STAY TOGETHER AND THEY'D HAVE KIDS. THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE.” THE ACTOR SAID THAT FALL’S RPONSE TO THAT PCH WAS “IT'LL NEVER BE LIKE ANYTHG YOU JT SAID.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPELLG HAD HER OWN TAKE ON WHERE THE CHARACTERS ARE TODAY AND SAID KATHERE WOULD STILL VERY MUCH A PART OF THE GUYS’ LIV. “I ALWAYS SAW HER STILL WEDGG HER WAY TO GABE’S RELATNSHIP. EVEN OFFERG TO BE A SURROGATE FOR THEM WHILE SHE DO A ONE WOMAN MIL ON MOMMIE DEART. THAT'S MY FANTASY! HAHA!”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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“TRICK” SEQUEL THE WORKS FOR GAY CLASSIC’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY"SCFF PLAYS A ROLE BRGG OUR TWO MEN BACK TOGETHER AGA," FILMMAKER JIM FALL {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 5, 2018/8:55 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1080PX;WIDTH:1920PX;}FE LE FEATURBY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 5, 2018 / 8:55 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"“TRICK” SEQUEL THE WORKS FOR GAY CLASSIC’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-08-05T12:55:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-08-05T12:55:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A TRICK SEQUEL? ENTER !{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FILMMAKER JIM FALL REVEALED THURSDAY ON FACEBOOK THAT HE'S WORKG ON A FOLLOW-UP TO TRICK, THE 1999 GAY ROM- STARRG CHRISTIAN CAMPBELL, J.P. POC, AND TORI SPELLG.JIM FALL/FACEBOOK/JAYSON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN TRICK, DIRECTED BY FALL AND WRTEN BY JASON SCHAFER, ASPIRG MIL POSER GABRIEL (CAMPBELL) AND GO-GO BOY MARK (POC) HAVE A NIGHT OF MISADVENTUR AS THEY SEARCH FOR A PLACE TO HOOK UP. ALONG THE WAY THEY HAVE MEMORABLE ENUNTERS WH GABRIEL’S BT IEND KATHERE (SPELLG) AND MISS CO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FALL, WHO IS WRG AND DIRECTG TRICK 2, ADDS THAT THE FILM SHOULD BE OUT 2019, JT TIME TO MEMORATE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIGAL DIE, WHICH WAS NOMATED FOR THE GRAND JURY PRIZE AT THE SUNDANCE FILM FTIVAL.FE LE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMONG THOSE TAGGED HIS FACEBOOK POST ARE ORIGAL TRICK STARS SPELLG AND STEVE HAY, PL EDIAN JIMMY FOWLIE, ACTOR KEV CHAMBERL, AND POSER DAVID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE MENTS, FALL ELABORAT: "SCRIPT IS WRTEN, DOG A READG WH THE ST SOON, RAISG THE MONEY TO MAKE ALL HAPPEN!!!"FE LE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FALL ALSO NFIRMS CO PE'S RETURN AND THAT THE SEQUEL WILL BE SET BOTH NEW YORK AND L.A. 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We still love the gay romance that featured Miss Co Pe and Tori Spellg! * trick gay film *

The msage, I suppose, would be that gays should have romantic edi jt as dim and dumb as the straight versns--although I nnot offhand remember many recent straight films this wls. Disnsolate, Gabriel drifts to a gay bar, where his gro thms at the sight of Mark (John Pl Poc), a go-go boy whose nickname is not "Beer Can" bee of his drkg habs.

* trick gay film *

It was also the year one gay film beme a timels classic.

Related | Sequel to 1999 Gay Rom-Com Trick the WorksGay media recently went to a enzy when Fall announced that a sequel to the beloved gay classic is the works, jt time for the origal film's 20th anniversary.

It's lt at first sight when Gabriel (Christian Campbell), a songwrer wh Broadway ambns, ns to Mark (John Pl Poc), a hot go-go dancer at a lol gay club. They head to Gabriel's place to seal the al, but are thwarted when Gabriel's roommate Rich (Brad Beyer) arriv wh opposg plans for their closet-sized apartment. It's the first of many sexual obstctns a wild night that leav the pair physilly unsatisfied, but velopg an unforeen romantic bond neverthels. * trick gay film *

It was a rnn for the ag and the dawn of a new era as one generatn of gay film meets the new. Not really kids, but you know what I was like makg a gay movie 1999 wh an actual happy endg?

So, I wanted to tell a simple human story where beg gay wasn't really the pot. So, that is the do you thk this one will translate to a new generatn wh all the gay apps and the general growg acceptance of this era? Tori's character is still tryg to be an actrs, and a lot of good thgs happen for her this origal was already such a classic, pared to a lot of die gay movi of the time.

There was a wave of gay movi. It's hard to image a gay themed film where the ma characters aren't drag queens, don't have AIDS, aren't bchy, tty, flamboyant, tragic or shallow.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* TRICK GAY FILM

CNN - The straight story on turng a gay 'Trick' - July 26, 1999.

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