Trick is a 1999 American gay-themed romantic comedy film directed by Jim Fall and starring Christian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc, Miss Coco Peru, and Tori Spelling. Independently produced by Eric d'Arbeloff, Ross Katz, and Fall, the film was written by Jason Schafer.

Since its release, the film has been considered a gay cult classic. It was later adapted as a stage musical, titled Trick! The Musical, in 2025, with book and lyrics by Schafer and music by Arthur LaFrentz Bacon. Having written several musicals during college, Schafer initially wrote Trick as a musical called Gay Boy. Janet Maslin of The New York Times commented, "Trick is a tenderhearted boy-meets-boy story that manages to incorporate the courtship-interruptus style of the Doris Day era into a Greenwich Village one-night stand."

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| 1999

| Special Programming Committee Award

| Outfest

| Outstanding Emerging TalentJim Fall

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| 1999

| Grand Jury Prize

| Sundance Film Festival

| Dramatic

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Fall announced in a non-public social media post in August 2018 that script for the sequel was completed and the project was moving forward, with Coco Peru attached to co-star. Scheduled for release in 2019, the film will be set in Los Angeles. Fall subsequently told Out that Campbell, Pitoc, Spelling, Beyer and Hayes would be reprising their roles in Trick 2. Other cast members announced in September 2018 include Guillermo Diaz, Jimmy Fowlie, Tara Karsian, Arne Gjelten, Joe Arellano, and Elizabeth Regensburger-Gonzalez.

Later, Fall put a message on his website stating "Sadly, Trick 2 is not happening".

Musical adaptation

The film was adapted into a stage musical, titled Trick! The Musical, and debuted on May 1, 2025, at Out Front Theater Company in Atlanta, Georgia, with book and lyrics by Schafer, music by Arthur LaFrentz Bacon, and direction by Paul Conroy. The musical debuted as Out Front Theater's closing production of its ninth season, with a planned run until May 17.

References

  • MSN Entertainment