The Parent Trap (1998)
- Starring:
- Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, (more)
- Director(s):
- Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, (more)
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Parent Trap
The husband-and-wife team of Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, who scored with their 1991 remake of the 1950 Father of the Bride, returned for this updating of the 1961 comedy about twins who hope to bring their divorced parents back together. Sheyer and Meyers stayed close to the original screenplay by David Swift, based on Erich Kastner's book Das Doppelte Lottchen. At a summer camp in Maine, 11-year-old Hallie Parker (Lindsay Lohan) meets Annie James (also Lindsay Lohan). Despite a curious resemblance, Hallie develops an immediate dislike for Annie, and the feeling is mutual. However, the two eventually discover they are twin sisters separated not long after they were born. Their parents, Elizabeth (Natasha Richardson) and Nick (Dennis Quaid), had met on the Queen Elizabeth 2 and married on that same voyage. After a divorce, Nick brought up Hallie at his Napa Valley vineyard, while Annie lived with wedding-gown designer Elizabeth in London. Neither twin was aware she had a sister, until their summer-camp meeting. To learn more about their parents, they switch places and maintain the deception until Nick states he will remarry. The twins then try to engineer a renewed romance between Nick and Elizabeth, but Nick's annoying but attractive fiancee Meredith (Elaine Hendrix) presents a major problem in reaching their happy-ending goal. Hayley Mills portrayed the twins in the 1961 original and subsequent TV-movie sequels: In The Parent Trap II (1986), the twins are adults with their own romantic problems. In The Parent Trap III (1989), the twins compete for a widower (Barry Bostwick), the father of triplets, and that same year, the twins also returned in Parent Trap Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989). ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 128 mins
Complete Cast of The Parent Trap
- Lindsay Lohan - Hallie Parker / Annie James
- Natasha Richardson - Elizabeth James
- Lisa Ann Walter - Chessi
- Polly Holliday - Marva Kulp Sr.
- Ronnie Stevens - Grandfather Charles James
- Joanna Barnes - Vicki Blake
- Dennis Quaid - Nick Parkes
- Elaine Hendrix - Meredith Blake
- Simon Kunz - Martin
- Maggie Wheeler - Marva Kulp Jr.
- Erin Mackey - Hallie / Annie (Acting Double)
- Director(s):
- Charles Shyer, Nancy Meyers
- Writer(s):
- Charles Shyer, David Swift, Nancy Meyers
- Producer(s):
- Charles Shyer
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Suitable for Children, Adult Situations)
- Categories:
- Family & Kids, Comedy
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