The Parent Trap (1998 film)

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This article is about the 1998 remake. To see the original, see The Parent Trap.
The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap movie poster
Directed by Nancy Meyers
Produced by Charles Shyer
Written by Erich Kästner (book)
David Swift (screenplay)
Starring Lindsay Lohan
Dennis Quaid
Natasha Richardson
Elaine Hendrix
Distributed by Buena Vista Distribution
Release date(s) July 29, 1998
Running time 127 minutes
Country USA
Language English
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The Parent Trap (1998) is a remake of the original Parent Trap from 1961, starring Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson and introducing Lindsay Lohan.

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[edit] Plot synopsis

Hallie Parker (Lohan) is an 11-year-old girl growing up in the Napa Valley with her father, Nicholas "Nick" Parker (Quaid), a successful vineyard owner and a viticulturist). Annie James (also played by Lohan) is a Londoner living with her wedding-gown-designer mother, Elizabeth "Lizzie" James (Richardson). The two were separated as babies when the parents were divorced and each took one child. Neither twin knows the other exists until, by happenstance, they both are sent to Camp Walden in Maine for the summer. Rivals at first, the lookalikes soon discover the secret that had been kept from them, and concoct a plan to switch places to meet the parent each has never known and, perhaps, to reunite mom and dad. The plan takes on a new urgency when Annie, pretending to be Hallie, learns that her father is falling for his ambitious young publicist, Meredith Blake (Elaine Hendrix). They hatch a plan to get their parents back together...

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The movie entered the box office charts at number 2 on 31 July 1998. It ended up with a U.S. gross of over $66 million. [1]

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  • Camp Walden (as Camp Inch of the 1961 film) is actually based upon an existing camp in North Carolina called Camp Crestridge for Girls.
  • Lohan, at the time known only for her television commercial appearances and as Alli Fowler on Another World, made her motion-picture debut in this film.
  • There are many references to the original The Parent Trap from 1961 including the use of the Sherman Brothers song, "Let's Get Together".
    • Meredith talks to Reverend Mosby, a character from the original film, on her cell phone. Similarly, Annie calls Mildred Plotka.
    • Lindsay Lohan sings the song "Let's Get Together," from the original film, at the Stafford Hotel.
    • Actress Joanna Barnes played the "wicked girlfriend" and plays the mother of the wicked girlfriend in this version. Both characters are named Vicky.
    • The camp counselors, Marva Kulp Sr. and Jr., are named after Nancy Kulp, who played the younger of the camp counselors in the original.
  • The twins in this version are named after director Nancy Meyers' and producer Charles Shyer's daughters Annie Meyers-Shyer and Hallie Meyers-Shyer, both of whom have small parts in the movie. Hallie is playing a girl at camp at the beginning who asks where the Navajo bunk is, and Annie is playing the towel girl at the hotel, who brings Elizabeth the first aid kit.
  • After Hallie arrives in London, her mother takes her to a photo shoot. While this is happening, we hear the song "Here Comes The Sun" by The Beatles. This was one of the songs on "Abbey Road". As we watch Hallie and her mother on her way, they cross the same street the same way as The Beatles did for the cover photo of "Abbey Road". Even the cars on the side of the road are the same.
  • The lost boy who shows up at the girls camp is played by Michael Lohan, Lindsay Lohan's real-life brother. (Lindsay's siblings regularly appear as extras in her movies). When Hallie arrives in London and meets Martin at the airport, the audience can see Lindsay Lohan's mother holding her brother Dakota. Beside her is Lindsay's other brother Michael and sister Aliana.
  • Writer and director Nancy Meyers handpicked Lohan to play the dual role of the twins in the film, and phoned the Lohan household herself to inform the actress that she had landed the part.
  • Michelle Trachtenberg was considered for the role(s) of the twins. Coincidentally, the actress' birthday falls on October 11, the same day as Hallie and Annie's in the film.
  • The man who weds the parents at the beginning is played by the film's director of photography, Dean Cundey.
  • The scene where Annie and Hallie are lying in bed and the camera pans from the moon, to the parents' picture, to the twins, took six hours to get right.
  • When this movie was shown on Disney Channel, the scene where Hallie pierces Annie's ears is cut out, as well as when Annie (Hallie) takes a sip of the wine.

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Characters: The Twins (The Parent Trap) · Sharon McKendrick/Ferris/Grand · Susan Evers/Corey/Wyatt · Margaret "Maggie" McKendrick · Mitch Evers · Verbena · Vicki Robinson · Edna Robinson · Miss Inch · Mr. Eaglewood · Hecky · Reverend Doctor Mosby · Miss Grunecker · Bill Grand · Nikki Ferris · Mary Grand · Brian Corey · Jeffrey Wyatt · Cassie McGuire · Megan Wyatt · Lisa Wyatt · Jessie Wyatt · Ray · Hallie Parker · Annie James · Nicholas "Nick" Parker · Elizabeth "Liz" James · Meredith Blake · Chessy · Martin · Marva Kulp Sr. · Marva Kulp Jr. · "Grandpa" Charles James
VHS/DVD releases The Parent Trap (1961) Disney Vault DVD · The Parent Trap I and II 2-movie collection DVD · The Parent Trap 3 VHS ·
Films The Parent Trap · The Parent Trap II · The Parent Trap 3 · The Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon · The Parent Trap (1998 film) · The Parent Trap 2 · The Parent Trap III ·
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