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The Parent Trap is a 1998 comedy drama and family film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and The Meyers/Shyer Company. Directed by Nancy Meyers, the film stars Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, and Elaine Hendrix. The screenplay was written by David Swift, Charles Shyer, Nancy Meyers, and Erich Kästner, while Alan Silvestri composed the score. The production was based on Lottie and Lisa and The Parent Trap, with filming taking place in San Francisco, Long Beach, California, and Los Angeles.
The narrative is set in London and Maine, focusing on a summer camp program. The film has a runtime of 128 minutes and was released in 1998. It was distributed by Netflix and Disney+. The movie received a 6.7 rating on IMDb from 174,268 votes and a 7.213 average on TMDb from 4,514 votes. Its budget was $15,000,000, and it generated $92,108,518 in revenue.
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7.2Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.
Cast
- Lindsay Lohan as Hallie Parker / Annie James
- Dennis Quaid as Nick Parker
- Natasha Richardson as Elizabeth James
- Elaine Hendrix as Meredith Blake
- Lisa Ann Walter as Chessy
- Simon Kunz as Martin
Themes
- california
- summer camp
- twin sister
- remake
- matchmaking
- twins
- family reunion
- wedding dress
- gold digger
- twins separated at birth
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Nancy Meyers
- Screenplay by
- David Swift Nancy Meyers Charles Shyer
- Based on
- Lisa and Lottie , by Erich Kästner
- Produced by
- Charles Shyer
- Starring
- Dennis Quaid Natasha Richardson Lindsay Lohan
- Cinematography
- Dean Cundey
- Edited by
- Stephen A. Rotter
- Music by
- Alan Silvestri
- Production company
- Walt Disney Pictures
- Distributed by
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- Release date
- July 29, 1998 ( 1998-07-29 )
- Running time
- 128 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $15 million
- Box office
- $92.1 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Parent Trap is a 1998 American family romantic comedy film directed by Nancy Meyers, in her feature directorial debut, and produced by Meyers' then-husband Charles Shyer. It stars Lindsay Lohan in her film debut in a dual role of identical twins who have been separated at birth and, upon meeting by chance at summer camp, decide to work together to reunite their divorced parents, played by Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson. The Parent Trap is a remake of the 1961 film of the same name and an adaptation of Erich Kästner's 1949 German children's novel, Lisa and Lottie (Das doppelte Lottchen). David Swift, who wrote and directed the original 1961 film, is credited, along with Meyers and Shyer, as co-writers of the 1998 film.
Principal photography took place from July 1997 to December 1997, in both California and London, with cinematographer Dean Cundey. During post-production, editing was completed by Stephen A. Rotter, and the score was composed by Alan Silvestri. The Parent Trap utilized special effects to make Lohan's dual role seamless, with many shots requiring extensive planning and precise execution during filming and compositing in post-production.
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