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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Erich Kästner (book)
David Swift (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
29 July 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Twice the Fun, Double the Trouble.
Plot:
Identical twins Hallie and Annie were separated at birth when their parents divorced. After the two meet at summer camp... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
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Wonderful! more (218 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Lindsay Lohan ... Hallie Parker / Annie James

Dennis Quaid ... Nick Parker

Natasha Richardson ... Elizabeth James

Elaine Hendrix ... Meredith Blake
Lisa Ann Walter ... Chessy
Simon Kunz ... Martin
Polly Holliday ... Marva Kulp, Sr.
Maggie Wheeler ... Marva Kulp, Jr.

Ronnie Stevens ... Grandpa Charles James
Joanna Barnes ... Vicki Blake

Hallie Meyers-Shyer ... Lindsay
Maggie Emma Thomas ... Zoe
Courtney Woods ... Nicole

Katerina Graham ... Jackie
Michael Lohan ... Lost Boy at Camp
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Disney's The Parent Trap (USA) (complete title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some mild mischief.
Runtime:
127 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
In casting the dual role of twins Hallie and Annie, director Nancy Meyers kept saying, "I'm looking for a little Diane Keaton... Diane is so alive on screen and that's what I wanted from the actress in these parts." more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Hallie and Annie drag Meredith's air mattress into the lake, they are shown wading several inches into the water in order to push it into the current. However, when they are watching Meredith drift away, their shoes/bottoms of their pants are completely dry. more
Quotes:
Elizabeth James: [thinking she is talking to her father, who has a newspaper up between them] Hey stranger...
Hallie: [puts down newspaper. then] Hey Mom, did you know that the Concorde gets you here in half the time?
Elizabeth James: [flustered] Yes, I, I've heard that...
Annie: [after Hallie surprises Elizabeth and Annie by arriving in London and showing up at their home before Elizabeth and Annie do] What are you doing here?
Hallie: It took us abound 30 seconds after you guys left for us to realize we didn't want to lose you two again.
Elizabeth James: We?
Nick Parker: [walking in from another room] We. I made the mistake of not coming after you once, Lizzie. I'm not going to do that again no matter how brave you are.
Elizabeth James: And I suppose you just expect me to go weak at the knees, and fall into your arms and cry hysterically. And say we'll just figure this whole thing out. A bi-continental relationship with our daughters being raised here and there. And. And, you and I just picking up where we left off and growing old together. And. And. C'mon Nick what do you expect? To live happily ever after?
Nick Parker: Yes. To all of the above. Except you don't have to cry hysterically.
Elizabeth James: [With tears in her eyes] Oh, yes I do.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "ABC TGIF: Twin Spin" (1998) more
Soundtrack:
Top Of The World more

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Is this based off of a book?
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52 out of 63 people found the following review useful.
Wonderful!, 4 July 2003
Author: shrek2004 from Canada

Wonderful remake of the 1961 Hayley Mills film. This film is much more realistic, with better acting. Lindsey Lohan is amazing as both Hallie and Annie--I really did think she was two people, she portrayed the two different charactars fantastically. All the different charactars in this movie are really funny as well, and there are no bad actors. The plot just zips by! I give this movie 10/10.

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