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The Parent Trap (Special Edition)
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Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
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Directed By: Nancy Meyers
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Theatrical Release: July 29, 1998
Average Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
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Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix, Lisa Ann Walter
What makes the Special Edition of THE PARENT TRAP so cool isn't just that you get to enjoy Lindsay Lohan's amazing theatrical debut, but that's it's filled with bonus materials you've never seen before. Hallie Parker, a hip Californian, and Annie James, a proper London miss (both played by Lohan) are identical twins who don't even know each other exists -- until they accidentally meet at summer camp. Now they're up to their freckles in schemes and dreams to switch places, get their parents (Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson) back together, and have the family they've always wished for!
User Submitted The Parent Trap (Special Edition) Reviews
September 23, 2008
Parent Trap Soundtrack
This is a great CD. The music is very fun and relaxing. I love all of the songs on it!
August 5, 2008
Love this Movie!
This is such a great movie! It's family friendly, funny, just a great movie. I've watched it like a million times!
July 26, 2008
The Parent Trap
I absolutely loved this movie. Lindsay Lohan was great. It is a great family movie. I would recommend it to all ages. I have watched it twice so far and my grandkids liked it also.
June 25, 2008
Cute and very well done
Based on Erich Kastner's book and a 1961 movie, which takes place in other locations is a changed one, although it starts almost the same as the book, it changes to a modern type of fairytale style.
The real amazment however comes from the selection of one actress (like the movie from 1961) to play two parts and it's implametation, unlike the Olsen twin movies, and enhancing it to a perfectly done technological breakthrough that REALLY makes you think the two characters are two girls.
The DVD is worth buying if you like TONS of special features about the movie and how it was done, and belive me, this one defenatly delivers.
On a sadder note, Lindsay Lohan seem innocent enough to play the part at that age but ten years later she ends up like many actresses and actors, in and out of rehab, which really makes you wonder if it is worth it and make you swear NEVER to send your kid to "the businness" in Hollywood or glamour anywhere else.
June 5, 2008
Good Family Entertainment, Well Done.
There is a solid storyline, the production and the acting supports it well. It is fun to watch for the 3rd time too, and it keeps the attention of adults as well. This is quality family entertainment.
May 31, 2008
The Parent Trap (special)
The quality of the DVD is supurb, just like you bought it off the shelf in the store. The movie it's self is just what I wanted. It is very funny and farily close to the origional story (Hayley Mills and the Parent Trap.) I would recomend it to anyone who likes comedy / romance.
May 19, 2008
Nice remake
Great remake of the original - with a few extra twists thrown in. Was happy to purchase it for my collection. If you liked the original, you will love this one.
May 4, 2008
We love this movie
My 7 year old loves this movie. She watches it on tape and every time it's on TV. I find myself sitting and watching it with her often. Just a good Disney movie with a happy ending.
April 23, 2008
Sharp Modernized Remake of a Disney Classic
I was a huge fan of the 1961 original film version of "The Parent Trap" during my formative years. Hayley Mills gave a lively and spry performance in her dual role as the twin sisters raised on opposite sides of the U.S. who meet at a girl's camp, discover the truth about their relationship amid some antagonism, and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.
Some 37 years later, audiences had the pleasure of viewing an innocent red-haired freckle-faced Lindsay Lohan inhabit the same role with a squirrel-like, beady-eyed impishness.
Free-spirited Hallie Parker arrives at Camp Walden from the vineyard where she lives with her father, Nick (Dennis Quaid) in Napa Valley, California. She makes friends, but soon has an initially unfortunate run-in with a more conservatively raised look-alike camp mate from England named Annie James, the daughter of London-based fashion designer Elizabeth James (Natasha Richardson). The two begin a series of malicious pranks against each other and their tentmates, which ultimately result in the camp leader (Polly Holiday) sending them to the Isolation Tent. Gradually, the girls address their grievances, and in talking, discover they're twins, and form a plan of action that will enable them to get to know the parent they had missed, and ultimately bring their parents back together.
Their isolation from other camp mates gives them more time to focus on each other and their plan. Annie undergoes a few physical alterations(Haircut, ear-piercing) to make her look more like her twin.
When Hallie travels to London, all goes smoothly, and she is brought home by her family's posh but hip butler, Martin (Simon Kuntz). She meets her grandfather(Ronnie Stevens) as he is in his study. But her reunion with her mother is a particularly emotional one.
Soon the two pass the famous Abbey Road as they cover the brief distance between home and Elizabeth's fashion studio. Hallie is deeply impressed and excited seeing her mother at work, but drops subtle hints about Annie's desire to know her father.
Annie arrives in California as Hallie, greeted by her father and her strong and warm-hearted nanny, Chessy(Lisa Ann Walter). But there is a hitch in the sisters' plan to reunite their parents when publicist Meredith Blake (Elaine Hendrix), whom Nick began dating while Hallie was at camp, sets her sights on becoming the next Mrs. Parker, and Annie and Chessy know she is only in it for Nick's money.
Accompanied by Martin, Elizabeth and Hallie travel to California so that the twins can be switched back.
As the parties involved arrive at the Stafford Hotel in San Francisco, we are treated to a cameo by the original "Parent Trap" cast member, Joanna Barnes--once the vixen to be eliminated--now playing the mother of one.The major parties pass each other by , but eventually converge, and the meeting of the two servants provides an interesting subplot.The reunion of the two ex-spouses here is less volatile than in the 1961 version and Natasha Richardson has a chance to be less dignified, and in fact, goofier than Maureen O'Hara.
The parents dine together amicably when the girls recreate their first date, but the next day, it appears the two halves of the family will remain apart, and Nick Parker take the treacherous Meredith as his bride.
What will the girls do? All they have in their favor are the remaining days of summer, a significant outing, and the power of identicallness. Will it be enough?
February 17, 2008
a great remake
this lovely movie is so much different from the original that it can be considered a totally different story with the same theme. i am a great fan of the original and i find this remake absolutely wonderful and full of fun. i keep both side by side on the shelf. i highly recommend this as well as the original with hayley mills.
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