In 1986, American winery owner Nicholas Parker and British wedding gown designer Elizabeth James get married over the course of a transatlantic crossing on the Queen Elizabeth 2.
It received positive reviews from critics, with Lohan's performance in particular earning high praise. The Parent Trap was released on Jand was a box-office success, grossing $92.1 million against a $15 million budget. Swift is credited along with Meyers and Shyer as co-writers of the 1998 version. The story is comparable to that of the 1936 Deanna Durbin film Three Smart Girls. David Swift wrote the screenplay for the original 1961 film based on Lottie and Lisa.
It is a remake of the 1961 film of the same name and an adaptation of Erich Kästner's 1949 German novel Lottie and Lisa ( Das doppelte Lottchen).ĭennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson star as a divorced couple who separated shortly after their identical twin daughters' birth Lindsay Lohan stars (in her film debut) as both twins, Hallie Parker and Annie James, who are fortuitously reunited at summer camp after being separated at birth. The Parent Trap is a 1998 American romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Nancy Meyers, and produced and co-written by Charles Shyer.
