The Parent Trap may refer to:
The Parent Trap is a 1998 romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Nancy Meyers, and produced and co-written by Charles Shyer. It is the second adaptation of Erich Kästner's German novel Lottie and Lisa (Das doppelte Lottchen) following the 1961 film of same name. Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson star as a couple who divorce soon after marrying; Lindsay Lohan stars (in her film debut) as both Hallie Parker and Annie James, identical twins who are accidentally reunited at summer camp after being separated at birth. David Swift wrote the screenplay for the original 1961 film based solely on Lottie and Lisa, but the story is comparable to that of the 1936 Deanna Durbin film Three Smart Girls, which inspired the novel. Swift is credited along with Meyers and Shyer as co-writers of the 1998 version. The film received positive reviews and was a financial success.
In 1986, Nick Parker (Dennis Quaid) and Elizabeth James (Natasha Richardson) meet and get married during an ocean cruise on the RMS Queen Elizabeth II. After the birth of their twin daughters, Annie and Hallie (Lindsay Lohan), Nick and Elizabeth divorce and lose contact, each parent raising one of the twins without telling her about her sister. Nick raises Hallie in Napa Valley and becomes a wealthy wine grower, while Elizabeth raises Annie in London and becomes a famous wedding gown designer.
The Parent Trap is a film series originating in 1961 with Hayley Mills as the twins. She reprised her role three times in made-for-television sequels; once in 1986 and twice in 1989.
The Parent Trap is a film directed by David Swift for Walt Disney Pictures released in 1961, based on the book Das Doppelte Lottchen, written by Erich Kästner . The film stars Hayley Mills who plays the roles of the thirteen-year-old twin girls, Sharon and Susan. Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith play the role of the twin sister’s parents, Maggie and Mitch. The film is about two girls who meet at a summer camp and realize that they are identical twins. They switch lives in order to meet their missing parent and they plan to bring their divorced parents back together. Soon after switching, the twins learn that there is a new woman named Vicky Robinson (played by Joanna Barnes) in their father’s life. After Mitch tells Sharon about his engagement to Vicky, the girls come up with a new game plan to get rid of the gold-digging young woman interfering with their plan to reconnect their parents.
Whispered leaves on swaying trees and
Mysteries define
Summer nights of endless light
Remind us of the line that's
Yours & Mine
Thoughts of green and breezes mean
I'm growing from a stem
Missing dirt on my T-shirt
You'll move a little closer but the moving isn't over if it's
Them & You & Me
Stringing electricity
And the rest of it is waiting under
When it overflows
Taking us where no one knows
We remember when we fell into the trap
Midnight air is unprepared for
Thoughts we would condemn
Silence of the stars above
In any other weather
We would try to stay together but it's
Them & You & Me
Stringing electricity
And the rest of it is waiting under
When it overflows
Taking us where no one knows
We remember when we fell into the trap
Mother & Fathers without
Will doubt
Brother to brother another
Hold out
Imagine a world if the numbers would take some
Time out
Me without you & you without
I want to break out of this abstracting pattern of layers but it's