Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 wins & 8 nominations total
Charles Ruggles
- Charles McKendrick
- (as Charlie Ruggles)
Ruth McDevitt
- Miss Inch
- (as Ruth Mc Devitt)
Dave Goelz
- Teenager
- (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
- Parent
- (uncredited)
Barbara Hunter
- Gwen
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe screenplay originally called for only a few trick photography shots of Hayley Mills in scenes with herself. The bulk of the movie was to be shot using a body double. After producer Walt Disney saw how seamless the processed shots were, he ordered the script reconfigured to include more of the visual effect.
- GoofsWhile singing "Let's Get Together," twice Sharon's hand momentarily disappears crossing over into Susan's frame.
- Quotes
Mitch Evers: [entering the dining room to see an empty table] Hey, uh, what happened to dinner?
Verbena 'Ever's Housekeeper': Oh, dinner's being served on the patio tonight.
Mitch Evers: Oh, whose idea is that?
Verbena 'Ever's Housekeeper': It's none of my nevermind. I don't say a word.
Mitch Evers: [turning to leave; deadpan] I know, you never say a word to anyone.
- Alternate versionsAn early US laserdisc release is missing the car scene mentioned above, but not the pool transition a few minutes later. It is, on the other hand, also missing about 50 seconds at the start of the conversation between Margaret and her father as she tries to pack for the trip to CA (during which he informs her of the plane ticket, questions her choice of dress, and ponders what sort of lady Mitch might have married since the breakup). Like many Disney releases, it is also missing the distribution title card (Buena Vista) and the accompanying drummed introduction to the title song.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Magical World of Disney: The Title Makers/Nature's Half Acre (1961)
Featured review
A Favorite During My Tween Years
I first saw this movie on Sunday night TV Wonderful World of Disney in 1979 and was hooked. I bought the book at the school book fair and reread it a dozen times.
My older sister had seen Parent Trap in the theater and knew all of the parts that 1970s TV had edited out.
In the 1980s I finally got to see the whole film uncut on the Disney cable channel and finally got to figure out "the little dolls signing the parent trap song" my sister spoke of (there was 15 minutes I'd never get back)....
Dorky animated cupids aside, as a kid I loved the movie's cross country saga. The camp cabin sabotage, the twins joining forces to prank dad's girlfriend.
Although most kids will still enjoy the original movie's favorite kid moments of the punchbowl splashing into a chaperon, the timeless cake falling on Miss Inch's face, and Vicky's hissy fit, the movie's long pace might bore todays kids.
Although some purists don't like the new remake of Parent Trap, I thought the remake kept the essence of the original story and updated it to match todays global travel, destigmatization of divorce, etc.
My older sister had seen Parent Trap in the theater and knew all of the parts that 1970s TV had edited out.
In the 1980s I finally got to see the whole film uncut on the Disney cable channel and finally got to figure out "the little dolls signing the parent trap song" my sister spoke of (there was 15 minutes I'd never get back)....
Dorky animated cupids aside, as a kid I loved the movie's cross country saga. The camp cabin sabotage, the twins joining forces to prank dad's girlfriend.
Although most kids will still enjoy the original movie's favorite kid moments of the punchbowl splashing into a chaperon, the timeless cake falling on Miss Inch's face, and Vicky's hissy fit, the movie's long pace might bore todays kids.
Although some purists don't like the new remake of Parent Trap, I thought the remake kept the essence of the original story and updated it to match todays global travel, destigmatization of divorce, etc.
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- Operación Cupido
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- Gross US & Canada
- $25,150,385
- Gross worldwide
- $29,650,385
- Runtime2 hours 9 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.75 : 1
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