---
title: 'The Parent Trap (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nancy Meyers'
released: '1998-07-29'
runtime_minutes: 127
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Family'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-parent-trap-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120783/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Parent Trap (1998)

1998 · PG · 127 min · Comedy, Family, Romance · United Kingdom, United States

Original title: The Parent trap

## Synopsis

The Parent Trap is a 1998 American family romantic comedy film directed by Nancy Meyers, in her feature directorial debut, and produced by Meyers' then-husband Charles Shyer. It stars Lindsay Lohan in her feature film debut in a dual role of identical twins who have been separated at birth and, upon meeting by chance at summer camp, decide to switch places with each other in order to reunite their divorced parents, played by Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, The Parent Trap is a remake of the 1961 film of the same name and an adaptation of Erich Kästner's 1949 German children's novel, Lisa and Lottie. David Swift, who wrote and directed the original 1961 film, is credited, along with Meyers and Shyer, as co-writer of the remake.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nancy Meyers](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-meyers)
- **Screenplay:** [Nancy Meyers](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-meyers), [Erich Kästner](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-kastner), [Charles Shyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-shyer), [David Swift](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-swift)
- **Producer:** [Charles Shyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-shyer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alan Silvestri](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-silvestri)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dean Cundey](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-cundey)
- **Editor:** [Stephen A. Rotter](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-a-rotter)

## Cast

- [Natasha Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/natasha-richardson)
- [Natasha Melnick](https://cinepixo.com/people/natasha-melnick)
- [Dennis Quaid](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-quaid)
- [Maggie Wheeler](https://cinepixo.com/people/maggie-wheeler) as Marva Kulp, Jr.
- [Joanna Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/joanna-barnes)
- [Elaine Hendrix](https://cinepixo.com/people/elaine-hendrix)
- [Simon Kunz](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-kunz)
- [Lisa Ann Walter](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-ann-walter)
- [Polly Holliday](https://cinepixo.com/people/polly-holliday)
- [Kat Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/kat-graham)
- [Brighton Hertford](https://cinepixo.com/people/brighton-hertford)
- [Lindsay Lohan](https://cinepixo.com/people/lindsay-lohan)
- [Ronnie Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronnie-stevens)

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