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Summary: The greatest Family Film of the century!
Review: I'm in college, and I still love Haley Mills as Sharon and Susan! It's amazing how one girl can play two! Two identical thirteen-year-olds meet at summer camp, only to discover they are twins! The rest of the time is spent getting their parents to fall back into love. Mills is a super actress, really having the viewer believe there are twins. In fact, I have some friends that still think two actresses made this movie! It's funny, sweet, and great for all kids and grown-ups. If you liked "Freaky Friday" or the new "Parent Trap" then you'll be wild about this one!
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Summary: Fun and Cute
Review: I first saw this movie (Parent Trap) when i was about 6 years old. I loved it then, and now 9 years later, i still think it is absolutley fabulous. Haley Mills plays the twins so well, even at such a young age her career was blooming so fast. knowone else could replace her. Still the actual story line its self could have been better, but as it is aimed at a younger audience it works extremely well. The plot could not have been any thicker or kids really would have been lost for words with what is going on. Mills is a doll, i think she is just great. As she was in Pollyanna!
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Summary: Best Disney movie of all time
Review: The original version of "The Parent Trap" is definitely my favorite Disney movie ever and it is also pretty high on my favorite movies of all time list. This is a cute movie about a pair of twins (both played by Hayley Mills) whose parents were divorced shortly after they were born. They were split up and never knew the other existed. Then one year they were both sent to the same summer camp, where they met and discovered what happened, so they decided to switch places in order to bring their parents back together. Hayley Mills does a great job playing two different characters. You have to understand that this is a pioneering film. The idea of one actor playing the parts of the two main characters was unheard of at the time this movie was made. With the technology we have today, this is a much easier process than it was 40 years ago. There was a lot of tricky camera work involved here. In fact, if you look closely, you can see a couple of times where an arm or a hand or something gets cut off because Hayley Mills went past the imaginary line in the middle of the screen. There are lots of special features on this new DVD to make it worth buying. The second disc is full of documentaries with background information on the making of the film. This is a great family movie. It can be enjoyed by both children and adults. I would recommend it to anyone I know, no matter what type of movies they like.
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Summary: What a wonderful movie...what a piece of junk DVD
Review: As with most of Disney's DVD releases, they seem to have some quality control issues. I purchased this movie (which IS a wonderful movie) as part of the Vault Disney 4-movie collection. I had to return my first set, because the case was broken on "Old Yeller". No big deal. But then...the secondary disc on "The Parent Trap" skipped and stalled, and "Swiss Family Robinson" wouldn't even load. Having had terrible experience with Disney DVD's previously ("The Great Locomotive Chase"), I opted for a refund instead of dealing with the frustrations of another set that was defective. Frankly, Disney's products seem to have so many problems, I doubt I will ever buy another one. Many of their movies are in the wrong ratio, some are terrible transfers ("Old Yeller" in particular, and also the Chinatown scene in "The Love Bug" comes to mind), and now I've had this set and "The Great Locomotive Chase" which have had "playability" issues. For a company with such a great library of old movies, it is really sad that they put out such an inferior product. As I would love to include them in my DVD library. But one shouldn't have to concern themself with worrying whether a DVD is going to play or not when they purchase it.
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Summary: Help, I'm seeing Double........
Review: I love this movie. Both versions arwe great. The first one, with Haley Mills, has the song,"lets get together yeah yeah yeah, why don't you and I combine.." and the second one with Lindsay Lohan, has the song "There She Goes" And there are some other diffrences. Like in the new one, there is the lizard fiasco. I'm pretty sure that wasn't in the old one. But they are both good. if I wer you I wouldn't chose. I'd get both.:)
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Summary: Special features are wonderful
Review: Of course this is a wonderful Disney family film. I'm in my twenties, and I can remember watching this movie since I was a toddler. Since I'm sure you know how great the movie is and can read other reviews for that, I'll concentrate on the special features of this DVD, some of which aren't even mentioned above. •"Caught in the Act: The Making of the Parent Trap" is a good documentary (about 30 minutes), including interviews with Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, director David Swift, Joanna Barnes, and more. It provides a lot of background details on how the idea for the film came about, selecting the cast, fine-tuning the screenplay, etc. •"Disney Legend: Hayley Mills" is a 25-minute feature all about Hayley, and it's quite good. It includes photos and home movies from her childhood as well as interviews with Hayley, Maureen O'Hara, Dean Jones, Kevin Corcoran, David Swift, Nancy Olson, and others she worked with at Disney. Hayley talks about her family, her experiences at Disney, and her departure from that Disney image in the late '60s. •"Seeing Double" is a short feature on the split-screen technology that allowed viewers to see two images of Hayley Mills side by side at once. This technology was quite innovative and experimental at the time, but it worked beautifully. •The Sherman Brothers featurette is a short but interesting bit of facts and trivia on two men who wrote songs for many memorable Disney films, including "Mary Poppins" and "The Parent Trap." •"Lost Treasures: Who's the Twin?" is an interesting feature about Susan Henning, the girl who played the double for Hayley Mills in the film (in scenes with the camera over her shoulder or to her back). Now that I know to look for her, I can plainly see in several profile shots that the other twin is NOT Hayley. Watch the fight scene at the dance closely too. Henning is a warm presence and gives some little-known facts about the film and about Walt Disney. •"Let's Get Together" is a music video of the two Hayleys singing the song from the movie. •The Donald Duck animated cartoon, "Donald's Double Trouble," is a Disney short filmed a few years before this movie, but it's a cute bonus. •Other special features include theatrical trailers, TV spots, radio spots, a lengthy Parent Trap photo gallery, and a 1961 Disney studio album.
•The film's audio commentary by Hayley Mills and director David Swift is also a great feature. Hayley reveals many interesting tidbits about her experiences on the film, her relationships with her costars and Walt Disney, and how she views the film today. Swift offers his own recollections on Hayley's performance and other background information on the film. For example, the scene where Brian Keith finds the bra hanging on his shower was almost censored! The widescreen transfer is wonderful. I'd never seen this film in its original aspect ratio, so this was a treat. The abundance of special features make this DVD edition truly wonderful. (I had no problems with it playing in my DVD player, either.) This is simply a fun family film that you can watch over and over. I know, because I have for the past 20 years.
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Summary: An Instant Classic!
Review: I saw this film when I was 4 years old & Im 13 now.& I still luv it!I've always luved it including it's remake!Well I absoulely luv how Haley Mills plays 2 characters!Its a great film.The remake is very good 2.The Parent Trap 2 which was made in the 80s is an ok movie & The Parent Trap 3 sux!!!!But I'd buy this movie!
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Summary: Nice enough movie - but not the Original
Review: When reading all these reviews with phrases like 'Who needs a remake?' I just have to point out that the Hayley Mills version of 'The Parent Trap' is a remake as well. The first movie version of Erich Kästners book 'Lisa and Lotti/Das doppelte Lottchen' is a german film from the 1950's. For that film Kästner himself wrote the screenplay and participated in it as the narrator, providing interesting and funny comments. It was very true to the book and still worked perfectly as as film.
The Disney version is fun to watch (and I really like Hayley Mills as an actress) but I wouldn't call this movie the definite version of the 'Parent Trap' story. It lacks the spirit of Kästner.
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Summary: A Family Affair!!
Review: This is one of my FAVORITE Maureen O'Hara movies. I laugh every time I watch it. This movie stars Hayley Mills and co-stars Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, and Joanna Barnes. This movie is all about twin sisters Sharon McKendrick and Susan Evers and how they meet up in camp. They decide to switch places. Susan would go live with her mother (Maureen O'Hara) and Sharon would go live with her father (Brian Keith) with the hopes that their parents would figure them out, switch them back, and fall in love again. Sounds like a lot for two thirteen year old girls! But the pull it off. Susan finally tells her mother who she really is, and they go out to California to switch back. But the plans of Sharon and Susan are crushed because their father is getting married to Vickie Robinson (Joanna Barnes). Sharon and Susan try to rekindle the romance between their parents by recreating their first date. It doesn't exactly work, however, and Sharon and Mrs. McKendrick plan to leave the next day. The twins trick their parents yet again and dress exactly the same. They say if their parents can tell them apart, then they'll go. If not, then they all have to go on a camping trip together. So, they go on the camping trip. But when Vickie gets upset because Mr. Evers is going with his ex-wife, Mrs. Mckendrick steps out of the picture and lets Vickie go in her place. So the twins sabotage the trip by making it impossible for Vickie to stand it. The wedding is off, and... do I have to say anymore? This is a classic and I urge you to see it!!
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Summary: Disney's all-time best film
Review: I'm not even a Disney fan but I love this movie. The script is intelligent and witty and the actors are all wonderful, including the supporting cast. I first watched this film as a child; I am now 40 and still haven't tired of the film. It doesn't feel dated at all.
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