1、,The plot Director/ star Public response Cultural notes,The Plot,The parent trap is a very cute and romantic family movie. It is a remake of another family film of the same name. Both films are based on Erich Kastners novel Das Doppelte Lottchen.,But the new movie is age-old on the one hand and also

2、 full of up-to-date features on the other.,Hallie and Annie are twin sisters. They were separated when they were born because their parents got divorced. Hallie lives with her father Nick, a vineyard-owner, in Napa Valley, California. Annie lives with her mother Elizabeth, who is a wedding gown desi

3、gner.,The two young redheads, Hallie and Annie, coincidentally meet at a summer camp in Maine, USA and discover that they look pretty and similar.,Soon, their common history opens up when they are banned into the isolation cabin for unsocial behavior. They discover the secret that they are twin sist

4、ers.,Both sisters decide to switch sides, as Annie never had a father and Hallie never had a mother. All works well, until Nick decides to marry Meredith, a creepy but beautiful woman who is only after his money. Now, the girls decide to let the parents meet. Let the games begin.,Director: Nancy Mey

5、ers,Starring: Lindsay Lohan born July 2, 1986, is an American actress, pop singer and model. Dual role for Hallie and Annie in for The Parent Trap at Age 11.,Lohan gained further fame between 2003 and 2005 with leading roles in the films Freaky Friday, Mean Girls and Herbie: Fully Loaded, subsequent

6、ly appearing in independent films including Robert Altmans A Prairie Home Companion and Emilio Estevezs Bobby.,Her career was interrupted in 2007 when two driving under the influence (DUI) incidents and three visits to rehabilitation facilities led to the loss of several movie deals. Resuming her ca

7、reer, she guest starred in the TV series Ugly Betty in 2008, starred in the 2009 comedy Labor Pains, and appeared in Robert Rodriguezs Machete in 2010. Lohan launched a second career in pop music in 2004 with the album Speak and followed up with A Little More Personal (Raw) in 2005. She has attracte

8、d a great deal of publicity, particularly surrounding her personal life.,The film was met with generally positive reviews. It entered the box office charts at number 2 on July 31, 1998. It ended up with a gross of over $66 million in the U.S. and $92,108,518 worldwide. The film debuted on United Lands television (The Family Film Channel) on October 4, 1999, and had 5.43 million viewers.,Public response,Cultural notes,American Eng