The Parent Trap: The Parent Trap/The Parent Trap 2: 2 Movie Collection DVD

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Hayley Mills pulls double duty playing two long-separated identical twin sisters who find each other at the same summer camp and then cook up a scheme to reunite their divorced parents in The Parent Trap (1961/129 min.). Then as adult twin sisters, they're back at their Cupid-mending ways in The Parent Trap 2 (1986/81 min.). 2 DVDs. Color/G/fullscreen.

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 2
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Theatre Wide Screen)
• Audio: Dolby Digital Surround
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Features:
  • "Caught in the act: The Making of The Parent Trap"
  • "The Sherman Brothers" - Featurette about the award-winning songwriters
  • "Let's Get Together" music video
  • Lost Treasures: "Who's The Twin?"
  • 1961 Disney studio album
  • "Kimball and Swift: The Disney Years"- Director David Swift interviews Disney animator Ward Kimbal
  • "Seeing Double" special effects featurette
  • "Disney Legend: Hayley Mills"

AWARDS

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

•     Nominated Best Editing - 1961 (Philip W. Anderson)
•     Nominated Best Sound - 1961 (Robert O. Cook)

• Hollywood Foreign Press Association

•     Nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com - 1961 (Hayley Mills)
•     Nominated Best Picture - Comedy - 1961

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Hayley Mills - Susan Evans
       Hayley Mills - Sharon McKendrick
       Hayley Mills - Sharon Ferris/Susan Corey
       Maureen O'Hara - Maggie McKendrick
       Tom Skerritt - Bill Grand
       Brian Keith - Mitch Evers
       Charlie Ruggles - Charles McKendrick
       Una Merkel - Verbena
       Leo G. Carroll - Rev. Mosby
       Joanna Barnes - Vicky Robinson
       Cathleen Nesbitt - Louise McKendrick
       Ruth McDevitt - Miss Inch
       Graham Denton - Hecky
       Linda Watkins - Edna Robinson
       Nancy Kulp - Miss Grunecker
       Frank De Vol - Mr. Eaglewood
       Dorothy Keller - Lillian Elias
       Duchess Tomasello - Mrs. Blazey
       Bridgette Andersen - Mary Grand
       Carrie Kei Heim - Nikki Ferris
       Ted Science - Kris
       Alex Harvey - Brian Corey
       Leonard Altobell - Walter Elias
       Gloria Cromwell - Florence

• Director:

  David Swift, Ronald F. Maxwell

• Producer:

  George Golitzen, Joan Barnett

• Screenwriter:

  Erich Kaestner

• Book Author:

  Erich Kastner

• Screenwriter:

  David Swift, Stu Krieger

• Cinematographer:

  Lucien Ballard, Peter Stein

• Songwriter:

  Annette Funicello, Tommy Sands, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman

• Composer (Music Score):

  Paul J. Smith, Charles Fox

• Editor:

  Philip W. Anderson, Corky Ehlers

• Art Director:

  Carroll Clark, Robert Clatworthy

• Set Designer:

  Hal G. Gausman, Emile Kuri

• Costume Designer:

  Bill Thomas

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Robert O. Cook

• Makeup:

  Pat McNalley

• Special Effects:

  Ub Iwerks, Eustace Lycett

REVIEW:

• After the success of Pollyanna, Disney made the most of Hayley Mills' star power by casting her as twins Sharon McKendrick and Susan Evans. The split-screen technology and trick photography using a body double looks pretty seamless for the time, and Mills is convincing in the dual role thanks to her charming performance. The adult roles are pretty stale, with the exception of glamorous Maureen O'Hara as Mrs. McKendrick and Charlie Ruggles as the lovable grandfather. The plot is delightfully contrived and tends to drag on too long in unnecessary directions, such as the camping trip with Vickie, the properly evil gold-digging villain. However, a silly story line is a Disney tradition, and all the fun comes from the twins' attempts at deception. The musical numbers are a highlight, written by award-winning Mary Poppins songwriters Robert and Richard M. Sherman, and featuring Mouseketeer Annette Funicello for the title song. As performed by Mills, the song "Lets Get Together" rose to the Top Ten in 1961. A timeless classic, The Parent Trap is a warm and humorous family film that is excellently corny. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi