Talk:The Parent Trap (1998 film)

Discrepancy?

I was just looking over this page after I looked over the Lindsay Lohan page and it seems there is a discrepancy in how well the movie did at the boxoffice. This page says:

The movie did poorly, sliding down the box office charts nearly every week since entering on number 2 on 31 July, 1998. It made a modest U.S. gross of just over $66 million. [1]

The Lohan page says:

The Parent Trap did well at the box office, bringing in US$92 million worldwide.

They are totally different, both in number and in attitude. I hope that someone with legitamate sources can fix this before someone else sees it, as who knows how long this has been here! --Jared ^[T]/_[+] 20:33, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Opinion over fact?

In the trivia section of this page, the penultimate bullet points notes that it is 'strange' that Hallie and Annie's grandfather is aware of what Thanksgiving is, given that it 'is celebrated in America and not England.' While that's true, surely that's rather patronising to British people, and is only the writer's opinion? I live in England, and can assure you that most Brits know exactly what Thanksgiving is. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.3.220.51 (talk) 20:58, 16 April 2007 (UTC).

Trivia problem

I noticed someone put something about Lohan doing a nude scene. I didn't think it should be in there, and deleted it. If you want to put it back, please discuss it on the talk page before, or I will delete it again. And please use correct grammar. Metakraid 00:31, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

I think they're probably referring to Lindsay jumping in the lake at night without any clothes on scene. I seem to recall she wore some sort of leotard and that they had to heat the water around her, but my memory is vague on this. But yeah, it would be Lindsay's first "nude scene" in a movie (LOL). 108.237.241.88 (talk) 12:52, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Box at foot

I have reduced the box at the foot. Apart from the articles for the five movies - what does this add ? Most entries were red links, and the rest either link to irrelevant articles or redirect back to the movie. -- Beardo 15:55, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Camp

Wasn't the camp named Camp Walden? Wouldn't this be a more likely basis for the camp than one in North Carolina

http://www.campwalden.com/

--Flyingember 04:33, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Plot Summary ==♥

The plot summary in this article seems a bit too long and intricate. Example: The sentence where its stated that its unknown how the parental couple disbanded, then says that they separated due to Nick not following Elizabeth onto the plane. It seems a bit contradictive and redundant (if that makes sense). Long Away May (talk) 03:34, 28 December 2007 (UTC) hi! everybody —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.244.98.3 (talk) 05:42, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Awards

In the article, it states the remake won three Academy Awards. This is absolutely not true. It wasn't even nominated for any Oscars... Nonpoint74 (talk) 21:45, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Deleted Scenes

Photos from the continuity books confirm that the 'shower' scene and the extended 'ear piercing' scene did indeed take place. What's not known is if they were completed and edited.

Also some type of scene took place in a gym with the twins in training gear and with boxing gloves on. Each wore the same outfit with one black/gold and they other reversed in gold/black. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmcollectibles (talk • contribs) 01:09, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Three Smart Girls

Parent Trap is derived from a 1936 Deanna Durbin movie called Three Smart Girls. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.130.68.12 (talk) 11:37, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

There is no mention of this in the credits of the movie. I suggest that if this fact is based on fact and not just opinion, the fact that the movie is not credited at all, be added to the relative opening sentence. Dollvalley (talk) 01:39, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Use of exotic wildlife

In the scene during the campout, where the wannabe stepmother, Meredith, wakes up in mid-lake, a bird swoops in and lands on her body. Unlikely as such a happening might be, the bird can also be identified as a Red-crested Turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus), a native of western Angola. The entire family of the turacos (Musophagidae) is unknown in the Americas. I find it unfortunate that American film-makers at times see nothing wrong with detracting from their authenticity by using such exotica and portraying them as natural...Ptilinopus (talk) 04:14, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism

Helen Hunt and Vince Vaughn including others did not feature is this film. Please roll back the changes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.77.2.0 (talk) 23:04, 23 May 2011 (UTC)