| The Parent Trap II | |
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| Genre |
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| Based on | Characters created by Erich Kästner |
| Written by | Stuart Krieger |
| Directed by | Ronald F. Maxwell |
| Starring | Hayley Mills Tom Skerritt Carrie Kei Heim Bridgette Andersen |
| Music by | Charles Fox |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Joan Barnett Alan Landsburg |
| Producer | Joan Barnett |
| Cinematography | Peter Stein |
| Editor | Corky Ehlers |
| Running time | 81 minutes |
| Production companies | The Landsburg Company Walt Disney Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Disney Channel |
| Release | July 26, 1986 |
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The Parent Trap II is a 1986 American made-for-television comedy film and a sequel to Disney's 1961 film The Parent Trap (which was based on the 1949 book Lisa and Lottie by Erich Kästner) and the second installment in The Parent Trap series. It premiered on the Disney Channel on July 26, 1986 as a part of the channel’s “Hayley Mills Film Festival” banner.[1]
Hayley Mills is the only actress that returned from the original film. She continues to portray Susan and Sharon, the twins who were separated at age one, met up twelve years later at summer camp, switched places and went on to reunite their divorced parents.
The film focuses on Sharon's daughter, Nikki, who tries to connect her mother with her best friend Mary's father, portrayed by Tom Skerritt. It was a success for the Disney Channel and it later spawned two more made-for-television sequels, both produced in 1989.
- ^ "More Hayley Mills". Disney Channel Magazine. 35: 2. March 1986.