The Parent Trap (film series) original 1961 film and its three sequels. Among the interviews, all-new footage featuring Hayley Mills will be included. Additional interviewees include Tom Skerritt, Carrie Kei Heim, Monica Creel Lacy, Susan Henning, Ron Maxwell, Tommy Sands, and Joanna Barnes. Bridgette Andersen's mother discusses reflections on experiences which occurred on-set during filming of "The Parent Trap II". The project will analyze and also focus on the life of Erich Kastner who wrote the original German book, that the films were was based on. Aaron Pacentine will executive produce the film. The Parent Trap (film series) The Parent Trap is a "Disney" film
The Parent Trap (1961 film) Tommy Sands and Annette Funicello, who were both on the studio lot shooting "Babes in Toyland" at the time. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards: one for Sound by Robert O. Cook, and the other for Film Editing by Philip W. Anderson. The film and its editor, Philip W. Anderson, won the inaugural 1962 Eddie Award of the American Cinema Editors. In 1961 a comic book version of the film was published, adapted and illustrated by Dan Spiegle. The film was theatrically re-released in 1968 and earned $1.8 million in rentals. The Disney Studios produced three television sequels