The Parent Trap is a 1998 family film remake of the 1961 Disney film of the same name. It was directed by Nancy Meyers and stars Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, and Lindsay Lohan (in her feature film debut). It is based on Erich Kastner's novel Lottie and Lisa (Das Doppelte Lottchen). The plot involves a set of twins who have been separated at birth and, upon meeting by chance, decide to work together to reunite their divorced parents.