The Parent Trap (1998 Film) - Pop Culture References

Pop Culture References

After Annie arrives in London, she and her mother walk across the street together, on the same street, zebra crossing, and with the same cars as the Abbey Road album cover of The Beatles. The song "Here Comes the Sun" (written by George Harrison) plays; the screen even pauses while they are walking across.

The music that accompanies Hallie and Annie's march to the isolation cabin is taken from the scene in The Great Escape in which Steve McQueen's character is marched to prison.

In numerous scenes, the girls refer to Meredith as Cruella de Vil.

First, Nick sees his ex-wife in a hotel as an elevator door closes in front of him. This is essentially identical to the corresponding scene in the 1940 screwball comedy My Favorite Wife, starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, and its 1963 remake Move Over, Darling, starring Doris Day and James Garner. Other references to the film are the husband's name of "Nick," and a scene where someone falls into a pool at a hotel.

When asked by Hallie, "You talkin' to me?" Meredith replies, "What are you, Robert De Niro?", a reference to the film Taxi Driver.

In the scene set in the isolation cabin during the rainstorm Hallie's picture of Leonardo DiCaprio gets ruined by a gust of wind through an open window. Hallie is then surprised to find out that Annie hasn't heard of Leonardo DiCaprio.

Hallie, after being asked many questions about living in California, refers to two girls at Camp Walden as Lucy and Ethel Mertz, a reference to the American sitcom, "I Love Lucy" starring Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance.