Parent Trap III
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| Genre | Comedy Family |
| Based on | Characters created by Erich Kästner |
| Screenplay by | Jill Donner |
| Story by | Deborah Amelon Jill Donner |
| Directed by | Mollie Miller |
| Starring |
Hayley Mills Barry Bostwick Ray Baker Patricia Richardson |
| Music by | Joel McNeely |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Jill Donner Henry Colman |
| Cinematography | Isidore Mankofsky |
| Editor(s) | Howard Kunin Duane Hartzell |
| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Distributor | Buena Vista Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | April 9 – 16, 1989 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Parent Trap II |
| Followed by | Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon |
Parent Trap III is a 1989 American made-for-television comedy film and a sequel to The Parent Trap II (1986) and the third installment in The Parent Trap series. It originally aired in two parts on The Magical World of Disney on April 9 and 16, 1989.
Hayley Mills reprises her role a second time as twins Susan Evers and Sharon Grand. Barry Bostwick and Patricia Richardson portray Jeffrey Wyatt, a struggling father with triplet girls, and Cassie McGuire, his snobbish girlfriend. Leanna, Monica, and Joy Creel portray Lisa, Jessie, and Megan Wyatt.
Jeffrey Wyatt is the widowed father of triplet girls: Lisa, Jessie, and Megan. As he picks his daughters up from the airport, he neglects to tell them over the summer he has become engaged to Cassie McGuire. Cassie wants to redesign their California beach house with the help of Susan Evers, a house designer. Jeffrey initially doesn't like Susan's ideas, but comes around to allowing them due to Cassie.
Lisa, who is dating David, has invited a boy she met in Paris, Hawk, to eat at their house. She doesn't know how to break it to him that she finds Hawk more "unpredictable". She asks Jessie to pretend to be Lisa on a date with David, so Lisa can go on a date with Hawk while their father goes on a date with Cassie, Susan, and Nick (Ray Baker), his best friend. As the adults are getting ready for their double date, Susan compliments Jessie going out with David, almost exposing the ruse until Jeffrey innocently jokes he confuses the girls occasionally. At their date, Jessie is bewildered to be at a "Welcome Home Lisa" party with all of their friends. She embarrasses herself during a karaoke dance skit called "The Jackson Three" (a parody of the Jackson Five), singing the Janet Jackson song "What Have You Done for Me Lately". The two have a kiss during the date. Hawk, a "bad boy", is not wanting to settle down and be Lisa's boyfriend. He asks her to run away with him, but she doesn't. Later that night, Jeffrey figures out the switch and grounds the girls for three weeks, with David disappointed in Lisa and Jessie. Lisa unleashes her feelings and tells Jeffrey that she doesn't like the snobbish Cassie. Susan privately speaks with Jessie, saying her earlier compliment was not an honest mistake, rather she senses Lisa and Jessie were switching identities and warns her of what she did at Jessie's age.
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