Freaky Friday
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Freaky Friday is a children's novel by Mary Rodgers first published in the USA in 1972, in which a teenage girl, Annabelle Andrews, and her mother, Ellen Andrews, switch bodies and learn to understand each other better.
It is also the name of three Walt Disney Company movies with similar plots based on the book:
- The 1976 version stars Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster.
- A Disney television version was made in 1995.
- Their counterparts in the 2003 film are Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan.
The book might be considered a modern re-telling of Vice Versa, the 1882 novel by F. Anstey, in which the protagonists are a father and son.
Two sequels followed Mary Rogers' book, featuring the same characters. In "A Billion for Boris," Annabelle and her friend Boris discover a TV set that tunes into future broadcasts and begin betting on horse races. The book "Summer Switch" concerns Annabelle's brother and Dad, Ben and Bill, who switch bodies, leaving the youngster to negotiate Hollywood and Dad to deal with camp. A television film of "Summer Switch" was made in the mid-80s, starring Robert Klein. In the 2003 version, Annabelle Andrews' name is changed to Anna Coleman.
