Flirting with Disaster
“A comedy about sex, love, family and other accidents waiting to happen.”
1996•R•1h 33m•6.2•Released
Comedy
Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country quest to find them. Accompanied by his wife, Nancy, and an inept yet gorgeous adoption agent, Tina, he departs on an epic road trip that quickly devolves into a farce of mistaken identities, wrong turns, and overzealous and love-struck ATF agents.
Director
David O. Russell
Writer
David O. Russell
Budget
$7M
Revenue
$15M
Languages
English
Studio
Miramax
Cast
Ben Stiller
Mel Coplin
Patricia Arquette
Nancy Coplin
Téa Leoni
Tina Kalb
Mary Tyler Moore
Pearl Coplin
George Segal
Ed Coplin
Alan Alda
Richard Schlichting
Lily Tomlin
Mary Schlichting
Richard Jenkins
Paul Harmon
Josh Brolin
Tony Kent
Celia Weston
Valerie Swaney
Glenn Fitzgerald
Lonnie Schlichting
Beth Stern
Jane
Cynthia Lamontagne
Sandra
David Patrick Kelly
Fritz Boudreau
John Ford Noonan
Mitch
Production
Company
Miramax
Company
Dean Silvers Productions
Producer
Dean Silvers
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