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Flirting with Disaster 1996 Directed by David O. Russell

A comedy about sex, love, family and other accidents waiting to happen.

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Comedy
Production Companies Miramax , Dean Silvers Productions
Budget $7,000,000
Revenue $14,702,438
Release Date 22 March 1996
93 mins
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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
David Patrick Kelly Fritz Boudreau
Charlet Oberly B&B Lady
Don Creech Cop #1
Tony Kruk Detective
Tori Davis Flight Attendant
Suzanne Snyder Alternative Wife (unconfirmed)
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