
Feature film — 1996
Flirting with Disaster (1996)
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.
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A high-signal pick with 279 votes.
Miramax / Dean Silvers Productions
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Director: David O. Russell
On screen
Cast & crew

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
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