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Feature film — 1996

Flirting with Disaster (1996)

6.21h 33mComedy

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

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Cast & crew

Ben Stiller as Mel Coplin

Ben Stiller

Mel Coplin

Patricia Arquette as Nancy Coplin

Patricia Arquette

Nancy Coplin

Téa Leoni as Tina Kalb

Téa Leoni

Tina Kalb

Mary Tyler Moore as Pearl Coplin

Mary Tyler Moore

Pearl Coplin

George Segal as Ed Coplin

George Segal

Ed Coplin

Alan Alda as Richard Schlichting

Alan Alda

Richard Schlichting

Lily Tomlin as Mary Schlichting

Lily Tomlin

Mary Schlichting

Richard Jenkins as Paul Harmon

Richard Jenkins

Paul Harmon

Josh Brolin as Tony Kent

Josh Brolin

Tony Kent

Celia Weston as Valerie Swaney

Celia Weston

Valerie Swaney

Glenn Fitzgerald as Lonnie Schlichting

Glenn Fitzgerald

Lonnie Schlichting

Beth Stern as Jane

Beth Stern

Jane

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