Comedy · United States of America · 1996 · 1h 33m

Flirting with Disaster

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Director
David O. Russell
Cast
Ben Stiller as Mel Coplin Patricia Arquette as Nancy Coplin Téa Leoni as Tina Kalb Mary Tyler Moore as Pearl Coplin George Segal as Ed Coplin Alan Alda as Richard Schlichting
Crew
Eric Alan Edwards — Director of Photography Christopher Tellefsen — Editor Stephen Endelman — Original Music Composer David O. Russell — Writer Dean Silvers — Producer Kevin Thompson — Production Design
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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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Mood & Themes
lsdlooking for birth parentshalf-brother
Key Collaborators
David O. Russell Director Eric Alan Edwards Director of Photography Christopher Tellefsen Editor Stephen Endelman Original Music Composer David O. Russell Writer Dean Silvers Producer Kevin Thompson Production Design Ellen Lutter Costume Design
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