Flirting with Disaster
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1996-03-22
Runtime: 93 mins
Director: David O. Russell
Writer: David O. Russell
Spoken language: English
Genres: Comedy
Original title: Flirting with Disaster
Production Companies: Miramax, Dean Silvers Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Ben Stiller
Patricia Arquette
Téa Leoni
Mary Tyler Moore
George Segal
Alan Alda
Lily Tomlin
Richard Jenkins
Josh Brolin
Celia Weston
Glenn Fitzgerald
Beth Stern
Cynthia Lamontagne
David Patrick Kelly
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