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Flirting with Disaster (1996) | Slate

Flirting with Disaster

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Flirting with Disaster

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Rated 6.2 on TMDB

Flirting with Disaster

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.

Released: 1996
Runtime: 1h 33m
Rated: R
Genres: Comedy
Country: United States of America
Language: English

Direction and writing

Julie Oppenheimer

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David O. RussellWriter, Director

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Ben StillerMel Coplin
Patricia ArquetteNancy Coplin
Téa LeoniTina Kalb

Mary Tyler MoorePearl Coplin
George SegalEd Coplin
Alan AldaRichard Schlichting
Lily TomlinMary Schlichting
Richard JenkinsPaul Harmon

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