Flirting with Disaster

Flirting with Disaster

92 mins | Comedy | March 22, 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.

Flirting with Disaster

92 mins | Comedy | March 22, 1996

Flirting with Disaster
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Miramax
Original title Flirting with Disaster
Directors Julie Oppenheimer, David O. Russell
Writers 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

Lily Tomlin

as Mary Schlichting

Richard Jenkins

as Paul Harmon

Josh Brolin

as Tony Kent

Celia Weston

as Valerie Swaney

Glenn Fitzgerald

as Lonnie Schlichting

Beth Ostrosky

as Jane

Cynthia Lamontagne

as Sandra

David Patrick Kelly

as Fritz Boudreau

John Ford Noonan

as Mitch

Charlet Oberly

as B&B Lady

Nadia Dajani

as Jill

Don Creech

as Cop #1

Clarke Bittner

as Cop #2

Tony Kruk

as Detective

Steve Moreno

as Deputy

Tori Davis

as Flight Attendant

Suzanne Snyder

as Alternative Wife (unconfirmed)