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.
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Cast
26 people
Ben Stiller
Mel Coplin
Known for
Madagascar
Night at the Museum
Beth Ostrosky
Jane
Patricia Arquette
Nancy Coplin
Known for
The Act
Severance
Téa Leoni
Tina Kalb
Known for
Jurassic Park III
Bad Boys
Mary Tyler Moore
Pearl Coplin
Known for
Ordinary People
The Dick Van Dyke Show
George Segal
Ed Coplin
Known for
The Goldbergs
Look Who's Talking
Alan Alda
Richard Schlichting
Known for
Marriage Story
Bridge of Spies
Lily Tomlin
Mary Schlichting
Known for
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Grace and Frankie
Richard Jenkins
Paul Harmon
Known for
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
The Shape of Water
Josh Brolin
Tony Kent
Known for
Deadpool 2
Avengers: Infinity War
Celia Weston
Valerie Swaney
Known for
The Village
Echoes
Glenn Fitzgerald
Lonnie Schlichting
Known for
The Sixth Sense
Dirty Sexy Money
David O. Russell Director · Stephen Endelman Composer Eric Alan Edwards Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $15M · Budget $7M · United States release March 22, 1996
Box office
Budget
$7,000,000
Worldwide gross
$14,702,438
Gross vs. budget
2.1×
Production
Miramax
Production · Studio
Dean Silvers Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Denmark · March 22, 1996
Physical
United States · March 22, 1996
Limited theatrical
Czechia
December 5, 1996 · Theatrical
France
May 4, 1996 · Theatrical
Germany
July 18, 1996 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 22, 1996 · Theatrical
Türkiye
September 27, 1996 · Theatrical
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