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Flirting with Disaster (1996)
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
David O. Russell (written by)
Release Date:
22 March 1996 (USA)
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Tagline:
Have you flirted yet?
Plot:
A young man, his wife, and his incompetent case worker travel across country to find his birth parents. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win
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7 nominations
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Outstanding black comedy; one of Stiller's best
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ben Stiller | ... | Mel Coplin |
 | Patricia Arquette | ... | Nancy Coplin |
 | Téa Leoni | ... | Tina Kalb |
 | Alan Alda | ... | Richard Schlichting |
 | Mary Tyler Moore | ... | Pearl Coplin |
 | George Segal | ... | Ed Coplin |
 | Lily Tomlin | ... | Mary Schlichting |
 | Josh Brolin | ... | Tony Kent |
 | Richard Jenkins | ... | Paul Harmon |
 | Celia Weston | ... | Valerie Swaney |
 | Glenn Fitzgerald | ... | Lonnie Schlichting |
| Beth Ostrosky | ... | Jane |
| Cynthia Lamontagne | ... | Sandra |
 | David Patrick Kelly | ... | Fritz Boudreau |
| John Ford Noonan | ... | Mitch |
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Rated R for language, sexuality and a comic drug scene.
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Runtime:
92 min
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Canada:14A (Ontario) |
Iceland:L |
USA:R (certificate #34425) |
Finland:S |
Netherlands:12 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
South Korea:18 |
Australia:M |
Germany:12 |
Spain:13 |
UK:15
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Tony calls Paul "Phil" when they are in the restaurant, just as Paul gets up to leave.
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Referenced in "Yes, Dear: Flirtin' with Disaster (#3.17)" (2003)
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FLIRTING WITH DISASTER (1996) **** Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Tea Leoni, Alan Alda, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal, Lily Tomlin, Richard Jenkins, Josh Brolin. Hilarious and wickedly sharp satire about a young man (Stiller in a memorable turn) searching for his identity by trying to locate his biological parents while alienating his neglected and lovely wife (the yummy Arquette) and Leoni (simply wonderful) as his adoption broker. Fine ensemble cast (especially Moore in an inconoclastic poke at her image) and Alda (ditto). Subversive good, clean fun and seriously dysfunctional family values (thank God!) from filmmaker David O. Russell beating the Sophomore Jinx (in this his second turn at the helm).