Flirting with Disaster (1996)
Vijf maanden na de geboorte van zijn zoon is het voor Mel Coplin nog onmogelijk om zijn kind een naam te geven. Pas als hij zijn eigen biologische ouders heeft ontmoet en hij ontdekt wie hij echt is, wil hij een naam aan het kind geven. Samen met zijn vrouw Nancy en de sociaal werkster Tina Kalb reist hij naar California om zijn biologische ouders te ontmoeten, maar het blijkt dat Mel door een administratiefout naar een verkeerd adres is gestuurd. De zoektocht wordt toch voortgezet, maar niet zonder enige complicaties.
Regiseur: David O. Russell
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Ben Stiller as Mel Coplin |
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Patricia Arquette as Nancy Coplin |
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Téa Leoni as Tina Kalb |
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Mary Tyler Moore as Pearl Coplin |
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George Segal as Ed Coplin |
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Alan Alda as Richard Schlichting |
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Lily Tomlin as Mary Schlichting |
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Richard Jenkins as Paul Harmon |
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Josh Brolin as Tony Kent |
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Celia Weston as Valerie Swaney |
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Glenn Fitzgerald as Lonnie Schlichting |
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Beth Stern as Jane |
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Cynthia Lamontagne as Sandra |
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David Patrick Kelly as Fritz Boudreau |
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John Ford Noonan as Mitch |
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Charlet Oberly as B&B Lady |
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Nadia Dajani as Jill |
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Don Creech as Cop #1 |
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Clarke Bittner as Cop #2 |
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Tony Kruk as Detective |
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Jonathan Teague Cook as Sheriff |
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Steve Moreno as Deputy |
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Tori Davis as Flight Attendant |
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Shawn Michael Howard as Roger |
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Suzanne Snyder as Alternative Wife (unconfirmed) |
| Directing | David O. Russell | Director |
| Production | Dean Silvers | Producer |
| Sound | Stephen Endelman | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Eric Alan Edwards | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Christopher Tellefsen | Editor |
| Writing | David O. Russell | Writer |
| Production | Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Harvey Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Risa Bramon Garcia | Casting |
| Production | Ellen Parks | Casting |
| Art | Kevin Thompson | Production Design |
| Art | Judy Rhee | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ellen Lutter | Costume Design |
| Directing | Julie Oppenheimer | Script Supervisor |
| Lighting | Scott H. Ramsey | Gaffer |
| Crew | R. Vincent Smith | Craft Service |
| Camera | Richard Rutkowski | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Heather Norton | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Barry Wetcher | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Mark Schwentner | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | Gary Martone | Key Grip |
| Camera | Keith Bunting | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Chris Skutch | Dolly Grip |
| Sound | Stuart Deutsch | Boom Operator |
| Art | Timothy Metzger | Leadman |
| Art | Eric M. Metzger | Set Dresser |
| Art | Jeffrey Rollins | Set Dresser |
| Art | Loren Weeks | Art Department Coordinator |
| Editing | Misako Shimizu | First Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lori Hicks | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wayne Herndon | Hairstylist |
| Production | Sunny Seibel | Extras Casting |
| Crew | Kenny Mason | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Wes Bloom | Transportation Captain |
| Art | Andrew Lassman | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | James Hammer | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Sound | Stuart Emanuel | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Michael Shore | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Raymond Karpicki | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | James H. Nau | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Yvette Nabel | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Angela Organ | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Todd Kasow | Supervising Music Editor |
| Editing | Noëlle Penraat | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Brian Vancho | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Michael Barry | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Lisa Brown | Music Coordinator |
| Production | Eddy Collyns | Location Manager |
| Crew | Rob Harris | Unit Publicist |
| Production | Kim Davis-Wagner | Extras Casting |
| Art | Martin Bernstein | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Edward O'Donnell | Transportation Coordinator |
| Production | Claudia Lorka | Producer's Assistant |
| Editing | Mark Ginsberg | Color Timer |
| Sound | Bradford L. Hohle | Dolby Consultant |
| Sound | Rolf Pardula | Sound Mixer |