Flirting with Disaster
“A comedy about sex, love, family and other accidents waiting to happen.”
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Synopsis
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.
Cast
Ben Stiller·Mel Coplin
Patricia Arquette·Nancy Coplin
Téa Leoni·Tina Kalb
Mary Tyler Moore·Pearl Coplin
George Segal·Ed Coplin
Alan Alda·Richard Schlichting
Lily Tomlin·Mary Schlichting
Richard Jenkins·Paul Harmon
Josh Brolin·Tony Kent
Celia Weston·Valerie Swaney
Average shot length
6.8s per shot
David O. Russell's career average is 5.7s across 8 measured films —see the full picture.