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Release Date:
March 22, 1996
Original Title:
Flirting with Disaster
Alternate Titles:
Amori e disastri
Amour, flirt et calamités
Flirteando con el desastre
Flirter avec les embrouilles
Liebe und andere Katastrophen
Procurando Encrenca
Tentados por el desastre
Не будите спящую собаку
アメリカの災難
디제스터
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Miramax
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 12+ DE: 12 FR: U NL: 18 US: R
Runtime: 93
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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Art Direction:
Judy Rhee
Casting:
Risa Bramon Garcia
Ellen Parks
Costume Design:
Ellen Lutter
Craft Service:
R. Vincent Smith
Director:
David O. Russell
Director of Photography:
Eric Alan Edwards
Editor:
Christopher Tellefsen
Executive Producer:
Harvey Weinstein
Bob Weinstein
Gaffer:
Scott H. Ramsey
Original Music Composer:
Stephen Endelman
Producer:
Dean Silvers
Production Design:
Kevin Thompson
Script Supervisor:
Julie Oppenheimer
Writer:
David O. Russell
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