Flirting with Disaster (1996)

Regisseur:

David O. Russell

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

David O. Russell (written by)

Premierendatum:

22. März 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie

Werbezeile:

Have you flirted yet?

Plot:

A young man, his wife, and his incompetent case worker travel across country to find his birth parents.

Plot Keywords:

Urination Scene | Dysfunctional Family | LSD | Social Worker | Adoption

Filmpreise:

1 win & 7 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Hilarious!

Besetzung

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

Alternativ:

Flirting with Disaster - Ein Unheil kommt selten allein (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

92 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | Netherlands:12 | USA:R (certificate #34425) | Finland:S | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Spain:13 | UK:15

Drehorte:

Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Firma:

Miramax Films

Pannen:

Fehler, die von Charakteren gemacht werden (möglicherweise Absicht der Filmemacher): Tony calls Paul "Phil" when they are in the restaurant, just as Paul gets up to leave.

Dialogzitate:

Tony: Where did you two come down on the whole circumcision controversy?
Tony: Personally, I think a boy's penis should look just like his father's.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt "Roots" (1977)

Hilarious!

This movie is truly a masterpiece. The plot, the acting, the scenery...everything!

It is about Mel Coplin (Stiller) who is puzzled who he really is a couple months after his baby is born. He becomes addicted to the fact that he indeed doesn't know who he is. Finally, he receives information of where his birth mother is. He gets on a plane with his wife, Nancy (Patricia Arquette), and the adoption agency associate that he is working with, Tina (Téa Leoni). Together they all fly to San Diego only to discover that there has been some terrible mistake--this woman in San Diego is not his birth mother.

Well, I won't ruin the rest of this hilarious and ongoing plot for you. I guarantee that you will laugh sometime in this movie...whether it is at the little old lady in the bed and breakfast, or when Tina maces the church workman in San Diego.