---
title: 'Flirting with Disaster (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David O. Russell'
released: '1996-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/flirting-with-disaster-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116324/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Flirting with Disaster (1996)

1996 · 89 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Flirting with Disaster is a 1996 American black comedy film written and directed by David O. Russell about a young father's search for his biological parents. It stars Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Téa Leoni, Alan Alda, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal, Lily Tomlin and Richard Jenkins. It was screened out of competition in the Special Screenings section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [David O. Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-o-russell)
- **Screenplay:** [David O. Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-o-russell)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stephen Endelman](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-endelman)
- **Producer:** [Dean Silvers](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-silvers)
- **Director of Photography:** [Eric Alan Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-alan-edwards)
- **Editor:** [Christopher Tellefsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-tellefsen)

## Cast

- [Suzanne Snyder](https://cinepixo.com/people/suzanne-snyder)
- [Lily Tomlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lily-tomlin)
- [Glenn Fitzgerald](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenn-fitzgerald)
- [Celia Weston](https://cinepixo.com/people/celia-weston)
- [Ben Stiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-stiller)
- [Richard Jenkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-jenkins)
- [Mary Tyler Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-tyler-moore)
- [George Segal](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-segal)
- [Cynthia Lamontagne](https://cinepixo.com/people/cynthia-lamontagne)
- [Patricia Arquette](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-arquette)
- [Alan Alda](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-alda)
- [Josh Brolin](https://cinepixo.com/people/josh-brolin)
- [David Patrick Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-patrick-kelly)
- [Téa Leoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/tea-leoni)
- [Nadia Dajani](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadia-dajani)

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