Flirting with Disaster
According to Lily Tomlin, Ben Stiller and David O. Russell did not get along and had many heated arguments.,Cameraman visible in mirror in detectives office.,Mr. Coplin: San Diego has a big carjacking problem. They bump you, and when you stop, they mutilate you and take your car.,The VHS and laserdisc versions (but not the DVD release) feature additional scenes during the end credits, not included in the original theatrical cut, showing the whereabouts of Tina and Tony and Paul.,Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Diabolique/It's My Party/Flirting with Disaster/Girl 6/Little Indian, Big City (1996),Anything But Love
Written by Don Raleigh/Squirrel Nut Zippers
Performed by Squirrel Nut Zippers,FLIRTING WITH DISASTER (1996) **** Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Tea Leoni, Alan Alda, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal, Lily Tomlin, Richard Jenkins, Josh Brolin. Hilarious and wickedly sharp satire about a young man (Stiller in a memorable turn) searching for his identity by trying to locate his biological parents while alienating his neglected and lovely wife (the yummy Arquette) and Leoni (simply wonderful) as his adoption broker. Fine ensemble cast (especially Moore in an inconoclastic poke at her image) and Alda (ditto). Subversive good, clean fun and seriously dysfunctional family values (thank God!) from filmmaker David O. Russell beating the Sophomore Jinx (in this his second turn at the helm).,