Flirting with Disaster (1996)

Indian Wrestling

While engaged in a flirtatious game of indian wrestling with Tina (Tea Leoni), Mel (Ben Stiller) accidentally breaks Valerie’s (Celia Weston) glass shelves with all her precious glass animals.

Directed by David O. Russell.

Released in 1996 by Miramax Films.

related tags 

  • character-type: Baby
  • character-type: Wife
  • character-type: Sexy Woman
  • character-type: Son
  • character-type: Mother
  • character-type: Husband
  • action: Break
  • action: Wrestle
  • action: Flirt
  • action: Fall
  • editors-choice: Awkward Moments
  • primary-genre: Romance
  • primary-genre: Comedy
  • primary-genre: Independent
  • secondary-genre: Independent Comedies
  • secondary-genre: Comedy
  • secondary-genre: Romantic Comedies
  • secondary-genre: Cult Comedies
  • mood: Quirky
  • mood: Funny
  • prop: Glass
  • prop: Video Camera
  • setting: House
  • setting: Living Room
  • theme: Consequences
  • theme: Mistakes
  • theme: Embarrassment
  • theme: Attraction
  • actor: Ben Stiller
  • actor: Téa Leoni
  • actor: Celia Weston
  • actor: Patricia Arquette
  • director: David O. Russell
  • producer: Christopher Goode
  • producer: Trea Leventhal
  • producer: Dean Silvers
  • producer: Kerry Orent
  • producer: Harvey Weinstein
  • producer: Bob Weinstein
  • cinematographer: Eric Alan Edwards
  • composer: Stephen Endelman
  • editor: Christopher Tellefsen
  • costume-designer: Ellen Lutter
  • production-designer: Kevin Thompson
  • role-name: Nancy Coplin
  • role-name: Tina Kalb
  • role-name: Valerie Swaney
  • role-name: Mel Coplin
  • screenwriter: David O. Russell
  • year: 1996
  • studio: Miramax Films