Flirting with Disaster：Full Cast & Crew

Directed by

David O. Russell

Writing Credits

David O. Russell
(written by)

Cast

Ben Stiller
Mel Coplin: Patricia Arquette
Nancy Coplin: Téa Leoni
Tina Kalb: Mary Tyler Moore
Pearl Coplin: George Segal
Ed Coplin: Alan Alda
Richard Schlichting: Lily Tomlin
Mary Schlichting: Richard Jenkins
Paul Harmon: Josh Brolin
Agent Tony Kent: Celia Weston
Valerie Swaney: Glenn Fitzgerald
Lonnie Schlichting: Beth Stern
Jane: Cynthia LaMontagne
Sandra: David Patrick Kelly
Fritz Boudreau: John Ford Noonan
Mitch: Charlet Oberly
B&B Lady: Nadia Dajani
Jill: Don Creech
Cop #1: Clarke Bittner
Cop #2: Tony Kruk
Detective: Jonathan Teague Cook
Sheriff: Steve Moreno
Deputy: Tori Davis
Flight Attendant: Shawn Michael Howard
Roger: Suzanne Snyder
Alternative Wife: Kacee DeMasi
Cop: Roberta Rockwell
Mel's ex-girlfriend

Produced by

Christopher Goode
associate producer: Trea Leventhal
co-executive producer (as Trea Hoving): Kerry Orent
co-producer: Dean Silvers
producer (produced by): Bob Weinstein
executive producer: Harvey Weinstein
executive producer

Music by

Stephen Endelman
(music by)

Cinematography by

Eric Alan Edwards
director of photography (as Eric Edwards)

Editing by

Christopher Tellefsen
(edited by)

Casting By

Risa Bramon Garcia
(casting): Ellen Parks
(casting)

Production Design by

Kevin Thompson

Art Direction by

Judy Rhee

Set Decoration by

Susan Block
: Ford Wheeler

Costume Design by

Ellen Lutter

Makeup Department

Lilly Benyair-Gart
makeup artist: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Lily Gart): Lisa Collins
makeup artist: Arizona: Mary A. D'Angelo
makeup artist: New York (as Mary D'Angelo): Helen M. Gallagher
hair stylist: New York (as Helen Gallagher): Christine M. Guararra
hair stylist: Arizona (as Christine Guararra): Wayne Herndon
hair stylist: Lori Hicks
makeup artist: Renate Leuschner
wig maker: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Renata Leufeher) / wig maker: New York (as Renata Leufeher): Violet Ortiz
hair stylist: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Violey Ortiz): Josephine Rosa
assistant makeup artist: New York: Linda Grimes
makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

Julie Duvic
unit production manager: Los Angeles/San Diego: Jonathan Gordon
executive in charge of production: Miramax: Victoria McGarry
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Scott K. Coder
second second assistant director: Arizona (as Scott Coder): Jude Gorjanc
second assistant director: Jolyon Handler
second assistant director: New York: Kent Phillip Johnson
second second assistant director: Arizona (as Kent Johnson): Marco Londoner
second second assistant director: New York: Jana Ludwigova
second second assistant director: Los Angeles/San Diego: Todd Pfeiffer
first assistant director: Alan Steinman
second assistant director: Los Angeles/San Diego: Sheila G. Waldron
second second assistant director: David 'Wex' Wechsler
first assistant director: Los Angeles/San Diego

Art Department

Joel Barkow
assistant property master: Julia Barraclough
charge scenic (as Julia J. Barraclough): Martin Bernstein
construction coordinator: Clyde Betts
art production assistant: Arizona: Rodney Clark
construction grip: New York: Keith Cox
construction coordinator: Los Angeles/San Diego: Gregory Criscuolo
carpenter: Mark F. Dennett
set dresser: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Mark Dennet): Arthur Dworin
scenic: New York: John Farina
construction grip: New York: Will Grant
set dresser: Los Angeles/San Diego (as William Grant): Brian Hess
set dresser: New York: Tyler Kim
prop assistant: New York: Kevin Ladson
property master: New York (as Kevin C. Ladson): Andrew Lassman
property master (as Andy Lassman): John Leavey
scenic: Sarah Lindborg
art department production assistant: Jann McClary
prop assistant: New York: Eric M. Metzger
set dresser (as Eric Metzger): Timothy Metzger
leadman: Arizona: Scott Miller
propmaker: Los Angeles/San Diego: Keith Mosca
leadman: Arizona: David C. Nute
construction foreman: Los Angeles/San Diego (as David Nute): Ralph Perri
construction grip: New York: Mike Popovich
scenic: Arizona: David E. Robinson
scenic: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Dave Robinson): Steve Roll
construction coordinator: Arizona: Jeffrey Rollins
set dresser: Karen Seifried
charge scenic: Arizona: Gregg Singer
set dresser: Arizona: Jim Steere
scenic: New York: Larry Steinberg
construction grip (as Lawrence Steinberg): Jill Sternberg
scenic: Kimberly A. Street-Lennon
assistant property master: Arizona (as Kim Street-Lennon): Roman Turovsky
scenic: New York: Tony Valdes
carpenter: Arizona: Alma Villavorta
art department production assistant: Rob Walsh
construction production assistant (as Robert Walsh): Kerry Weeks
lead person: New York (as Kerry A. Weeks): David D. Wheeler
propmaker

Sound Department

Michael Barry
sound re-recording mixer: Sound One: Jim Davees
boom operator: New York (as Jim 'Bear' Davees): Stuart Deutsch
boom operator: David Diamond
boom operator: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Dave Diamond): Jennifer L. Dunnington
apprentice sound editor (as Jennifer Dunnington): Stuart Emanuel
sound editor: Wendy Hedin
sound designer: Bradford L. Hohle
stereo sound consultant: Dolby: Lowell Jacobs
second boom operator: Arizona: Kate Jesse
second boom operator: Arizona: George A. Lara
foley engineer (as George Lara): Rob Lynch
apprentice sound editor: Yvette Nabel
foley editor: Angela Organ
assistant sound editor: Rolf Pardula
sound mixer: Jeff Pullman
sound mixer: New York: Bill Scheinberg
boom operator: New York: William Schneiberg
boom operator: New York (as Bill Scheiberg): Jim Stuebe
boom operator: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Jim Steube): Brian Vancho
foley artist: John Werner
apprentice sound editor: Dan Wesson
second boom operator: Mark DeSimone
adr engineer: TV version (uncredited) / adr mixer (uncredited): Dan Edelstein
adr editor: TV version (uncredited): Raymond Karpicki
foley editor (uncredited): James H. Nau
adr editor (uncredited): Michael Shore
dialogue editor (uncredited)

Stunts

Eric Brown
stunt driver: Joyce R. Korbin
stunt woman (as Joyce Korbin)

Camera and Electrical Department

Michael F. Barrow
camera operator (as Michael Barrow): Matthew Braun
camera loader: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Mathew Braun): Keith Bunting
best boy grip: Geb Byers
first assistant camera: New York (as Jeb Buyers): Laura Colella
camera trainee: New York: Mark J. Coyne
second assistant camera: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Mark Coyne): Lamont Crawford
grip: Thomas M. Dangcil
electrician: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Tom Dangcil): Howard Davidson
key grip: New York: James Edmiston
second grip: New York (as Jim Edmision): Moose Enright
electrician: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Tom Enright): Kevin Erb
best boy grip: Los Angeles/San Diego: Kevin 'Rambo' Fitzgerald
grip: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Rambo Fitzgerald): Richard Gavril
grip: Arizona: Pedro HernÃ¡ndez
best boy grip: Arizona (as Pedro Hernandez): Mike Hutzger
grip: New York: David Knoblock
grip: Arizona: Ted J. Kredo
best boy electric: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Ted Kredo): Jim Kwiatkowski
key grip: Los Angeles/San Diego: Eric Liebowitz
still photographer: New York: Gary Martone
key grip: Linda Mazzoni
grip: New York: Tony Mazzucchi
grip: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Tony Mazzuchi): Jeff McGrath
electrician: Los Angeles/San Diego: Charlie McNamara
electrician: Arizona (as Charles McNamara): William D. Moran
grip (as William Moran): Thomas Nead
electrician: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Tom Nead): Heather Norton
second assistant camera: Rocco Palmieri
electrician: Daniel Pershing
dolly grip: Los Angeles/San Diego: Linda Phillips
electrician: Scott H. Ramsey
gaffer (as Scott Ramsey): Nate Ranger
assistant camera: Danya Reich
camera trainee: John Rodgers
gaffer: Los Angeles/San Diego: Randell L. Rowlett
electrician: Arizona (as Randell Rowlett): Richard Rutkowski
first assistant camera: Mike Savage
grip: Los Angeles/San Diego: Jeremy Schroeder
second grip: New York: Mark Schwentner
best boy electric: Lorey Sebastian
still photographer: Los Angeles/San Diego: Chris Skutch
dolly grip: Phil Testa
electrician (as Philip Testa): Maliz Van de Friess
second assistant camera: Arizona (as Maliz Van De Fries): Joe Volpe
second assistant camera: New York: Jonathan Weaver
second assistant camera: New York: Joshua M. Weiner
dolly grip: New York (as Josh Weiner) / grip (as Joshua Weiner): Barry Wetcher
still photographer: Clifton Dance
electrician (uncredited): Dean Mongan
camera operator: second unit (uncredited)

Casting Department

Mark Byrne
extras casting assistant: Kim Davis-Wagner
extras casting (as Kim Davis): Susan Fried
extras casting: New York (as Sue Fried): Daniel Irvine
casting: Arizona: Sunny Seibel
extras casting: Arizona

Costume and Wardrobe Department

June Barney
assistant wardrobe shopper: Arizona: Kathleen Bartlett
wardrobe assistant: New York: Chuck Casey
wardrobe assistant: New York (as Charles Casey II): Anita Ellis
wardrobe assistant: New York: Shari Gray
costume designer: Los Angeles/San Diego: James Hammer
assistant costume designer (as Jim Hammer): Katrina Jeffries
wardrobe supervisor: New York: Laurie Johnson
key set costumer: Los Angeles/San Diego / wardrobe shopper: Roseann Milano
wardrobe supervisor: Jeanne Munson
wardrobe assistant: New York: Patricia Sanftner
wardrobe supervisor (as Pat Sanftner)

Editorial Department

Jane Pia Abramowitz
additional assistant editor: Karen Bermudez
post-production assistant: Tod Scott Brody
post-production executive: Mark Ginsberg
color timer: Gerritt Graham
assistant to post-production executive: G. Matt Hepler
post-production assistant: Debra Kanter Kohn
apprentice editor: George Larkin
post-production coordinator (as George W. Larkin): K. Lorrel Manning
post-production assistant (as K. Lorrell Manning): NoÃ«lle Penraat
negative cutter: Daniel Pimentel
post-production assistant: Arthur Schlenger
second assistant editor: Victoria Scoggins
post-production assistant: Misako Shimizu
first assistant editor: Ian Silverstein
second assistant editor: Joe Violante
dailies advisor: Chris Gennarelli
dailies colorist (uncredited): Lou Iocca
additional editor (uncredited): May Kuckro
apprentice editor (uncredited): Sara Nicholson
post-production assistant (uncredited)

Location Management

Eddy Collyns
location manager: Amanda Gill
location manager: Los Angeles/San Diego: Jocelyn Jansons
assistant location manager: New York: Mario Ramirez
location scout: Los Angeles/San Diego: Andrew Saxe
assistant location manager / location manager: New York: Christine Welker
location assistant: Tom Yeager
assistant location manager: Arizona

Music Department

Lisa Brown
music coordinator: Emile Charlap
music contractor: Dominic DeRasse
musician: trumpet: James Flatto
Music editor: temp music: Gordon Gottlieb
musician: percussion (as Gordon Gotlieb): Bonnie Greenberg
music supervisor: Todd Kasow
supervising music editor: Dan Lieberstein
music editor: Kickstart Films: Richard Locker
musician: cello: Jill Meyers
music business affairs: Todd Milner
assistant music editor: Jeffrey Mironov
music arranger: additional material and guitars (as Jeffery Mironov): John Moses
musician: trumpet: James P. Nichols
score recordist: Rob Paparozzi
harmonica: credited (as Robert Papparozzi) / musician: harmonica (as Robert Papparozzi): Darcia Parada
musician: vocals: Joe Passaro
musician: percussion: Amy Rockwell
music assistant: Richard Sortomme
musician: synthesizer: Dale Stuckenbruck
musician: singing saw: Tom Swift
score mixer

Script and Continuity Department

Julie Oppenheimer
script supervisor

Transportation Department

Lynn Ashby
driver: Arizona: Art Bauer
driver: Los Angeles/San Diego: Wes Bloom
transportation captain: Arizona: John Burkhart
driver: Arizona: Joe Devane
driver: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Joseph Devane): Douglas DuVal
driver: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Doug Duval): Mark Gantt
driver: Arizona: Joe Getzwiller
driver: Arizona: Scott Hess
driver: Arizona: Patrick Knapp
driver: Arizona (as Pat Knapp): Gary Mahr
driver: New York: Kenny Mason
transportation coordinator: Arizona: Denny McCoy
driver: Arizona: Ron Mitchell
driver: Arizona: Edward O'Donnell
transportation captain (as Eddie O'Donnell): Walter Rubio
driver: Los Angeles/San Diego: Howard A. Small
transportation coordinator: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Howard Small): Frank Weiss
transportation co-captain

Additional Crew

Joe Abramson
office production assistant: Los Angeles/San Diego: Ryan Allen
office production assistant: New York/Los Angeles/San Diego: Scott Ambrozy
set production assistant: New York/Los Angeles/San Diego (as Scott Ambrory): Tina M. Ameduri
craft service: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Tina Ameduri): Alexis Arnold
production secretary: Los Angeles/San Diego: Sherry Azzarella
production secretary: Arizona: Gail Barringer
assistant auditor: Todd W. Beeton
office production assistant: New York (as Todd Beeton): Jenny Beresford
set production assistant: Amy Berkenbile
office production assistant: Arizona: Tracey Bing
product placement (as Tracey Nicole Bing): Charmaine Boos
welfare worker: Los Angeles/San Diego: Lisa Bowman
set production assistant: Sarah Brandston
set production assistant: Jeanne Brennan
production coordinator: Terrence Burke
set production assistant: New York: Kevin Center
office production assistant: Evelyn Charbonneau-Wildman
craft service: Arizona: Herman Cohen
set security: Cindy Craig
key set production assistant: John 'JR' Craigmile
post-production auditor: Gregory Criscuolo
craft service: New York (as Greg Criscuolo): Shanti Delsarte
production consultant: Los Angeles/San Diego / production secretary: New York: Lena Drobot
caterer: New York: Lauren Fischer
set production assistant: New York: Paul Franklin
chef: New York (as Paul Franklin III): Dave Freed
office production assistant: Los Angeles/San Diego (as David Freed): Ellen Gannon
production secretary: Jodi Gannon
assistant auditor: Rob Harris
unit publicist: Tom Heilig
teamster captain: New York (as Tom Helig): Harold Horn
craft service: New York: Sam Hyde
set production assistant: Arizona: Jonathan Judge
set production assistant: New York (as Jon Judge): Gary Kauffman
legal services: Silvers & Kaufmann LLC: Takahide Kawakami
set production assistant: New York (as Taka Kawakami): Michael J. Kinney
production assistant: Julien Kneel
set production assistant: New York: Lisa Knudson
accountant: Los Angeles/San Diego: Kate Kondell
assistant to director: Michael Landman
set production assistant: Los Angeles/San Diego: Shari Lee
production coordinator: Arizona: Claudia Lorka
assistant to producer: Patrick Mahoney
craft service: New York: Anthony L. Mariani
production assistant: Tony Mariani
set production assistant: Los Angeles/San Diego: Patrick Marsh
set production assistant: Los Angeles/San Diego: Ivan McDonald
set production assistant: New York: Mike McNally
set medic: Arizona: Donald Milne
set production assistant: Arizona: Shalah Mitchell
office intern: Arizona: Marinka Modderman
set production assistant: New York: Miguel Mojica
set production assistant: New York: Margo Myers
production auditor: Neil Orlowski
set production assistant: New York (as Neil Orlawsky): Michael H. Perman
assistant production coordinator: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Michael Perman): Paul Polow
set production assistant: New York: Exile Ramirez
edit room coordinator: Jason Rice
office production assistant: Guy H. Rocourt II
set production assistant: New York (as Guy Rocourt): Christina Rosati
assistant to director: Sheryl Schwartz
set production assistant: Los Angeles/San Diego: Sarah Sciotto
assistant coordinator: Arizona: Jodi Shapera
first assistant accountant: Terry Sims
assistant: Mary Tyler Moore (as Terry W. Sims): Amanda Slater
set production assistant: New York: Jeremy Slutskin
set production assistant: New York: R. Vincent Smith
craft service (as R. Vince Smith): John Soran
craft service: New York: Karyn Wagner
craft service: New York: Lucius Wasserman
office production assistant: Los Angeles/San Diego: Michele Ammon
stand-in: Patricia Arquette (uncredited): Brian H. Berkowitz
production assistant: re-shoots (uncredited): Terrence C. Burke
production assistant (uncredited): Paulette D. Clark
assistant production coordinator (uncredited): Harley Kaplan
stand-in: Ben Stiller (uncredited): Ivor Shier
helicopter pilot (uncredited)

Thanks

Scott Busby
thanks: Janet Grillo
special thanks: Marlen Hecht
special thanks: Cheryl Miller Houser
thanks (as Cheryl Miller-Houser): Jeffrey Kimball
thanks: John Lesher
special thanks: Meryl Poster
thanks: Jordan Roberts
special thanks: Seth Rose
thanks: Matthew Antonio Grillo Russell
thanks: Barbara Russell-Peloquin
thanks: Forrest Silvers
thanks: Marc Silvers
thanks: Sylvia Silvers
thanks: Tyler Silvers
thanks: Steven Starr
thanks: Nancy Tenenbaum
thanks