The Linguini Incident
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The Linguini Incident (1991) is a comic film set in New York starring David Bowie and Rosanna Arquette. The film was directed by Richard Shepard, who co-wrote the script with Tamar Brott.
Lucy (Arquette) is a frustrated magician, specifically an escape artist, obsessed with becoming a modern female version of Harry Houdini. She collects Houdini artifacts and waits for her big break while working as a server at a trendy Manhattan restaurant. With British bartender Monte (Bowie), she arranges a heist of the restaurant. Marlee Matlin and Buck Henry co-star.