The Linguini Incident (1991)

Two disgruntled restaurant employees (David Bowie, Rosanna Arquette) decide to rob their employers (Buck Henry, Andre Gregory).

Director:

Richard Shepard

Writers:

Tamar Brott, Richard Shepard

Stars:

Rosanna Arquette, David Bowie, Eszter Balint

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rosanna Arquette	...	Lucy
David Bowie	...	Monte
Eszter Balint	...	Vivian
Andre Gregory	...	Dante
Buck Henry	...	Cecil
Viveca Lindfors	...	Miracle
Marlee Matlin	...	Jeanette
Eloy Casados	...	Tony
Michael Bonnabel	...	Oliver
James Avery	...	Phil
Susan Mechsner	...	Female Ventriloquist
Leana Hall	...	Tracy
Maura Tierney	...	Cecelia
Kristina Loggia	...	Gayle
Pati Dubroff	...	Kim

Storyline

Two disgruntled restaurant employees (David Bowie, Rosanna Arquette) decide to rob their employers (Buck Henry, Andre Gregory).

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Plot Keywords:

restaurant | magic | spaghetti | escape | robbery | 

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Taglines:

He wants to be tied down. She wants to be tied up. It's not what you think.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 October 1991 (France)

Also Known As:

Shag-O-Rama

Filming Locations:

Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Isolar

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Iman, appears in the film briefly as a woman in the audience for Lucy's stunt.

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Quotes

Vivian: You don't just make out with someone in a meat locker who you're indifferent to.

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Crazy Credits

Special Effects Bras by Bart Trickel

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Soundtracks

"THE BOA DANCE"
Composed and Performed by Martin Blasick (as Marty Blasick)

User Reviews

Entertaining and cute

I didn't expect much of this movie, I wanted to watch it just because I'm a little bit obsessed with David Bowie right now and he's in it. I was nicely surprised, for I enjoyed it very much and I might even watch it again. Over and over again.

The movie has a colourful 90's atmosphere, it's cute and comic. The storyline is pretty unreal and all the characters are kind of crazy. Rosanna Arquette plays a Houdini lover and wannabe escape artist, her foolish best friend Viv designs extravagant bras. Bowie portrays a mystery English man who needs to get married to get a green card and to be allowed to stay in America. He is unbelievably charming in that role (aah his voice!) These three are all in a desperate need of money and decide to rob the restaurant they work at.

The Linguini incident -surprisely not much known - is a small treasure, an entertaining comedy with a pinch of romance. Watch this, it will shift your mood. I strongly recommend it :)