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Wikipedia article




'The Linguini Incident' (released on home video as 'Shag-O-Rama') is a 1991 American crime comedy 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. The name refers to linguini, a type of pasta.

Plot



A British bartender, Monte (David Bowie), wishes to marry a waitress at the restaurant he works, ostensibly so he can get his green card. Waitress and aspiring escape artist, Lucy (Rosanna Arquette), and hopeful lingerie designer Vivian (Marlee Matlin), wish to rob Monte's and Lucy's employer in order to fund their ambitions. Monte agrees to help the duo rob the restaurant so long as Lucy marries him. While the robbery does not go precisely according to plan, the trio are successful. However, Lucy accidentally leaves Monte at the altar, causing him to lose a two million dollar bet with the restaurant owners that he could marry a waitress in a week. In a double or nothing scenario, Monte wagers Lucy's skills as an escape artist. He tricks the women into playing along, claiming that the bosses found out about the robbery. The women appear to forgive him for lying about the circumstances of the escape performance. The two women rob the restaurant a second time. The relationship of the women and Monte remains ambiguous in the end.

Cast



* David Bowie as Monte

* Rosanna Arquette as Lucy

* Marlee Matlin as Jeanette

* Eszter Balint as Vivian

* Buck Henry as Cecil

* Viveca Lindfors as Miracle

* Andre Gregory as Dante

* Kathy Kinney as Denise

* James Avery as Phil

* Al Berry as Bread Man

Iman and Julian Lennon have brief cameos in the movie.

Production and release



The movie was shot in late 1990, after Bowie had completed his Sound+Vision Tour. It was co-funded by Bowie's own production company, Isolar. It was released on VHS in 1992, and again in January 2000 on DVD with the name 'Shag-O-Rama'.

Critical response



Reviews of the movie were mostly negative. 'Empire' magazine gave the movie one star out of five, calling it "an unbearably protracted dud". 'Variety' magazine called the movie an "uninspired, poverty row production" and lamented the miscasting of Bowie in the lead role. In contrast, Janet Maslin of 'The New York Times' gave the film a positive review, and approved of Bowie's casting. 'TV Guide' gave the movie 2 stars out of 5. Bowie biographer Nicholas Pegg called the movie "harmless but negligible", with a "misconceived script and turgid direction."

See also



*List of films featuring the deaf and hard of hearing

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