Product Details

• Actors: Rosanna Arquette, David Bowie, Eszter Balint, Andre Gregory, Buck Henry
• Directors: Richard Shepard
• Producers: The Linguini Incident
• Format: Import, PAL
• Language: English
• Region: Region 4 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: MRA
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FMJFN6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #629,280 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, SYNOPSIS: The Linguini Incident, a romantic comedy set against the background of fashionable New York, is the story of Lucy (ROSANNA ARQUETTE), Vivian (ESZTER BALINT) and Monte (DAVID BOWIE): three people looking for that big break which would enable them to escape the grind of everyday life in the big city. Lucy is a waitress in a classy restaurant who longs to become an escapologist. Her friend Vivien is an eccentric underwear designer and Monte is an English barman desperate to marry anyone in an attempt to gain a green card. Although Lucy refuses to marry him, the three become increasingly drawn together, particularly as Vivian begins to pay him a large amount of attention. Lucy comes up with the idea to rob the place where she works in order to pay for Houdini's wedding ring! The trio unite for the crime which culminates in Lucy having to escape. ...The Linguini Incident

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty decent little film entertainment, March 1, 2008

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C. Biegel "peergyntswing" (Chicago Metro-area, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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Several years back, I bought a copy of the film under the title, "Shag-o-rama" on eBay. I am glad to see it available under the real title. The music, by Thomas Newman, has a lovely theme. The acting is more than adequate. Roasana Arquette is Lucy, a former child escape artist prodigy who can't quite get things right, who has an obsession for Houdini. She works at a outrageous surrealist themed New York restaurant run by Cecil and Dante (Andre Gregory & Buck Henry). The movie keeps things moving through restaurant heists and magic, with Marlee Matlin spouting off in sign language about an outlandish hairdo. Oh, and there's an up and coming lingerie designer with some new twists on bras. The film also pokes fun at feminism. Bowie provides the love interest, as the new bartender and an H1b desperate to tie the knot with Lucy. The movie is imminently watchable, with good characterizations.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bowie At His Goofy Best, December 21, 2009

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Edward Naifeh "t_naifeh" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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Though somewhat slowly paced, The Linguini Incident offers plenty of fierce dorkiness and absurd genius.

David Bowie gives a rare and wonderful comedic performance as Monty, a luckless gambler trying to cancel out his debts to Cecil and Dante (Andre Gregory and Buck Henry), his employers at a chic east village restaurant. Caught in the middle is Lucy (Rosanna Arquette), a failed escape artist who teams up with Monty to rob the restaurant, despite the fact that almost everything out of her partner's mouth is an obvious lie.

Quotable lines proliferate in a wittily silly script that needed only a slightly jazzier director. The movie captures a certain Manhattanesque sophisticated stupidity like few other films I've seen. Part Woody Allen, part 'Desperately Seeking Susan', part Scorsese's 'After Hours', The Linguini Incident captures New York bohemian narcissism perfectly, following a collection of hilariously self-absorbed dingbats as they wade through the fog of their own idiotic dreams and seem to bump into one another inadvertently. But as it turns out, that's how you make it in New York. Ain't love grand?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and very entertaining., October 9, 2010

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A must for any David Bowie fan, a very funny and romantic comedy that makes me smile every time I watch it. A true delight.