This is a hilarious
comedy starring
David Bowie and
Rosanna Arquette. The setting of the film is Dali, a hopelessly
trendy restaurant in
New York City. Arquette plays a
waitress there who idolizes
Harry Houdini, and wants more than anything to follow in his footsteps as an
escape artist. Bowie plays the role of Monte, a
bartender and a hopeless gambling addict who needs to find a waitress to marry by a certain time as part of a strange bet. Funny complications ensue when both Arquette's waitress and Bowie's bartender come up with separate plans to
rob the restaurant for their own purposes. Although it's a
romantic comedy it's not
sappy, and in most cases the humor is just
bizarre.
Also in the movie: Marlee Matlin, Buck Henry, Andre Gregory, Eszter Balint, and James Avery
directed by Richard Shepard