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Lucy ( Arquette ) is a frustrated magician, specifically an escape artist, who is obsessed with becoming a modern female version of Harry Houdini.

She collects Houdini artifacts and waits for her big break while working as a waitress at a trendy Manhattan restaurant.

With British bartender, Monte ( Bowie ), and her roommate Vivian, she arranges a heist of the restaurant.

Monte is also determined to get Lucy to marry him, under the pretense that he needs his green card.