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Lady Magdalene's
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Wikipedia article
'Lady Magdalene's' is a film directed, written and produced by J. Neil Schulman and starring Nichelle Nichols (who also received an executive producer credit). The movie was J. Neil Schulman's debut as a director, and Nichelle Nichols' debut as a producer.
Plot
Jack Goldwater, an IRS agent on loan to the Federal Air Marshal Service, is relieved of field duty after insulting a powerful U.S. senator, and finds himself exiled to a humiliating desk job in Nevada as the federal receiver managing a legal brothel in tax default, wherewith the help of the brothel Madam, Lady Magdalenehe uncovers an Al Qaeda plot to unload a nuclear-bomb-sized crate at Hoover Dam.
Cast (opening titles)
*Nichelle Nichols as Lady Magdalene
*Ethan Keogh as Jack Goldwater
*Susan Smythe as Angel
*Claudia Lynx as Scheherazade
*Alexander Wraith as Yassin Salem
*Mark Gilvary as The Director & FBI SAC Broderick
*J. Neil Schulman as Ali the American
*Said Faraj as Gamal Hosny
*Mara Marini as Nurse Gretchen
*Vince Martorano as IRS Agent Lewis Heinlein
*Hope McBane as Sinead
*Michele Redmond as Eden
*Keyaria Rodriguez as Pixie
Release
The movie was produced by Schulman's own film company Jesulu Productions. After film-festival play the full movie was released on YouTube.
Awards
The film won three film-festival awards: "Best Cutting Edge Film" at the 2008 San Diego Film Festival, "Audience Choice -- Feature-Length Narrative Film" at the 2008 Cinema City International Film Festival held on the Universal Hollywood Citywalk, and "Special Jury Prize for Libertarian Ideals" at the 2011 Anthem Film Festival/FreedomFest held at Bally's Las Vegas.
References
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