Lady Magdalene's

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.

Lady Magdalene's
Directed byJ. Neil Schulman
Written byJ. Neil Schulman
Produced byJ. Neil Schulman
StarringNichelle Nichols
CinematographyScott MacDonald
Edited byJ. Kent Hastings
Music byDaniel May
Distributed byAmazon Prime
Release date
February 2, 2008 (San Diego Black Film Festival)
Running time
116 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000[2]

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, where—with the help of the brothel Madam, Lady Magdalene—he 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.[3]

Awards

The film won three film-festival awards: "Best Cutting Edge Film" at the 2008 San Diego Film Festival,[4] "Audience Choice -- Feature-Length Narrative Film" at the 2008 Cinema City International Film Festival held on the Universal Hollywood Citywalk,[5] and "Special Jury Prize for Libertarian Ideals" at the 2011 Anthem Film Festival/FreedomFest held at Bally's Las Vegas.[6]

References
  1. "Lady Magdalene's Production Info". Dujpepperman.com. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  2. J. Neil Schulman at Libertopia 2010: Reloading the American Revolution on YouTube
  3. Lady Magdalene's: Free Web Edition (Full Movie) on YouTube
  4. "Lady Magdalene's (2008) - Awards". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  5. "Cinema City International Film Festival Review - A Savior of Short Films". Lasplash.com. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  6. "Anthem : The Libertarian Film Festival : homepage". Anthemfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
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