''Lady Magdalene's'' is a

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directed, written and produced by J. Neil Schulman and starring

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(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, 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)

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 *

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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

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lady Magdalene's 2008 films Fictional characters from Nevada Films set in Nevada American independent films 2008 comedy films 2008 directorial debut films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films