Nevada Bob: The Search For Aladdin’s Lamp

1991

Nevada Bob:
The Search For Aladdin’s Lamp

Runtime: 36 min.

It was 1991. My buddy Tim & I were 14 years old and we wanted to make an action/adventure film inspired by many of our favorite movies of the 1980’s. We wrote a script together, dressed Tim like Indiana Jones, named him “Nevada Bob” and shot the whole thing on my parents VHS recorder. A bonus was, we got to turn it in as a school assignment in order to get out of giving our Freshman speeches!

SYNOPSIS:

The Good Chief calls upon Nevada Bob—his best archeologist and “somewhat right-hand man”—to track down and retrieve Aladdin’s Lamp. The lamp is said to have a magical genie in it. Nevada heads off on his mission only to discover he’s being tailed by a clan of ninjas under the rule of evil The Ninja Master. Plenty of campy, adolescent action/adventure fun ensues!

CAST

NEVADA BOB – Tim Broderick

GOOD CHIEF – Jeremy Mayhew

YOHAN – Jeremy Mayhew

MESSENGER BOY – Todd Mayhew

NINJA MASTER – Jeremy Mayhew

THE GENIE – Jeremy Mayhew

OUR DUMMY – The Dummy

MAID – Lois Mayhew

NINJAS – Dan Broderick, Tim Broderick, Cecil French, Chris Jones, Brooke Mayhew, Gregory Mayhew, Jeremy Mayhew, Katie Mayhew

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STORY – Jeremy Mayhew, Tim Broderick

DIRECTOR – Jeremy Mayhew

CAMERA – Jeremy Mayhew, Tim Broderick, Emily Broderick, Lois Mayhew

EDITOR – Jeremy Mayhew

SPECIAL THANKS TO – Robert and Marjory Potts & Vineyard Video Productions for allowing much time in their linear video editing studio!

1991