Title Mayday Author Jonathan Lynn Synopsis Ernest Mayday, a best-selling British author living in a Hollywood Hills mansion with a beautiful masseuse, has everything that money can buy - except an idea for his next book. Then he replies to the personal ad placed by the mysterious, tantalizing Joanna. She needs money, fast, and will do anything to get it. Compromising a juror on a major fraud trial is just the beginning of an increasingly labyrinthine plot - a plot that Ernest realizes will make the perfect novel. But is Ernest observer or voyeur? When does fact end and fiction begin? What is the truth about the Reverend Abel Pile and the sinister Angel of Darkness? Suddenly Ernest finds he is no longer calling the shots - and the bullets are real. Biography Filmmaker, screenwriter and novelist Jonathan Lynn's prolific career spans nearly four decades and includes directing, writing, producing and acting in motion pictures, television and theatre as well as authoring best-selling books. His most recent project was the feature film THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS (2003), which he directed. Starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Beyonce Knowles, along with an eclectic ensemble cast, the film is an uplifting tour de force of gospel music. The film won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Picture of 2003 and Mr Lynn also won the American Black Film Festival Award for Film Of The Year, 2004. Lynn began his career acting and writing for theatre, film and television. As an actor, his roles were wide-ranging: aged 21 he performed in Cambridge Circus, a revue on Broadway with John Cleese and Graham Chapman (among others), and made his TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, was nominated for a Plays and Players Award as Most Promising New Actor for his performance in Green Julia (1965); played Hitler in The Comedy Of The Changing Years, then Motel The Tailor in the original London cast of Fiddler On The Roof. Lynn also starred in several notable British telefilms, among them Jack Rosenthal's Bar Mitzvah Boy, The Knowledge and Outside Edge, and two British television series: Doctor In The House and My Brother's Keeper, which he also wrote. His film performances include playing Kirk Douglas's butler in his own film Greedy. Lynn has recently written two screenplays, The Bottom Line and Rita’s Story, and a film based on his 1993 novel Mayday. Jonathan Lynn received an MA in Law from Cambridge University, an Honorary MA from the University of Sheffield and an Honorary PhD from the American Behavioral Studies Institute. He currently lives in Los Angeles. Visit Johathan Lynn's Homepage for more information at: www.jonathanlynn.com

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