‘Sallywood’ – Indie film focuses on the late actress and LA life

Tyler Steelman and Sally Kirkland in ‘“Sallywood’ photo: Alexandra Weiss/ FanForce

“Sort of” based on a chance Sally Kirkland encounter, “Sallywood” (FanForce/Buffalo 8), the feature-length debut by Xaque Gruber, feels like a vintage indie movie. Low budget, quirky, naïve, and unintentionally annoying.

Ever since Zack (Tyler Steelman), a virginal young man from Maine, was a boy and saw the movie “Anna” on VHS, he’s been obsessed with award-winning actor Sally Kirkland. So much so that he decides to leave home, where his very Catholic mother, Joann (Jennifer Tilly), still does his laundry, and his dad, Dave (the late Lenny Von Dohlen), looks after him in his own way.

He packs up his grandpa’s vintage car and drives to Hollywood. Once Zack arrives, he finds a Craigslist roommate named Tom