Sally Kirkland (playing herself) starred in the 1987 film “Anna” winning the Golden Globe for Best Actress and an Academy Award nomination for the same. But ageing women in Hollywood fade from the public spotlight being eaten alive by a younger tier of female stars.
Zack (Tyler Steelman) has been a childhood admirer of Sally in his small hometown in Maine. He embarks on a trip to meet her in Hollywood and eventually becomes her assistant not that there is any real interest by studio executives and directors in her. Even her agent mockingly looks forward to her starring in catheter commercials.
It so happens Tom (Tom Connoly) Zack’s raunchy Brit screenplay wannabee roommate has some dubious backers delivering film financing cash in a suitcase which he hides under his bed. So, Sally now has a part in a D zombie film “Outer Space Zombie Chicks in Prison” with Tom’s porn actress friends Bibi and Poundcake.
Sally is a bit “out of the ordinary” with an affection for the New Age, astrology and proudly recounting her past sexual experiences.
A riotous panoply of directors, television producers, two faced agents and a cutting but humorous view of the flimsy and rotten lack of transparency of Hollywood. One does not need to scorch Hollywood with vitriol as this film illustrates. Satire and humour are of the same result in a more soothing fashion.
And my favorite scene in the film is when Sally visits Zack and his parents in Maine for Christmas. Zack’s mother Joanne (Jennifer Tilly) serves up Christmas Eve lasagna to all at the table and Sally warns her that she is a vegetarian but Joanne retorts, “Not today” and slaps down the lasagna on Sally’s plate. Tilly’s performance throughout is esoterically brilliant!
A breezy but highly effective Dean Martin Roast of Hollywood. Her zombie movie is a smash so Zack gets to work with writing her next film “Sallywood” but or course you and I have already seen it.
Here is the trailer https://app.frame.io/presentations/5d597703-c605-49d5-95bd-575b76d52a92
The director is Xaque Gruber.
The film shows at L.A. Femme Film Fest on 25October2024 with a limited Los Angeles theatrical engagement 7/8November2024.
RKS 2024 Film Rating 92/100.
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