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Best Served Cold: How a Revenge Film was Buried for Decades

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2026 | Documentary

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Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for the curious.
The mood
Eye-opening.
The pace
Moves along nicely.
What might put you off
Nothing much for most grown-ups.

A feature length cinema documentary on how THE FARMER (1977) became the most-requested cult film of the new millennium, and it's a crazy tale that involves an actor incarcerated for manslaughter, serious on-set injuries, banana-man costumes- as well as surprising links to Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese. The film also broadens its scope to explore the overlooked, eclectic and often ultra-violent sub-genre THE FARMER belongs to - The Returning Veteran film. A film type that hit its stride in the 1970's with hard hitting character studies such as WELCOME HOME, SOLDIERS BOYS (1971), THE NO MERCY MAN (1973) and ROLLING THUNDER (1977).

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  • Reach & staying powerNot counted

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

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Cast & crew

Directed by Eric Zaldivar

  • Gary ConwayHimself
  • Stratton LeopoldHimself
  • Paul SchraderHimself
  • David MorrellHimself
  • Steve RailsbackHimself
  • Elliott StreetHimself
  • Haskell V. Anderson IIIHimself
  • Steve CattaniHimself
  • Michael DanteHimself
  • Topo SwopeHerself