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

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

2026•NR•Documentary

How a Revenge Film was Buried for Decades

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).

Eric Zaldivar · Writer

Eric Zaldivar · Director

StatusReleased
LanguageEN
Release DateAug 15, 2026

Actors

Gary Conway

Gary Conway

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Stratton Leopold

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Paul Schrader

Paul Schrader

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David Morrell

David Morrell

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Steve Railsback

Steve Railsback

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Elliott Street

Elliott Street

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Haskell V. Anderson III

Haskell V. Anderson III

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Steve Cattani

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Michael Dante

Michael Dante

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Topo Swope

Topo Swope

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Johnny Popwell

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Paul Talbot

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Angel Tompkins

Angel Tompkins

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Damon Packard

Damon Packard

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Mike Malloy

Mike Malloy

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Chris Poggiali

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