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

How a Revenge Film was Buried for Decades

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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).

Directed byEric Zaldivar

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Released
August 15, 2026

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BEST SERVED COLD: How a Revenge Film was Buried for Decades (2024) Trailer

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10 credited
Starring
Gary Conway

Gary Conway

Himself

Stratton Leopold

Himself

Paul Schrader

Paul Schrader

Himself

David Morrell

David Morrell

Himself

Steve Railsback

Steve Railsback

Himself

Elliott Street

Elliott Street

Himself

Haskell V. Anderson III

Haskell V. Anderson III

Himself

Steve Cattani

Himself

Michael Dante

Michael Dante

Himself

Topo Swope

Topo Swope

Herself

Creative team
Directed by
Eric Zaldivar
Eric Zaldivar
Written by
Eric Zaldivar
Eric Zaldivar
Produced by
Mike Malloy
Mike Malloy
John Joseph Dunn

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