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

How a Revenge Film was Buried for Decades
Aug 15, 2026
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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).

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CAST

Gary Conway
Himself
Stratton Leopold
Himself
Paul Schrader
Himself
David Morrell
Himself
Steve Railsback
Himself
Elliott Street
Himself
Haskell V. Anderson III
Himself
Steve Cattani
Himself
Directed by Eric Zaldivar

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
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—
Revenue
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Country
US

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