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

Overview

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).

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 15, 2026

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Cast

Gary Conway,Stratton Leopold,Paul Schrader,David Morrell,Steve Railsback,Elliott Street,Haskell V. Anderson III,Steve Cattani,Michael Dante,Topo Swopeand 5 more

Director

Eric Zaldivar

Writer

Eric Zaldivar

Producer

Mike Malloy,John Joseph Dunn,Eric Zaldivar

Cinematography

Michael A. Martinez,Brandon Michael Hinsley,Lina Chavez

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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