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

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

How a Revenge Film was Buried for Decades

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Release Date

8/15/2026

Runtime

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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).

Status

Released

Original Language

English

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An engrossing deep dive into a lost cult film and the '70s revenge films it belongs to, told through archival materials and behind-the-scenes chaos that's nearly as dramatic as the films themselves.

Mood

ContemplativeDefiant

Themes

WarRedemptionArt and creation

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

Documentary-like

Structure

Anthology

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