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Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

After marrying a mysterious man who claimed he could make her dog immortal, a celebrated vegan restaurateur finds her life veering off the rails.

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documentary, crime

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Art Theatre Guild

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1 nomination total

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[Allen] What eventually happens is that - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

[Allen] What eventually happens is that

[Stacy] This is a picture
of Anthony and I. Um… - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

[Stacy] This is a picture of Anthony and I. Um…

Because if I do,
that's a miserable existence, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

Because if I do, that's a miserable existence,

There was really nothing abnormal
about my life until I met Anthony. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

There was really nothing abnormal about my life until I met ...

[interviewer] How many people close
to you know the extent of what happened? - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

[interviewer] How many people close to you know the extent o...

And he's kind of waiting around,
unclear of what to do. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

And he's kind of waiting around, unclear of what to do.

It feels like nobody knows
the extent of it, except for him. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

It feels like nobody knows the extent of it, except for him.

He told me he was a Navy SEAL
who was shot in the line of duty, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

He told me he was a Navy SEAL who was shot in the line of du...

There was some magical force in play here. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

There was some magical force in play here.

[soft piano playing] - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

[soft piano playing]

There's a lot of people that have
written me off and walked away - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

There's a lot of people that have written me off and wa...

And he's already
in this special ethereal world - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

And he's already in this special ethereal world

He confirmed that
Anthony was shot in the line of duty. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

He confirmed that Anthony was shot in the line of duty.

[screams] - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

It's like some fantastical, magical future - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

It's like some fantastical, magical future

He told me that
we were reincarnated lovers - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

He told me that we were reincarnated lovers

I think it's just some sort of like - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

I think it's just some sort of like

I was like, "Really?" - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

I was like, "Really?"

His "happily ever after"
that he always referred to. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

His "happily ever after" that he always referred t...

So somehow he always was able
to keep me sort of quiet. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

So somehow he always was able to keep me sort of quiet.

[Anthony] Try to stop crying, okay? - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

[Anthony] Try to stop crying, okay?

He told me that his aunt died
and left him five million dollars. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

He told me that his aunt died and left him five million doll...

He went as far as to go
to Raymond James financial firm, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

He went as far as to go to Raymond James financial firm,

[Sarma] My undergrad major was Economics, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

[Sarma] My undergrad major was Economics,

So I went to
UPenn Wharton in Philadelphia. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

So I went to UPenn Wharton in Philadelphia.

Set up an account
for my daughter for her college. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

Set up an account for my daughter for her college.

I think what happened is,
when I was there, it was like, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

I think what happened is, when I was there, it was like,

So it's not… - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

When things really fell apart - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

When things really fell apart

Um, or I guess it was harder to recognize
what was really going on at the time. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

Um, or I guess it was harder to recognize what was really go...

He would tell me
that he had tons of money, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

He would tell me that he had tons of money,

Somebody that I'd worked with said to me, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

Somebody that I'd worked with said to me,

So he had me wire money to him
to prove that I was committed to him, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

So he had me wire money to him to prove that I was committed...

I didn't like to be
in the same room with him overnight. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

I didn't like to be in the same room with him overnight...

He would either get two rooms
or, like, a suite with a separate space. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

He would either get two rooms or, like, a suite with a separ...

So after Riley was born, he told me, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

So after Riley was born, he told me,

Also, it turned into
where his own personal smell - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

Also, it turned into where his own personal smell

He said, "You seem
to be interested in food." - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

He said, "You seem to be interested in food."

Basically, all of that money was
just sitting somewhere and then some. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

Basically, all of that money was just sitting somewhere and ...

Whatever physical relationship
we had was not one that I wanted. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

Whatever physical relationship we had was not one that I wan...

And from there, he gave me
some money back but not all of it. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

And from there, he gave me some money back but not all of it...

In some sort of like weird, you know,
fucked up, like, vampiresque way, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

In some sort of like weird, you know, fucked up, like, vampi...

[soft music playing] - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

[soft music playing]

At that time, I wasn't under
any pressure to get a job financially. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

At that time, I wasn't under any pressure to get a job ...

He called them "they."
He's like, "You don't understand." - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

He called them "they." He's like, "You d...

It was just something really gross.
It started back in New York. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

It was just something really gross. It started back in New Y...

[Allen] The promise, though, was that, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

[Allen] The promise, though, was that,

I finished at
the French Culinary Institute in '99, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

I finished at the French Culinary Institute in '99,

I remember he told me
to bring a bottle of wine home - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

I remember he told me to bring a bottle of wine home

Today, we are getting
a head start on our Labor Day barbecue - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

Today, we are getting a head start on our Labor Day barbecue

Um, but… So he asked me to bring
a bottle of wine home from the restaurant - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

Um, but… So he asked me to bring a bottle of wine home from ...

He said ahead of time, um, you know, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

He said ahead of time, um, you know,

Him and his father were playing poker
one time. And they got into a fight. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

Him and his father were playing poker one time. And they got...

[chuckles] Anthony's dad told him
he was gonna stab him to death. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

[chuckles] Anthony's dad told him he was gonna stab him...

They said both that they were sorry.
They went right back to playing poker. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

They said both that they were sorry. They went right back to...

So I went and met him to interview
about working on that cookbook. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

So I went and met him to interview about working on that coo...

She's sort of coming out
of this ferment of things - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

She's sort of coming out of this ferment of things

[Allen] Anthony's father was - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

[Allen] Anthony's father was

So he blindfolded me
and then just sort of… - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

So he blindfolded me and then just sort of…

[Sarma] I tend to be
open-minded about all of that. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

[Sarma] I tend to be open-minded about all of that.

And at one point,
Anthony was playing with dice at home, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

And at one point, Anthony was playing with dice at home,

You know, and made me do this and that
and get on my knees and do… - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

You know, and made me do this and that and get on my knees a...

Matthew Kenney and Sarma Melngailis. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

Matthew Kenney and Sarma Melngailis.

So I don't dismiss it
as being completely hokey. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

So I don't dismiss it as being completely hokey.

I've tended to be drawn
towards sort of more eccentric people, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

I've tended to be drawn towards sort of more eccentric ...

And we had started to work - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

And we had started to work

And I… I think I was crying, [chuckles]
and then he apologized. [laughs] True. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

And I… I think I was crying, [chuckles] and then he apologiz...

And the mother is horrified,
realizing that - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

And the mother is horrified, realizing that

He was well-known for having opened
a lot of flashy restaurants in the city. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

He was well-known for having opened a lot of flashy restaura...

Whereas he said he wasn't,
you know, would never do that again, and… - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

Whereas he said he wasn't, you know, would never do tha...

[Allen] In high school, she was a loner, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

[Allen] In high school, she was a loner,

And this becomes a whole
confrontation between the two of them, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

And this becomes a whole confrontation between the two of th...

The concept was
a vegan, raw-food restaurant, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

The concept was a vegan, raw-food restaurant,

The rules don't apply to her.
Those are for other people - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

The rules don't apply to her. Those are for other peopl...

I'm really attracted by new food ideas
and new ways of doing things. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

I'm really attracted by new food ideas and new ways of ...

Finally decides not to kill everybody.
No murder-suicide results. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

Finally decides not to kill everybody. No murder-suicide res...

Frankly, it was quite impressive.
And so I said, "Okay, let's do it." - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

Frankly, it was quite impressive. And so I said, "Okay,...

I think this gave her a sense - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

I think this gave her a sense

Leaves the house.
She calls the cops, right? - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

Leaves the house. She calls the cops, right?

[Sarma] From the very beginning,
the restaurant itself had a purpose, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

[Sarma] From the very beginning, the restaurant itself had a...

-[Anthony] Sarma, please. Okay? You can't…
- [blowing nose] - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

-[Anthony] Sarma, please. Okay? You can't… - [blowing n...

Instead of them actually
sending out help for the mother, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

Instead of them actually sending out help for the mother,

[ethereal music playing] - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

[ethereal music playing]

I'm Nikki King Bennett,
and I'm the executive chef here. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

I'm Nikki King Bennett, and I'm the executive chef...

We went to the hospital
because his father had a heart attack. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

We went to the hospital because his father had a heart attac...

He would get me, you know,
like a triple-shot soy cappuccino - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

He would get me, you know, like a triple-shot soy cappuccino

I think it was ahead of its time, - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

I think it was ahead of its time,

[man] She was a different person. - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

[man] She was a different person.

He says, "I'm gonna stay a little longer."
I said, "Don't be late." - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

He says, "I'm gonna stay a little longer." I ...

She was just quiet - Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

She was just quiet

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After marrying a mysterious man who claimed he could make her dog immortal, a celebrated vegan restaurateur finds her life veering off the rails.

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Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: Art Theatre Guild

Genre: documentary, crime

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 5.9

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Released: 16 Mar 2022

Awards: 1 nomination total

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