In 1988, a promo video for Winnebago Industries (a manufacturer of motorhomes) went completely downhill: Salesperson Jack Rebney suffered a meltdown that included an amazing amount of hilarious swearing. The outtakes of Rebney’s outburst circulated in the 90s as an underground VHS hit, only to become an Internet sensation in the era of YouTube viewed by 20 million people. Nearly 20 years after the humiliating incident, how has life treated the “Winnebago Man”? An offbeat documentary that starts out as a gimmick but winds up as a genuinely touching character study, contemplating the absurdity of accidental fame.
Winnebago Man: The Angriest Man in the World
Winnebago Man: The Angriest Man in the World
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- Direction: Ben Steinbauer
- Script: Malcom Pullinger, Ben Steinbauer
- Cinematography: Bradley Beesley, Berndt Mader
- Editing: Malcolm Pullinger
- Sound: Chris Keyland
- Music: Lyman Hardy, William C. Anderson, John Leon, Andrew Hoke, Taylor Holland
- Production: Bear Media, Fieldguide Media
- Producers: Joel Heller, Malcolm Pullinger, Ben Steinbauer
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: USA
- Production Year: 2009
- Duration: 86´
- Contact: Kino Lorber, WinnebagoMan.com
- Awards/Distinctions: Austin Film Award – Austin Film Critics Association 2010 Best Documentary – Sarasota Film Festival 2009 Best Documentary – Edmonton International Film Festival 2009 Audience Award, Best Documentary – CineVegas 2009
Ben Steinbauer
Filmography
2009 Winnebago Man: The AngriestMan in the World
2012 Brute Force
2015 Calls to Okies: The Park Grubbs Story (short)
2016 The Superlative Light (short)
2016 Slow to Show (short)
2017 Heroes from the Storm (short)
2018 Pink Collar Crimes (TV)
2019 Siren Song (short)
