Winnebago Man

Winnebago Man
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBen Steinbauer
Written byMalcolm Pullinger
Ben Steinbauer
Produced byJoel Heller
Malcolm Pullinger
Ben Steinbauer
Starring
CinematographyBradley Beesley
Berndt Mader
Edited byMalcolm Pullinger
Music byLyman Hardy
Andrew Hoke
Taylor Holland
Distributed byKino International
Release dates
  • March 14, 2009 (2009-03-14) (SXSW)
  • July 9, 2010 (2010-07-09) (United States)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Winnebago Man is a 2009 American documentary film directed by Ben Steinbauer. The film follows the Internet phenomenon created by a series of twenty-year-old outtakes from a Winnebago sales video featuring profane outbursts from a salesperson named Jack Rebney. Originally intended as an inside joke, the video spread across the globe—first on VHS, and then via YouTube and other online video sites, earning the salesman the title of "The Angriest Man in the World". The documentary explores the story of the clips' origins and how, two decades later, it affected the reluctant star.

Steinbauer released a short film Extraordinarily Unusual: Surprising the Winnebago Man in 2017, documenting his return to visit Rebney on his 87th birthday, bringing some of Rebney's old friends to celebrate.[1]

Rebney died on May 10, 2023, at the age of 93.[2]

  1. ^ "EXTRAORDINARILY UNUSUAL: Surprising the Winnebago Man". January 20, 2017 – via Vimeo.
  2. ^ Colburn, Randall (May 11, 2023). "Jack Rebney, viral Winnebago Man and documentary subject, dies at 93". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 11, 2023.