Exclusive: Drafthouse Films has acquired North American rights to the documentary Chop & Steele, about the creators of the Found Footage Festival, announcing plans to release the film in April at Alamo Drafthouse theaters as part of a double bill with another newly-acquired doc, A Life on the Farm.
Chop & Steele premiered at Tribeca in 2022 and went on to a robust North American festival run that encompassed Calgary, Philadelphia, Seattle, Denver, the Heartland International Film Festival in Indianapolis, the Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Ala., and the San Francisco Independent Film Festival.
In Chop & Steele, Found Footage Festival principals Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher, “lifelong friends who tour the country with their popular VHS oddities festival, are slapped with a federal lawsuit after pranking a local news station as ‘strong men’ Chop and Steele. Many notables are featured in the doc, including David Cross, Bobcat Goldthwait, Reggie Watts, and Howie Mandel.
Chop & Steele premiered at Tribeca in 2022 and went on to a robust North American festival run that encompassed Calgary, Philadelphia, Seattle, Denver, the Heartland International Film Festival in Indianapolis, the Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Ala., and the San Francisco Independent Film Festival.
In Chop & Steele, Found Footage Festival principals Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher, “lifelong friends who tour the country with their popular VHS oddities festival, are slapped with a federal lawsuit after pranking a local news station as ‘strong men’ Chop and Steele. Many notables are featured in the doc, including David Cross, Bobcat Goldthwait, Reggie Watts, and Howie Mandel.
- 3/11/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Article by Dan Clark of Movie Revolt
Welcome to the first installment of Streaming for Your Pleasure where I highlight interesting and unique films now available on Netflix streaming. In each segment I will focus on one major overall category – this first time round I am looking at some intriguing documentaries that are worth checking out.
Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade
Directed By Lincoln Ruchti
Synopsis: At the unassuming Twin Galaxies arcade in Ottumwa, Iowa, early gamers fought for bragging rights at the 1982 Video Game World Championships. See how competitive gaming started, and meet arcade owner Walter Day, who still oversees scoring.
Why You Should Check It Out: There is just something about that arcade experience that I really miss. Today’s online gaming world is full of foul mouth preteen kids mocking you in almost every turn. Back in the day those kids were standing right next to you...
Welcome to the first installment of Streaming for Your Pleasure where I highlight interesting and unique films now available on Netflix streaming. In each segment I will focus on one major overall category – this first time round I am looking at some intriguing documentaries that are worth checking out.
Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade
Directed By Lincoln Ruchti
Synopsis: At the unassuming Twin Galaxies arcade in Ottumwa, Iowa, early gamers fought for bragging rights at the 1982 Video Game World Championships. See how competitive gaming started, and meet arcade owner Walter Day, who still oversees scoring.
Why You Should Check It Out: There is just something about that arcade experience that I really miss. Today’s online gaming world is full of foul mouth preteen kids mocking you in almost every turn. Back in the day those kids were standing right next to you...
- 4/9/2012
- by Guest
- Nerdly
Internet hits are the subjects of new documentaries, giving fans a chance to uncover some mysteries. Like, what is 'accoutrema'?
First posted on YouTube in 2007, the viral clip known as Iron Mic: Eli Porter vs Envy is, at first glance, a rap battle between two teenage MCs of questionable talent. But it's also much, much more. Imagine a hip-hop special of Britain's Got Talent – if Britain's Got Talent had a production budget of £4.50 and was crewed entirely by high 16-year-olds – and you're starting to understand why the clip has won 3.4m views. It's also a treasure trove of amateurish camera angles, mic feedback and inexplicable editing choices. For hip-hop fans, it's either the worst rap battle ever or the greatest, depending on your point of view, and a source of endless online musings. The idiosyncratic delivery style of the clip's star, Eli Porter, led some viewers to assume he has...
First posted on YouTube in 2007, the viral clip known as Iron Mic: Eli Porter vs Envy is, at first glance, a rap battle between two teenage MCs of questionable talent. But it's also much, much more. Imagine a hip-hop special of Britain's Got Talent – if Britain's Got Talent had a production budget of £4.50 and was crewed entirely by high 16-year-olds – and you're starting to understand why the clip has won 3.4m views. It's also a treasure trove of amateurish camera angles, mic feedback and inexplicable editing choices. For hip-hop fans, it's either the worst rap battle ever or the greatest, depending on your point of view, and a source of endless online musings. The idiosyncratic delivery style of the clip's star, Eli Porter, led some viewers to assume he has...
- 8/26/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
SnagFilms’ 3nd annual SummerFest, an online festival with free on-demand streaming, features exclusive, limited-duration runs of popular new documentaries. "Winnebago Man" became available on Friday and will remain on the site until the 25th. [Editor's Note: SnagFilms is the parent company of indieWIRE.] Jack Rebney, a.k.a. “The Winnebago Man” – an ‘80s Rv salesman’s hilarious, profanity-strewn, on-the-job meltdown was captured on video and passed around on VHS tapes, before exploding ...
- 8/15/2011
- indieWIRE - People
SnagFilms’ 3nd annual SummerFest, an online festival with free on-demand streaming, features exclusive, limited-duration runs of popular new documentaries. "Winnebago Man" became available on Friday and will remain on the site until the 25th. [Editor's Note: SnagFilms is the parent company of indieWIRE.] Jack Rebney, a.k.a. “The Winnebago Man” – an ‘80s Rv salesman’s hilarious, profanity-strewn, on-the-job meltdown was captured on video and passed around on VHS tapes, before exploding ...
- 8/15/2011
- indieWIRE - People
SnagFilms’ 3nd annual SummerFest, an online festival with free on-demand streaming, features exclusive, limited-duration runs of popular new documentaries. "Winnebago Man" became available on Friday and will remain on the site until the 25th. [Editor's Note: SnagFilms is the parent company of indieWIRE.] Jack Rebney, a.k.a. “The Winnebago Man” – an ‘80s Rv salesman’s hilarious, profanity-strewn, on-the-job meltdown was captured on video and passed around on VHS tapes, before exploding ...
- 8/15/2011
- Indiewire
In the days before YouTube or viral Internet videos, people were passing around third-rate copies on videotape of the outtakes of a Winnebago commercial featuring one Jack Rebney, whose gift for colorful profanity under pressure was immense. Hearing his outbursts can be oddly uplifting if you're having a bad day yourself. Local filmmaker Ben Steinbauer, intrigued by the lasting popularity of the "Winnebago Man" video, set out to find Rebney and get the whole story behind the videotape in the documentary Winnebago Man.
Winnebago Man premiered at SXSW in 2009 and has enjoyed a fair amount of popularity since then. Don Clinchy calls it "funny and sometimes poignant" in his review. The movie won several prizes on the film-fest circuit, as well as the Austin Film Critics Association award for Best Austin Film in 2010. One of Rebney's catch phrases from the video, "Will you do me a kindness?" turns up frequently...
Winnebago Man premiered at SXSW in 2009 and has enjoyed a fair amount of popularity since then. Don Clinchy calls it "funny and sometimes poignant" in his review. The movie won several prizes on the film-fest circuit, as well as the Austin Film Critics Association award for Best Austin Film in 2010. One of Rebney's catch phrases from the video, "Will you do me a kindness?" turns up frequently...
- 8/15/2011
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
When Ryan Gosling turns to Emma Stone in Crazy Stupid Love and says, “Will you do me a kindness?” he becomes the latest movie character to reveal the unlikely influence of Jack Rebney, the cantankerous eccentric turned cult figure who is the subject of the film Winnebago Man. Director Ben Steinbauer’s movie charts his search for Rebney, who had vanished even as his fame was growing. Partly a suspense film and partly a documentary with a fun, breezy feel, the film also illustrates how catch phrases and fringe characters make their way into pop culture. Rebney’s slim claim to our…...
- 8/12/2011
- James on ScreenS
Director: Matthew Bate A series of tapes featuring two bickering San Francisco men with a penchant for profanity so flamboyantly profane that even Jack Rebney (Winnebago Man) might blush at the sound of it were recorded in the late 1980s by two young punks, Mitch Deprey and Eddie Lee Sausage. The unaware neighbors of the audio misadventures, Peter Haskett and Ray Huffman, could be heard verbatim through the paper-thin walls of Deprey and Sausage's crappy apartment and the surreptitious recordings began as a means of documenting the obscene aural hell that kept Deprey and Sausage awake all through the night, but quickly evolved into a means of bitter revenge. Deprey and Sausage began to invite friends over to their apartment for Haskett and Huffman listening parties. They then began to pass around dubs of their lo-fi tape recordings to friends and soon the analog recordings went viral, developing into an underground sensation.
- 4/10/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Documentaries became a box office factor with the rise of such films as "Hoop Dreams" and "Roger & Me." Before then, there were hit music documentaries like "Woodstock" but most other nonfiction films could expect short runs in few theaters before dutiful audiences. What a small but growing minority of Friday night moviegoers is beginning to discover is that there's a good chance the movie they might enjoy most at the multiplex is a doc.
In alphabetical order, these were the best documentaries I saw in 2010:
"45365" is the zip code of Sidney, Ohio. The brothers Bill and Turner Ross were born there perhaps 30 years ago. They knew everybody in town, and when they spent seven months of 2007 filming its daily life, their presence must have become commonplace. Their film evokes what Winesburg, Ohio might have looked like as a documentary.
The film is privileged. No one is filmed with a hidden camera.
In alphabetical order, these were the best documentaries I saw in 2010:
"45365" is the zip code of Sidney, Ohio. The brothers Bill and Turner Ross were born there perhaps 30 years ago. They knew everybody in town, and when they spent seven months of 2007 filming its daily life, their presence must have become commonplace. Their film evokes what Winesburg, Ohio might have looked like as a documentary.
The film is privileged. No one is filmed with a hidden camera.
- 1/14/2011
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
In the Alamo programming office, movies are sort of our thing. We watch ‘em, we fight about ‘em, and sometimes we even book ‘em for our theatres. We bring you the greatest and most bizarre movies from the past 100 years, and also highlight some of the greatest achievements in new cinema, too.
It’s a tough job…especially when it comes time to narrow down our favorites at the end of each year. But we do it all for you.
The lists below represent the most powerful and/or entertaining films of 2010, according to Alamo programmers Tim League, Lars Nilsen, Zack Carlson, Henri Mazza, Kayla Williams, Daniel Metz, Bret Neuman, George Bragdon, and Caitlin Stevens. We hope you have some time on your hands, because you’re going to want to read everything.
In case you’re interested, you can see our combined list as a group on Badass Digest.
It’s a tough job…especially when it comes time to narrow down our favorites at the end of each year. But we do it all for you.
The lists below represent the most powerful and/or entertaining films of 2010, according to Alamo programmers Tim League, Lars Nilsen, Zack Carlson, Henri Mazza, Kayla Williams, Daniel Metz, Bret Neuman, George Bragdon, and Caitlin Stevens. We hope you have some time on your hands, because you’re going to want to read everything.
In case you’re interested, you can see our combined list as a group on Badass Digest.
- 1/4/2011
- by Daniel Metz
- OriginalAlamo.com
5. Splice
I love science fiction horror, especially with an emphasis on the science part. Scientific experiments gone awry, researchers pushing the boundaries of science with horrific results, these things have been the cornerstones of good sci-fi/horror flicks for decades. Sadly, with Hollywood’s recent addiction to mindless re-makes and adaptations, there has been a severe shortage of good, original, sci-fi/horror lately. I think that’s why Vicenzo Natali’s Splice was such a welcomed addition to the genre when it was released this summer. While this certainly isn’t a perfect film (the wheels kind of start falling off the last 20 minutes), I think Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley deliver good performances as the two genetic engineers/lovers who test the limits of science and ethics, and the creature effects on Dren (the human/animal hybrid monster they create) are fantastic. I had a lot of fun with...
I love science fiction horror, especially with an emphasis on the science part. Scientific experiments gone awry, researchers pushing the boundaries of science with horrific results, these things have been the cornerstones of good sci-fi/horror flicks for decades. Sadly, with Hollywood’s recent addiction to mindless re-makes and adaptations, there has been a severe shortage of good, original, sci-fi/horror lately. I think that’s why Vicenzo Natali’s Splice was such a welcomed addition to the genre when it was released this summer. While this certainly isn’t a perfect film (the wheels kind of start falling off the last 20 minutes), I think Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley deliver good performances as the two genetic engineers/lovers who test the limits of science and ethics, and the creature effects on Dren (the human/animal hybrid monster they create) are fantastic. I had a lot of fun with...
- 12/29/2010
- by jfdpodcast@gmail.com (Kevin, Mark & Parker)
*December 22, 2010 (Austin, TX) – The Austin Film Critics Association announces its 6th annual end-of-year awards with 12 films covering the 16 various awards for 2010. The ballet drama Black Swan won five awards, including the top honor, Best Film, it was announced today by Cole Dabney, President of the Austin Film Critics Association (Afca). Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky, lead actress Natalie Portman, screenwriters Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin, and cinematographer Matthew Libatique were also recognized for their outstanding work. Colin Firth was named Best Actor for his portrayal of the speech-impaired King George VI in The Kingʼs Speech, while Christian Bale and Hailee Steinfeld were recognized as Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress in The Fighter and True Grit, respectively. The Social Network picked up one prize – Best Adapted Screenplay – for Aaron Sorkinʼs adaptation of Ben Mezrichʼs nonfiction book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex,...
- 12/23/2010
- by Dave Campbell
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
The Austin Film Critics Association announced its 2010 awards on Wednesday. It's hard for me to write this up as a straight news story since I'm a voting member, and I got to pick some of these awards -- Jenn is a member too this year. I'm happy to say that the movie that won Best Film is currently my favorite of the year: Black Swan. The movie also was awarded Best Director (Darren Aronofsky), Best Actress for Natalie Portman, Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
Another pleasant surprise is that the Best Austin Film award went to an indie documentary: Winnebago Man, which first played Austin at SXSW 2009. Director Ben Steinbauer and producer Joel Heller are both Austinites. The doc about Jack Rebney won the award against some tough competition this year. I liked this film very much when I saw it at Alamo Drafthouse this summer; you can read...
Another pleasant surprise is that the Best Austin Film award went to an indie documentary: Winnebago Man, which first played Austin at SXSW 2009. Director Ben Steinbauer and producer Joel Heller are both Austinites. The doc about Jack Rebney won the award against some tough competition this year. I liked this film very much when I saw it at Alamo Drafthouse this summer; you can read...
- 12/23/2010
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
In 1989, a man named Jack Rebney endured the summer heat in Iowa to shoot an industrial film for the motor home company Winnebago. Between takes for an otherwise cheery Rv sales video, Rebney flubbed lines, shouted in frustration, and blurted obscenities, unknowingly contributing to a sizzle reel of hilarious proportions.
The VHS tape was copied countless times and swapped amongst friends until the introduction of YouTube in 2005, when Rebney’s profane outtakes truly went viral. But the video’s millions of viewers never knew Jack’s real name, instead dubbing him “The Angriest Man in the World” or simply Winnebago Man.
First time filmmaker Ben Steinbauer was one of the tape’s early disciples before a growing curiosity compelled him to embark on a mission to solve the video’s unanswered questions. Who was this man? Why was he so angry? Was he aware of his Internet celebrity status? And if so,...
The VHS tape was copied countless times and swapped amongst friends until the introduction of YouTube in 2005, when Rebney’s profane outtakes truly went viral. But the video’s millions of viewers never knew Jack’s real name, instead dubbing him “The Angriest Man in the World” or simply Winnebago Man.
First time filmmaker Ben Steinbauer was one of the tape’s early disciples before a growing curiosity compelled him to embark on a mission to solve the video’s unanswered questions. Who was this man? Why was he so angry? Was he aware of his Internet celebrity status? And if so,...
- 11/4/2010
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"ExTerminators" (2010)
Directed by John Inwood
Released by Image Entertainment
Also appearing on VOD, Heather Graham, Amber Heard and Jennifer Coolidge team up to launch a service that will permanently wipe away your exes from your address book (and life) under the cover of Coolidge's bug extermination business in this comedy from cinematographer-turned-director John Inwood.
"Bad Ass" (2009)
Directed by Adamo Cultraro
Released by Well Go USA
A hitman (Tom Sizemore) has a change of heart when his latest job leaves the nurse of an aging mob boss as the prime suspect in Adamo Cultraro's feature debut. Frank Stallone co-stars.
"Centurion" (2010)
Directed by Neil Marshall
Released by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Following "Doomsday," Marshall returns to Hadrian's Wall in England for the story of surviving group of Roman soldiers in 117 A.D., including Michael Fassbender, Dominic West and Liam Cunningham among their ranks, who defend...
"ExTerminators" (2010)
Directed by John Inwood
Released by Image Entertainment
Also appearing on VOD, Heather Graham, Amber Heard and Jennifer Coolidge team up to launch a service that will permanently wipe away your exes from your address book (and life) under the cover of Coolidge's bug extermination business in this comedy from cinematographer-turned-director John Inwood.
"Bad Ass" (2009)
Directed by Adamo Cultraro
Released by Well Go USA
A hitman (Tom Sizemore) has a change of heart when his latest job leaves the nurse of an aging mob boss as the prime suspect in Adamo Cultraro's feature debut. Frank Stallone co-stars.
"Centurion" (2010)
Directed by Neil Marshall
Released by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Following "Doomsday," Marshall returns to Hadrian's Wall in England for the story of surviving group of Roman soldiers in 117 A.D., including Michael Fassbender, Dominic West and Liam Cunningham among their ranks, who defend...
- 11/1/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Filed under: Documentaries
Thanks to the leak of impressively profane outtakes from the set of an '80s Winnebago sales video shoot, Jack Rebney became an unwitting VHS folk hero. Now, In the age of YouTube, Rebney has gone viral. Know to his legions of fans as the "Winnebago Man" or, if you prefer, "The Angriest Man in the World," his rants have seeped into pop culture, appearing everywhere from 'SpongeBob SquarePants' to 'Iron Man 2.'
And now, a documentary about Rebney. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer tracked down the former news producer to a mountaintop in Northern California to find out how Rebney felt about his unintentional celebrity. The resulting interaction with the acerbic but undeniably charismatic man forms the basis for the surprisingly poignant documentary, 'Winnebago Man.'
Since filming, the two have taken the documentary on the road, hitting film festivals and screenings around...
Thanks to the leak of impressively profane outtakes from the set of an '80s Winnebago sales video shoot, Jack Rebney became an unwitting VHS folk hero. Now, In the age of YouTube, Rebney has gone viral. Know to his legions of fans as the "Winnebago Man" or, if you prefer, "The Angriest Man in the World," his rants have seeped into pop culture, appearing everywhere from 'SpongeBob SquarePants' to 'Iron Man 2.'
And now, a documentary about Rebney. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer tracked down the former news producer to a mountaintop in Northern California to find out how Rebney felt about his unintentional celebrity. The resulting interaction with the acerbic but undeniably charismatic man forms the basis for the surprisingly poignant documentary, 'Winnebago Man.'
Since filming, the two have taken the documentary on the road, hitting film festivals and screenings around...
- 10/22/2010
- by Rick Mele
- Moviefone
By Sam Weisberg - September 12, 2010
[explicit] TV blooper reels are getting to be as routine a commodity as TV news itself. You've seen them all over YouTube: clips of well-groomed, airbrushed anchors and other media professionals sluffing lines, missing cues, losing their over-rehearsed cool on air, all while some abused and vengeful crew member keeps the cameras rolling. But somehow, it remains a perverse pleasure to gain access to these golden gaffes—especially when flagrant profanity is involved.
Perhaps no video of this sort is more popular than that of Jack Rebney, a former ad-man whose literal fifteen minutes of fame came from a highly circulated video of his botched Winnebago ad. Taped on a scorching hot, fly-infested day in 1988, the ad's film crew, partially outraged but mostly humored by Rebney's resulting fury, compiled an assortment of his best outtakes. They range from the standard impulsive reactions to messed-up lines (“They've developed a multi-functional bathroom,...
[explicit] TV blooper reels are getting to be as routine a commodity as TV news itself. You've seen them all over YouTube: clips of well-groomed, airbrushed anchors and other media professionals sluffing lines, missing cues, losing their over-rehearsed cool on air, all while some abused and vengeful crew member keeps the cameras rolling. But somehow, it remains a perverse pleasure to gain access to these golden gaffes—especially when flagrant profanity is involved.
Perhaps no video of this sort is more popular than that of Jack Rebney, a former ad-man whose literal fifteen minutes of fame came from a highly circulated video of his botched Winnebago ad. Taped on a scorching hot, fly-infested day in 1988, the ad's film crew, partially outraged but mostly humored by Rebney's resulting fury, compiled an assortment of his best outtakes. They range from the standard impulsive reactions to messed-up lines (“They've developed a multi-functional bathroom,...
- 9/11/2010
- by Screen Comment
- Screen Comment
It's a bridge week here at the ol' DVD announcement column. Those expecting word on Inception, Eclipse or even The A-Team will have to wait a little longer. Instead you get a chance to infuse your Netflix queues and Amazon shopping carts with some of the films from the festival circuit that opened quietly and at least one that hasn't even opened yet.
Theatrical
The choice of the week is, unquestionably, Kino's release of Ben Steinbauer's wonderful documentary Winnebago Man on November 2. Some of you may still have an old bootleg VHS of the Jack Rebney outtakes; the Winnebago salesman whose behind-the-scenes commercial flubs have become legendary. We're in the digital age now so you can revisit it all on YouTube, but Rebney was probably the first guy to deserve a "web redemption" on Tosh.O. Even better though, Steinbauer gave him one in feature film form. He tracked down Rebney,...
Theatrical
The choice of the week is, unquestionably, Kino's release of Ben Steinbauer's wonderful documentary Winnebago Man on November 2. Some of you may still have an old bootleg VHS of the Jack Rebney outtakes; the Winnebago salesman whose behind-the-scenes commercial flubs have become legendary. We're in the digital age now so you can revisit it all on YouTube, but Rebney was probably the first guy to deserve a "web redemption" on Tosh.O. Even better though, Steinbauer gave him one in feature film form. He tracked down Rebney,...
- 9/3/2010
- by Erik Childress
- Cinematical
Last night Smells Like Screen Spirit Executive Writer Don Simpson (Winnebago Man | Review) and I had the pleasure to attend the Winnebago Man homecoming screening at The Alamo Drafthouse S. Lamar in Austin, TX. Not only did we get to sit and enjoy the film with an Alamo Drafthouse crowd, but the filmmakers (Director: Ben Steinbauer, Producer: Joel Heller) were also in attendance to bring the documentary full-circle by introducing and holding a special Q&A after the screening. What made this Q&A so special you ask? Well, just as the Q&A was getting fired up, director Ben Steinbauer pulls out his mobile phone and calls up the legendary Winnebago Man himself, Jack Rebney. For those of you that are unaware of the man who is also known as 'The Angriest Man in the World"... Winnebago Man tells the story of an unlikely folk hero named Jack Rebney,...
- 8/23/2010
- by Dave Campbell
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Who is Jack Rebney?
After seeing Winnebago Man, I'm still not entirely sure. But in a way, not knowing Rebney may be a point of this documentary, which sheds barely a flicker of light on one of the Internet's most famous cult figures.
Rebney is better known as The World's Angriest Man, whose famously foul-mouthed rants during a 1989 taping of a Winnebago sales video have made him an Internet legend. In a collection of outtakes (compiled by the video crew without Rebney's knowledge), he leaves no F-bomb undropped and no Judeo-Christian deity unblasphemed, as he angrily curses at the heat, the flies, the crew and himself. Rebney's creative use of vulgar epithets borders on an art form, and his screw-this-job tirades have made him a hero to frustrated workers everywhere.
The outtakes began circulating via crudely copied VHS tapes in the early 1990s. When the Internet matured enough to allow...
After seeing Winnebago Man, I'm still not entirely sure. But in a way, not knowing Rebney may be a point of this documentary, which sheds barely a flicker of light on one of the Internet's most famous cult figures.
Rebney is better known as The World's Angriest Man, whose famously foul-mouthed rants during a 1989 taping of a Winnebago sales video have made him an Internet legend. In a collection of outtakes (compiled by the video crew without Rebney's knowledge), he leaves no F-bomb undropped and no Judeo-Christian deity unblasphemed, as he angrily curses at the heat, the flies, the crew and himself. Rebney's creative use of vulgar epithets borders on an art form, and his screw-this-job tirades have made him a hero to frustrated workers everywhere.
The outtakes began circulating via crudely copied VHS tapes in the early 1990s. When the Internet matured enough to allow...
- 8/20/2010
- by Don Clinchy
- Slackerwood
This weekend is a good weekend for Austin film. Austinite Ben Steinbauer’s Winnebago Man is having a limited theatrical run at the South Lamar and Ritz. He’s been getting some great press for his documentary about the most angry viral video in history; Michael Moore calls the film “One of the funniest documentaries ever made,” and Roger Ebert tweeted, “Holy shit, is this a fucking funny documentary.” He and the film’s subject, Jack Rebney, even got on The Tonight Show last month!
We’re very proud to support Austin filmmaking and show this great doc. But there’s also another Austin film we’re excited about presenting this weekend, a film that isn’t getting quite the wide promotion that Winnebago Man is. Bob Byington, the writer/director of last year’s Harmony And Me, is bringing his film [Rso] Registered Sex Offender to the Ritz this Sunday.
We’re very proud to support Austin filmmaking and show this great doc. But there’s also another Austin film we’re excited about presenting this weekend, a film that isn’t getting quite the wide promotion that Winnebago Man is. Bob Byington, the writer/director of last year’s Harmony And Me, is bringing his film [Rso] Registered Sex Offender to the Ritz this Sunday.
- 8/17/2010
- by Daniel Metz
- OriginalAlamo.com
Winnebago Man – Comes Home To Austin! This Weekend Join the Austin filmmakers for the theatrical premiere of the acclaimed comedy documentary, Winnebago Man! Friday night, August 20th, and Saturday night, August 21st at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar Screenings begin at 7:30 Pm both nights, followed by Q&As with Austin filmmakers Ben Steinbauer (director) and Joel Heller (producer). The star of the film, Jack Rebney, will join the audience by phone to answer questions. Afterwards, meet the filmmakers at the Highball next door to celebrate. The film will continue its initial one week run at the Alamo Ritz Sun-Thu, with nightly screenings, also followed by filmmaker Q&As. Seating is limited. Reserve your Advance tickets for Friday & Saturday. About the film: Winnebago Man tells the story of an unlikely folk hero named Jack Rebney, an 80-year-old curmudgeon, who The New Yorker describes as a cross between John Wayne, Robin Williams and a Royal Tenenbaum.
- 8/17/2010
- by Dave Campbell
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Director: Ben Steinbauer Writers: Malcolm Pullinger, Ben Steinbauer Starring: Jack Rebney, Ben Steinbauer, Keith Gordon, Nick Prueher, Joe Pickett, Douglas Rushkoff, Charlie Sotelo, Cinco Barnes, Alan Berliner, Mike Mitchell, Alexsey Vayner The bootleg VHS footage of an angry Rv salesman’s expletive-riddled rants rescued from the cutting room floor of a Winnebago commercial garnered cult acclaim via The Found Footage Festival and Austin’s infamous access television program The Show With No Name; then YouTube came along and skyrocketed the footage and the Rv salesman man, Jack Rebney (dubbed “the angriest man in the world”), to international stardom. Some fans boast to have watched the foul footage thousands of times, others claim it is their surefire cure to a bad day at work. No one seemed to care about the man himself (nor did Rebney care about his fan base); that is until writer-director Ben Steinbauer decided to make it...
- 8/4/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
There is like, nothing on TV tonight. I know that's said a lot around here, but usually what's meant is there's nothing on that's good. I mean it for real, the site I consult for TV listings has the shortest page I think I've ever seen on it and this is going to be shorter because they list a few shows I feel comfortable ignoring. (Unless there's a huge amount of WWE fans out there who are disappointed because I'm not mentioning that testosterone-laden soap opera. I'm happy to start doing so if you want. Just be prepared for the mocking I'm sure to do of a show prominently featuring a dance troupe wrestling gang called "The Nexus" facing off against a similar gang put together by a gentleman who runs around in jean shorts, a baseball cap, and no shirt, or so I surmise from the commercials.) So, um,...
- 7/22/2010
- by Intern Rusty
If we've learned nothing else from reality television, it's that as a culture we love watching people get hurt. Whether it's the slapstick physical pain delight of a Wiffleball bat to the baby batter blaster, the unabashed glee of seeing someone else's children crashing a runaway snow sled into a parked Datsun, or watching a sleazy gangsta wannabe crumple up when Maury tells him that he Is, in fact, the father, we live for that shit. It's these disposable moments we've all experienced one way or another that makes us laugh and feel a little better about our own empty and meaningless lives. Well, maybe not the paternity test, but you see where I'm coming from. We enjoy the punchline; we don't want the backstory. Nutshots are funny. We don't want to know the father ended up sterile and beat his resentment into his son until he grew up and joined the army.
- 7/21/2010
- by Brian Prisco
One could say the viral campaign for the blisteringly funny new doc "Winnebago Man" preceded even the Internet when the profane outtakes of Rv salesman Jack Rebney leaked out from the production of an industrial video during the '80s (you can see it here, millions of others have) and made their way out into the world on fuzzy VHS copies and eventually YouTube.
Soon, Rebney would be anointed the "world's angriest man" by the legions that discovered the video, including celebrity fans like Conan O'Brien and director Mike Mitchell (who would have Ben Affleck recite Rebney's most famous line, "would you do me a kindness" in "Surviving Christmas").
However, it would be one of Rebney's less famous admirers who would set out to discover that if the former Winnebago salesman is angry about anything these days, it's Dick Cheney, and while he remains quite the character, he's an emotionally...
Soon, Rebney would be anointed the "world's angriest man" by the legions that discovered the video, including celebrity fans like Conan O'Brien and director Mike Mitchell (who would have Ben Affleck recite Rebney's most famous line, "would you do me a kindness" in "Surviving Christmas").
However, it would be one of Rebney's less famous admirers who would set out to discover that if the former Winnebago salesman is angry about anything these days, it's Dick Cheney, and while he remains quite the character, he's an emotionally...
- 7/17/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
For me, the most interesting documentaries involve some sort of accident of fate. When the end result of a documentary, whatever it’s about, is pretty much what the filmmaker envisioned at the start, I’m not interested. You may end up with something great, and certainly something worth the time, but it’s never as brilliant an adventure, or (for me) as entertaining in terms of the world of filmcraft.
Winnebago Man doesn’t quite have the scope of accident that something like Capturing the Friedmans brings forward, but there is a certain twist that turns things into an entirely different film. That twist adds the oddity that probably kept director Ben Steinbauer interested enough to bother with a complete film.
The focus is on Jack Rebney, in case you don’t know him as Winnebago Man (or The Angriest Man on Earth), one of the earliest viral video legends.
Winnebago Man doesn’t quite have the scope of accident that something like Capturing the Friedmans brings forward, but there is a certain twist that turns things into an entirely different film. That twist adds the oddity that probably kept director Ben Steinbauer interested enough to bother with a complete film.
The focus is on Jack Rebney, in case you don’t know him as Winnebago Man (or The Angriest Man on Earth), one of the earliest viral video legends.
- 7/15/2010
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
It might seem counterintuitive to craft a feature-length documentary around a viral clip concerning one man's explicit outtakes during a 1989 industrial video production, but Winnebago Man director, producer and cowriter Ben Steinbauer has truly made an entertaining portrait with a complicated range of emotions:
Jack Rebney is the most famous man you've never heard of—an Rv salesman whose hilarious, foul-mouthed outbursts circulated underground on VHS tapes in the '90s before turning into a full-blown Internet phenomenon in 2005. Today, the "Winnebago Man" has been seen by more than 20 million people worldwide, and is regarded as one of the first and funniest viral videos. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer goes in search of Rebney—and finds him living alone on a mountain top, unaware of his fame. Winnebago Man is a laugh-out-loud look at viral culture and an unexpectedly poignant tale of one man's response to unintended celebrity.
While in New York for the film's premiere,...
Jack Rebney is the most famous man you've never heard of—an Rv salesman whose hilarious, foul-mouthed outbursts circulated underground on VHS tapes in the '90s before turning into a full-blown Internet phenomenon in 2005. Today, the "Winnebago Man" has been seen by more than 20 million people worldwide, and is regarded as one of the first and funniest viral videos. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer goes in search of Rebney—and finds him living alone on a mountain top, unaware of his fame. Winnebago Man is a laugh-out-loud look at viral culture and an unexpectedly poignant tale of one man's response to unintended celebrity.
While in New York for the film's premiere,...
- 7/13/2010
- GreenCine Daily
By: Scott Weinberg, reprinted from SXSW 3/18/09
There's a fine line between being laughed at and being laughed with -- especially in an "instant video" culture that seemingly loves to see people humiliate themselves on YouTube. But what are we laughing at, really? For example, check out the (extremely profane and Nsfw) video after the jump. I'll wait.
Ok, the man you just witnessed is one Jack Rebney, an average citizen who got caught on film while having a Very bad day on the job. Did the clip make you laugh? Was it the profanity? The frustration? The flies? And here's the question that interests me the most: As you watched Jack's meltdown, were you takingpleasure in his misery -- or were you able to empathize with Jack because you know exactly how he feels?
This is one of the themes that runs through Ben Steinbauer's excellent independent documentary Winnebago Man.
There's a fine line between being laughed at and being laughed with -- especially in an "instant video" culture that seemingly loves to see people humiliate themselves on YouTube. But what are we laughing at, really? For example, check out the (extremely profane and Nsfw) video after the jump. I'll wait.
Ok, the man you just witnessed is one Jack Rebney, an average citizen who got caught on film while having a Very bad day on the job. Did the clip make you laugh? Was it the profanity? The frustration? The flies? And here's the question that interests me the most: As you watched Jack's meltdown, were you takingpleasure in his misery -- or were you able to empathize with Jack because you know exactly how he feels?
This is one of the themes that runs through Ben Steinbauer's excellent independent documentary Winnebago Man.
- 7/11/2010
- by Cinematical staff
- Cinematical
I have this really funny video of my father. My family was on vacation in Aruba years ago. We were hanging out by the pool and we had brought one of those inflatable rafts. My father tried to get on it, and slipped off. Then tried again, and fell. Again and again and again. You'd think he'd covered himself in castor oil before he got in the pool or something. It's absurd. I have no doubt that if I put this video up on YouTube eventually thousands of people would watch it because -- trust me -- this video is funny. But I wouldn't do it because it might embarrass my dad or hurt his feelings (though I seem to think writing about it won't piss him off. Let's hope I'm right).
The people in the YouTube videos we pass around to our friends and co-workers are exactly that: people.
The people in the YouTube videos we pass around to our friends and co-workers are exactly that: people.
- 7/9/2010
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Jack Rebney in Winnebago Man
Photo: Kino International I'd never heard of Jack Rebney, a.k.a. "The Angriest Man in the World" or as he's now known, the "Winnebago Man." I'd never seen his foul-mouthed outtakes recorded while making a sales video for the Winnebago company back in 1989. The outtakes eluded me as they became a VHS phenomenon in the '90s and have since racked up millions of views on YouTube as the age of the Internet rolled around. However, I've now met Rebney in documentary filmmaker Ben Steinbauer's Winnebago Man, as he took it upon himself to find the man and see what's come of him. After all, he's an Internet phenomenon and it seems Steinbauer's hoping it's affected him greatly.
Winnebago Man has earned some notoriety on the festival circuit, but I have a hard time figuring out why. Rebney appears to be no different...
Photo: Kino International I'd never heard of Jack Rebney, a.k.a. "The Angriest Man in the World" or as he's now known, the "Winnebago Man." I'd never seen his foul-mouthed outtakes recorded while making a sales video for the Winnebago company back in 1989. The outtakes eluded me as they became a VHS phenomenon in the '90s and have since racked up millions of views on YouTube as the age of the Internet rolled around. However, I've now met Rebney in documentary filmmaker Ben Steinbauer's Winnebago Man, as he took it upon himself to find the man and see what's come of him. After all, he's an Internet phenomenon and it seems Steinbauer's hoping it's affected him greatly.
Winnebago Man has earned some notoriety on the festival circuit, but I have a hard time figuring out why. Rebney appears to be no different...
- 7/9/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
At 76, Jack Rebney speaks in rich, Orson Wellesian tones and has a gift for cursing that even the old master might have admired. Trained as a broadcaster but reduced, late in his career, to starring in in-house corporate videos, he's developed a peculiar persona: That of a quintessential disappointment artist. Rebney's extensive outtakes from a 1988 Winnebago marketing video suggest a man whose explosive reactions to the indignity of his predicament have taken on a performative zeal. Those outtakes, which became a hot commodity in the VHS underground before going viral on YouTube in 2005, inspired Winnebago Man, an earnest and occasionally poignant attempt to penetrate Rebney's potent man-on-fire image and explore the impact of becoming an Internet sideshow.
- 7/6/2010
- Movieline
In his debut documentary Winnebago Man, director Ben Steinbauer tracks down one of his heroes. You might think, Oh, his favorite baseball player from his youth? Or perhaps an astronaut? Or maybe simply his third-grade teacher? Nope, Steinbauer is not one to stick to such cliched notions of heroism - his idol is a cranky Rv salesman with a foul temper and a truck driver's way with words. Jack Rebney, aka Winnebago Man, is the star of a hilarious, viral-before-we-knew-what-viral-was VHS tape that made the rounds throughout the 90s, leaving nothing but fond admiration in its wake. (If you, like me, were not part of the circulation route, check out this trailer to get a sense of what Rebney's onscreen antics were all about. Warning: the language is, as they say, explicit and Nsfw.) With the onset of YouTube, fans of Winnebago Man could retire their outdated tapes in favor...
- 7/6/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
The “Star Wars” kid. The “Impossible Is Nothing” job applicant. The “Numa Numa” lip-syncher. These are the superstars of the Internet. But none, perhaps, are as famous as the Winnebago man, one of the earliest viral video celebrities, whose notorious, profanity-laden meltdown during an industrial film shoot for a 1989 line of RVs was passed around in the 1990s on VHS tape. And when YouTube launched in 2005, the motor-home salesman, aka “The Angriest Man in the World,” exploded online as well; his outburst has been seen by more than 20 million people worldwide.
Mesmerized by the clip, filmmaker Ben Steinbauer wonders about the effect of cyber celebrity on its stars — especially the unwilling ones — and sets out to find Jack Rebney, a quest more difficult than he expected. Experts on underground videos assume Rebney is long dead from an ulcer or heart attack. Eventually, Steinbauer hires a Pi and one day receives...
Mesmerized by the clip, filmmaker Ben Steinbauer wonders about the effect of cyber celebrity on its stars — especially the unwilling ones — and sets out to find Jack Rebney, a quest more difficult than he expected. Experts on underground videos assume Rebney is long dead from an ulcer or heart attack. Eventually, Steinbauer hires a Pi and one day receives...
- 7/5/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
July ushers in a wealth of high-profile docs that have garnered kudos on the festival circuit-both this year and in 2009. Winnebago Man, from Ben Steinbauer, is finally making its theatrical debut. The "Winnebago Man" in question--Jack Rebney, a pitch man and unwittingly star of a profanity-laced compilation video of outtakes from a commercial shoot--has achieved cult status, thanks to that video. Steinbauer sets out to find the man behind the outtakes, and when he achieves his goal, the journey begins-that labyrinthine relationship between filmmaker and subject, the filmmaker and ...
- 7/5/2010
- by twhite
- International Documentary Association
Who am I kidding? There is only one film to rule them all this month. After you’ve seen it your fifth time or it is sold out, here are nine other choices at the theater this month. Click the synopsis for the trailer.
See:
10.The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Turteltaub; July 14th)
Synopsis: Master sorcerer Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) recruits a seemingly everyday guy (Jay Baruchel) in his mission to defend New York City from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfed Molina).
Why You Should See It: Bruckheimer tried to recreate the Pirates feel with Prince of Persia and after that failed horribly, here is his second summer attempt with a better cast, a better idea and what looks to be a lot more fun.
9. Salt (Noyce; July 23rd)
Synopsis: When CIA officer Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) is called a spy by a Russian defector, she goes on the run, putting...
See:
10.The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Turteltaub; July 14th)
Synopsis: Master sorcerer Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) recruits a seemingly everyday guy (Jay Baruchel) in his mission to defend New York City from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfed Molina).
Why You Should See It: Bruckheimer tried to recreate the Pirates feel with Prince of Persia and after that failed horribly, here is his second summer attempt with a better cast, a better idea and what looks to be a lot more fun.
9. Salt (Noyce; July 23rd)
Synopsis: When CIA officer Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) is called a spy by a Russian defector, she goes on the run, putting...
- 6/30/2010
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
From July 13th to the 18th, the Just for Laughs Festival will hod its 14th edition of Just for Laughs Film in Montreal. Besides, The Cultural Post got wind of Just for Laughs Film's line-up.
First of all, speaking about Canadian feature films, there will be two ones: Alain Desrochers's Cabotins and Seth W. Owen’s Peepers. The first film stars Rémy Girard, Yves Jacques, Dorothée Berryman, Gilles Renaud and Pierre-François Legendre. It tells the story of a ruined ex-showman and actor who would like to get back in the world of burlesque theatre with his former colleagues and organize a tour. As for Peepers, it stars Joe Cobden, Paul Spence, Jessica Paré, Janine Theriault and Ricky Mabe. It tells the story of three men who sneak across Montreal's rooftops with binoculars. However, a young female student gives to these men a taste of their own game.
Furthermore, the...
First of all, speaking about Canadian feature films, there will be two ones: Alain Desrochers's Cabotins and Seth W. Owen’s Peepers. The first film stars Rémy Girard, Yves Jacques, Dorothée Berryman, Gilles Renaud and Pierre-François Legendre. It tells the story of a ruined ex-showman and actor who would like to get back in the world of burlesque theatre with his former colleagues and organize a tour. As for Peepers, it stars Joe Cobden, Paul Spence, Jessica Paré, Janine Theriault and Ricky Mabe. It tells the story of three men who sneak across Montreal's rooftops with binoculars. However, a young female student gives to these men a taste of their own game.
Furthermore, the...
- 6/11/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Kino International has done all you hard working men and women a kindness by releasing a safe-for-work trailer for Winnebago Man, the documentary that tells the story behind the story of Jack Rebney, a potty-mouthed man who gained found film fame after his salty-languaged outtakes from a instructional winnebago video he hosted for made their way online.
Read more on F-bomb free trailer for Winnebago Man…...
Read more on F-bomb free trailer for Winnebago Man…...
- 5/29/2010
- by James Wallace
- GordonandtheWhale
This isn't exactly new as I noticed the trailer for the documentary Winnebago Man being released by Kino International on July 9 a couple of weeks ago, but I am finally getting around to posting it for you all to enjoy.
Personally, I was not at all aware of Jack Rebney, but I guess that shouldn't come as much of a surprise as he is referred to in the marketing for this documentary as "the most famous man you've never heard of".
Rebney is an Rv salesman whose foul-mouthed outbursts circulated underground on VHS tapes in the '90s before turning into an Internet phenomenon in 2005. You may have actually seen it and didn't even know it. The not safe for work video included above is this once-underground video, just click play and see if you are familiar with the man referred to now as "Winnebago Man".
The Winnebago Man documentary...
Personally, I was not at all aware of Jack Rebney, but I guess that shouldn't come as much of a surprise as he is referred to in the marketing for this documentary as "the most famous man you've never heard of".
Rebney is an Rv salesman whose foul-mouthed outbursts circulated underground on VHS tapes in the '90s before turning into an Internet phenomenon in 2005. You may have actually seen it and didn't even know it. The not safe for work video included above is this once-underground video, just click play and see if you are familiar with the man referred to now as "Winnebago Man".
The Winnebago Man documentary...
- 5/27/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Jack Rebney is the most famous man you’ve never heard of — an Rv salesman whose hilarious, foul-mouthed outbursts circulated underground on VHS tapes in the 90s before turning into a full-blown Internet phenomenon in 2005.
Today, the “Winnebago Man” has been seen by more than 20 million people worldwide, and is regarded as one of the first and funniest viral videos. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer goes in search of Rebney — and finds him living alone on a mountain top, unaware of his fame. Winnebago Man is a laugh-out-loud look at viral culture and an unexpectedly poignant tale of one man’s response to unintended celebrity.
Today, the “Winnebago Man” has been seen by more than 20 million people worldwide, and is regarded as one of the first and funniest viral videos. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer goes in search of Rebney — and finds him living alone on a mountain top, unaware of his fame. Winnebago Man is a laugh-out-loud look at viral culture and an unexpectedly poignant tale of one man’s response to unintended celebrity.
- 5/23/2010
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
Do you recall the video of the Winnebago Man? It's the video of Rv salesman, Jack Rebney attempting to do a commercial. However, he spends most of the time pissed off spouting expletives and other things like, "Fuckin Flies! Get outta here ya god damn jackass!!" And I thought I cussed a lot... Well, whatever happened to that guy? The video blew up on Youtube, but no one bothered to find out where Rebney was. Until now... Here's an official synopsis and check out the poster...
- 5/20/2010
- by Niki Stephens
- JoBlo.com
If you are a person who has spent more than five minutes on the internet, chances are that you've heard of the "Winnebago Man." One of the most popular viral videos of all time, the clip features a man named Jack Rebney having a really bad day. All he wants to do is make a promotional video for recreational vehicles but simply can't get it done. What results is four minutes worth of outtakes with Rebney cursing like a sailor and acting like a five-year-old. Since it was first posted on YouTube four years ago, it has accumulated 1.6 million hits, and that's not even including remixes or copies. But who is Jack Rebney? That's the question director Ben Steinbauer set out to answer. The first trailer Winnebago Man has come online and the film looks just as funny as the viral video. Featuring people's reaction to the clip, the trials...
- 5/19/2010
- cinemablend.com
The film Winnebago Man traces a legacy of viral videos from the days of VHS tape trading to the early intersection of web videos and YouTube. Inspired by a montage of outtakes in which a motorhome pitchman curses wildly while making television commercials, documentarian Ben Steinbauer tracked down the man in the montage, Jack Rebney, and found a rather unique personality. Winnebago Man has been making festival rounds for over a year, but is just now poised to open in theaters across the Us this July. Now there is finally a trailer. You could say there was always a trailer, in the form of the original montage of Rebney's expletive-laden outbursts. But that only gives you part of the story. What you'll see in the trailer is a hint of the man Steinbauer discovered when he went looking for Rebney: a reclusive 80-year old who lives alone in a remote location,...
- 5/19/2010
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Back in the day (or, really, a number of days, nearly four years), I lived with three insane roommates, all of whom were obsessed with scouring the interwebs for funny videos. YouTube was like crack for them. They were Digg for me before I even knew what Digg was. Thanks to them, I have an awareness of all sorts of internet gems, but my favorite has long been Jack Rebney – the Winnebago Man.
Read more on First theatrical trailer for Winnebago Man…...
Read more on First theatrical trailer for Winnebago Man…...
- 5/19/2010
- by Kate Erbland
- GordonandtheWhale
I’m happy to see that one of my favorite films from last year’s fest circuit has found a home, Ben Steinbauer’s hilarious and touching doc, Winnebago Man. If you’re not familiar with the antics of his subject, Jack Rebney (a.k.a “The Angriest Man In The World”), then you’ll get a kick out of this. Kino will release the film July 9.
- 5/19/2010
- by Jason Guerrasio
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Kino International, the new distribution arm of recently formed Kino Lorber, has acquired U.S. rights to Ben Steinbauer's "Winnebago Man," a documentary about Rv salesman Jack Rebney.
The film will be released in July in New York, followed by a major market roll-out and a DVD release for the holidays.
"Winnebago Man," produced by Joel Heller, Malcolm Pullinger and Steinbauer, is presented by Bear Media in association with James Payne Media.
The deal was brokered by Josh Braun of Submarine Entertainment on behalf of the filmmakers and by Donald Krim, head of Kino International and co-president of Kino Lorber.
The film will be released in July in New York, followed by a major market roll-out and a DVD release for the holidays.
"Winnebago Man," produced by Joel Heller, Malcolm Pullinger and Steinbauer, is presented by Bear Media in association with James Payne Media.
The deal was brokered by Josh Braun of Submarine Entertainment on behalf of the filmmakers and by Donald Krim, head of Kino International and co-president of Kino Lorber.
- 3/12/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Were you lucky enough to catch the documentary Winnebago Man at SXSW this year? All the screenings sold out really quickly, and I never got to see it myself. After its world premiere at SXSW (complete with a real Winnebago, shown at right), the film hit the film-fest circuit, winning a half-dozen awards at festivals such as Cinevegas, Hot Docs in Toronto and the Traverse City Film Festival. Now it's returning to Austin for a sneak-preview fundraiser so the movie can be prepared for a wider, non-fest release.
You can see Winnebago Man on Tuesday, October 27 at the Monarch Events Center. This is a venue in the Lincoln Village strip mall, often used for conferences ... which used to be part of a four-screen theater complex, back in the day. A pre-screening reception starts at 7 pm, and the movie starts at 8, with a Q&A to follow. Admission is a minimum...
You can see Winnebago Man on Tuesday, October 27 at the Monarch Events Center. This is a venue in the Lincoln Village strip mall, often used for conferences ... which used to be part of a four-screen theater complex, back in the day. A pre-screening reception starts at 7 pm, and the movie starts at 8, with a Q&A to follow. Admission is a minimum...
- 10/19/2009
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
Every year in Toronto, the Hot Docs Film Festival [1] manages to assemble an exciting assortment of top-notch documentary films from around the world. This year was certainly no different, and a number of the movies have already picked up distribution deals and are well on their way to gaining mainstream attention. However, there are always plenty of diamonds in the rough as well, amazing films that sadly may never find the audience they deserve. So which upcoming documentaries are hits and which are near-misses? Read on for our full report from the 2009 Hot Docs Festival! Best Worst Movie When he was 11 years old, Michael Paul Stephenson was cast in a low budget horror movie called Troll 2. He, along with many of the other actors, thought that it would be their ticket to big time acting careers, but were shocked to find out afterward that the final product was a complete disaster.
- 5/27/2009
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
“Winnebago Man” brilliantly encapsulates the transformative power of the online video boom. Director Ben Steinbauer focuses on “one of the greatest swearers of all time,” the furious subject of a series of outtakes for a Winnebago promotional video, as both an example of viral media ramifications and a poignant character in his own right. The eponymous “Man,” a former broadcast journalist named Jack Rebney, existed for years in the public eye …...
- 3/20/2009
- Indiewire
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