Winnebago Man

When outtakes from a 20-year-old sales video for Winnebago autohomes made it onto YouTube, the presenter, Jack Rebney, became an unwitting internet sensation. Dubbed “the angriest man in the world”, Rebney’s hilarious, expletive-drenched outbursts have been downloaded by millions and widely quoted in Hollywood movies and TV shows. But who the man was and what happened to him remained a mystery. Filmmaker Steinhauber was intrigued enough to track Rebney to his isolated mountain cabin where he finds the 80-year-old as angry as ever, but also intelligent, humane and immensely engaging. Initially ambivalent about Steinhauber’s intrusion and rudely dismissive of the entire YouTube generation, the grumpy old man finally agrees to meet his young fans face to face. The resulting interaction provides a moving and memorable climax to an extremely entertaining film.