Winnebago Man

Cast aside any preconceived expectations you might have regarding this documentary and remember simply this: Winnebago Man is one of the best films you’re going to see all year.

"...might have regarding this documentary and remember simply this: Winnebago Man is one of the best films you’re going..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Happy Accidents

That a car crash of a video shoot turned viral is only half the story. What a long strange trip it's been for Winnebago Man.

"...Rebney took a gig shooting an industrial video for Winnebago. His job? To sing the praises, in that mellifluent..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

About Schmidt

"...himself or his home, Warren takes off in the Winnebago that he and his wife had planned to make..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Winn-Winn Situation

Why it's worth your while to attend tomorrow night's Winnebago Man fundraiser screening

"...infamous leaked outtakes of Rebney's foul-mouthed meltdown on a Winnebago video shoot and has been obsessed ever since. Funny..."

Oct. 26, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...All Made Up), plus you’ll-never-believe-this docs like Ben Steinbauer’s Winnebago Man and Michael Paul Stephenson’s Best Worst Movie (it’s..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film Flam

Winnebago Man Jack Rebney loses house in wildfire

"...Sad news from the Winnebago Man filmmaking team: Jack Rebney, the subject of Ben..."

Sept. 5, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Ben Steinbauer Commits Some Pink Collar Crimes

Winnebago Man director on his new CBS true crime show

"...Steinbauer became a festival favorite in 2009 with Winnebago Man, the bizarre tale of a commercial shoot for..."

Aug. 18, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film

Reviews and interviews

"...Winnebago ManDocumentary Feature, Spotlight Premieres D: Ben Steinbauer..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Love Connection

Michael Moore hearts Austin and two of its funniest filmmakers, Bob Byington and Ben Steinbauer

"...will be announced soon.) Meanwhile, Steinbauer will be screening Winnebago Man, his cheeky documentary about the so-called angriest man..."

July 24, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Watchmen

Three documentaries shine a light on playing to the audience

"...days of the year spent behind bars. Ben Steinbauer's Winnebago Man documents his attempts to track down Jack Rebney,..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

So You Want to Buy an RV

Purchasing tips from two "Day Trips" pros

"...Shark Tank but quickly moved to the more practical Winnebago Travato her girlfriend had purchased...."

Aug. 21, 2020 Features Feature by Patty and Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

Over neighbors' objections, BFI plans to relocate its recycling center to a site adjacent to the Kensington Park Community.

"...a new facility in an industrial park at 4711 Winnebago Lane near Burleson Road, north of the Kensington Park..."

Sept. 15, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Day Trips: Jack Sisemore RV Museum, Amarillo

Journey through the history of American road-tripping

"...In 1978, Sisemore opened the first Winnebago dealership in Texas after renting motor homes and travel..."

July 8, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Leisure Seeker

Mirren and Sutherland reunite for a painful road trip.

"...her dementia-addled husband (Sutherland) in their monstrously sized, fumes-belching Winnebago dubbed “The Leisure Seeker.”..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Family Fang

Jason Bateman directs and co-stars in this dark comedy

"...for a hasty vacation the next day in a Winnebago that’s later found abandoned and soaked in blood, the..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

One in a Crowd: 'Calls to Okies'

Local documentarian Bradley Beesley hunts down prank callers

"...tape trading, fellow Oklahoma-to-Austin transplant Ben Steinbauer, director of Winnebago Man, to explore the mystery of the man (or..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kickstart Your Wednesday with 'Bad Guy #2'

Chris McInroy 'goredy' celebrates the under-underling

"...by Berndt Mader (5 Time Champion) and Ben Steinbauer (Winnebago Man). He's already got cast on board, including Kirk..."

March 19, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Day Trips

RV Museum in Amarillo shows how Americans take the edge off of roughing it

"...Kampcar on a Model T chassis to the first Winnebago Itasca. Along the way we visit pop-up tents, shiny..."

March 7, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

2010 Screens Top 10s

"...Let Me In, Winnebago Man, Restrepo ACTING KUDOS (MALE)..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Backing 'Black'

The Austin Film Critics Association announces 2010 awards

"...Best Austin Film: Ben Steinbauer, Winnebago Man..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Easy A

The Scarlet Letter is refitted for the app age in this winning high school comedy.

"...brimming with Internet-inspired entertainments, from the absorbing late-summer documentaries Winnebago Man and Catfish to narrative features like the end-is-nigh..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Found Footage Festival finds its way back to Austin

Dig public access, training tutorials, and Eighties' workout videos?

"...Fans of Austinite Ben Steinbauer's Winnebago Man will recognize hosts (and founders) of the traveling..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Race to Witch Mountain

In this updated remake of the beloved Disney series of family movies, two siblings with supernatural powers seek refuge with a cabbie and a UFO specialist.

"...awesome (there's just no other word for it) green-pinstriped Winnebago, with villians Ray Milland and Donald Pleasence in hot..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Cops to Seth Rogen and More

SXSW Film announces the premiere of a new Seth Rogen comedy, as well as new panelist and docs

"...“Winnebago Man” – Jack Rebney is the most famous man..."

Jan. 12, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Trailer Tales

Postscripts

"...and with the money I've just purchased a 1980 Winnebago motorhome. I've hired a graphics guy to do some..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Contact

Carl Sagan's novel about the celestial mysteries is embodied onscreen by Jodie Foster as the astronomer heroine and Matthew McConaughey as her spiritual counterpart from the other side of the fence

"...Righters speculating about the aliens' “values”; millennialist loons holding Winnebago rallies in the desert; and panels of inquisitors grilling..."

July 11, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Tin Cup

"...rainbow sprinkle donuts and drinking beer in the squalid Winnebago he calls home.) And last, but definitely not least,..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Chasing the Story of Chop & Steele

Ben Steinbauer and Berndt Mader tell a goofy First Amendment story

"...since they had been part of his 2010 documentary Winnebago Man. Yet Chop & Steele centers on a different..."

May 10, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Council: They Saw the Light!

Only 101 agenda Items to go until Christmas

"...to place a 9.4-acre urban farm at the city-owned Winnebago Lane property near the corner of East St. Elmo..."

Dec. 7, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

That Wild Man

Gary Cartwright: The mad, mad, mad life of a Texas wordsmith

"...(as Kid Blue), Mad Dog showed up with a Winnebago and a smaller van festooned with Mad Dog Productions..."

June 26, 2015 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

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