The Brown Bunny is a 2003 American inependent film written, produced and directed by actor Vincent Gallo about a motorcycle racer on a cross-country drive who is haunted by the memories of his former lover. It had its world premiere at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival to boos and catcalls. The film garnered a great deal of media attention due to the explicit sexual content of the film and due to a war of words between Gallo and film critic Roger Ebert, who stated that The Brown Bunny was the worst film in the history of Cannes, though he later gave a re-edited version of the film his signature "thumbs up".