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Fyre

Fyre

The greatest party that never happened.

20196.91h 38m

Overview

He promised supermodels and yachts, but delivered tents and cheese sandwiches. How one man engineered a music festival disaster.

Directed by Chris Smith
Written by Chris Smith
Produced by Danny Gabai, Chris Smith, Mick Purzycki
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Top Cast

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Billy McFarland

Self - Fyre Co-Founder (archive footage)

Ja Rule

Ja Rule

Self - Fyre Co-Founder (archive footage)

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Jason Bell

Self - Former NFL Player (archive footage)

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Gabrielle Bluestone

Self - Journalist, Vice News

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Shiyuan Deng

Self - Product Designer

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Michael Ciccarelli

Self - Software Engineer

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Mdavid Low

Self - Fyre Creative Director

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Samuel Krost

Self - Fyre Media

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Andy King

Self - Event Producer

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J.R.

Self - Former Fyre Employee

Themes & Keywords

fraudbased on true storymusic festivallawsuitdisasterfake trailerobservational documentaryfyrefake advertisement

About Fyre

Fyre is a documentary film released in 2019 exploring themes of fraud, based on true story, music festival, lawsuit, disaster, fake trailer. Directed by Chris Smith, it stars Billy McFarland, Ja Rule, Jason Bell. He promised supermodels and yachts, but delivered tents and cheese sandwiches. How one man engineered a music festival disaster.

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