Fyre (2019)

An exclusive behind the scenes look at the infamous unraveling of the Fyre music festival.

Director:

Chris Smith

Stars:

Billy McFarland, Jason Bell, Gabrielle Bluestone

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Billy McFarland	...	Himself - Fyre Co-Founder (archive footage)
Jason Bell	...	Himself - Former NFL Player (archive footage)
Gabrielle Bluestone	...	Herself - Journalist, Vice News
Shiyuan Deng	...	Herself - Product Designer
Ja Rule	...	Himself - Fyre Co-Founder (archive footage)
Michael Ciccarelli	...	Himself - Software Engineer
Mdavid Low	...	Himself - Fyre Creative Director (as MDavid Low)
Samuel Krost	...	Himself - Fyre Media
Andy King	...	Himself - Event Producer
J.R.	...	Himself - Former Fyre Employee
Brett Kincaid	...	Himself - Director, Matte Projects
Mick Purzycki	...	Himself - CEO, Jerry Media
James Ohliger	...	Himself - Jerry Media
Grant Margolin	...	Himself - Fyre Marketing Director (archive footage)
Keith van der Linde	...	Himself - Pilot / Logistics (as Keith)

Storyline

An exclusive behind the scenes look at the infamous unraveling of the Fyre music festival.

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Taglines:

The Greatest Party That Never Happened.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 January 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fyre

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jerry Media, Library Films, Vice Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mary Ann Rolle set up a GoFundMe to help pay her staff. It reached $260000 in the first 9 days.

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Quotes

Himself - Event Producer: I got to his office, fully prepared to suck his dick.

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Connections

References Patriots Day (2016)

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Soundtracks

PROCEDURAL
By Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and New Regency Productions, Inc.

User Reviews

An insight into the inner workings of a complete disaster.

"Fyre" does an excellent job of showing how this "festival" grew from infancy to a complete utter disaster. It incorporates first hand accounts of events that transpired, and delves into the scope of how messed up this whole thing was.

It starts with the facade being fabricated through social media influencers and the logical progression that the "clout" those people had to manufacture hype for something. This definitely is somewhat of a social commentary on the current state of social media, and the actual power of it. I think they said something like 400 influencers posted about this festival to create hype, and it succeeded. But the smoke and mirrors will only get you so far, and the collapse of the entire endeavor is fulfilling to watch, yet sad to the people it ruined in its wake (The Bahamians, for example, that grinded without pay).

The pacing was great, the build up was phenomenal, and the collapse was inevitable. Overall this is a good symposium of how ideas in this day in age aren't enough, and deception can't fix anything.

This one is great for learning about the inner part of Fyre, where Hulu delves more into the 3rd party perspective/social media influence.