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Fyre Fraud

Concert promoters and rapper Ja Rule advertise a high-end festival experience that fails spectacularly when they don't plan for the infrastructure to support the venue, artists and guests.

Director

Jenner Furst, Julia Willoughby Nason

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Mic,Billboard,The Cinemart

Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.hulu.com/movie/fyre-fraud-e47078f3-1c0e-49a8-9da9-c571a7a20fec

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Self - Founder, Fyre Festival

Billy McFarland

Self - Editor at Large, MIC

Self - Reporter, Bloomberg

Self - Venture Capitalist

Self - Writer, The New Yorker

Self - Social Media Strategist

Self - Partner, Geragos & Geragos

Self - Senior Editor, Propublica

Self - Billy McFarland's Attorney

Randall Jackson

Self - Billy McFarland's Girlfriend

Anastasia Eremenko-Berg

Self - Co-Founder, Fyre Festival

Self - Former Employee, Magnises

Self - VP of Marketing, Magnises

Self - Local Fixer, Fyre Festival

Self - Chief Reporter, Tribune News Network

Self - Senior Correspondent, Billboard

Self - Influencer

Self - Influencer

Self - Blogger

Self - Former Employee, Jerry Media

Self - Filmmaker

Michael Swaigen

Self - Event Producer, Fyre Festival

Daniel Goldstein

Self - Event Producer, Fyre Festival

Self - Local Fixer, Fyre Festival

Self - Event Producer, Fyre Festival

Self - Local Restaurant Owner

Donald Porsútt

Self - Local Worker, Fyre Festival

Self -Manager, Exuma Airport

Self - Writer, Psychologist

Maria Konnikova

Self - Singer

Self - Model

Themselves - Band

Self - Entrepreneur

Richard Branson

Self - Comedian

Self - Influencer

Self - 'This Could Be You' Partygoer

Cameron Davison

Self - 'Soho Grifter'

Self - Actor

Self - DJ

Self - Leader of the Medellín Cartel

Self - Host, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

Self - Model

Self - CEO & Founder, Theranos

Elizabeth Holmes

Self - Model

Self - Hedge Fund Executive

Self - Investor

Self - Rapper & Entrepreneur

Self - Model

Self - Host, Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Themselves - Band

Self - ABC News Correspondent

Self - Singer & Actress

Self - Singer

Self - Investor

Aubrey K. McClendon

Self - Billy McFarland's Mother

Irene McFarland

Self - Host, Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Self - Host, Conan

Self - Co-Founder, Jerry Media

James Ryan Ohliger

Self - ABC News Correspondent

Self - Host, Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero

Self - Co-Host, CBS This Morning

Self - Rapper

Self - Model

Self - Festival Attendee

Matthew Burton Spector

Self - Founder, Jerry Media

Self - Rapper

Self - Founder, Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg

Self

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MAN: The actual experience
exceeds all expectations - Fyre Fraud

MAN: The actual experience exceeds all expectations

All these things that may seem
big and impossible are not. - Fyre Fraud

All these things that may seem big and impossible are not.

JIA: The promo video was
perfectly generic fantasia - Fyre Fraud

JIA: The promo video was perfectly generic fantasia

It was nothing but backdrop,
like, montage‐friendly bliss. - Fyre Fraud

It was nothing but backdrop, like, montage‐friendly bliss.

EMILY: The boat is going across
the blue waters of the Exuma - Fyre Fraud

EMILY: The boat is going across the blue waters of the Exuma

DAVE: You see these super
models on jet skis - Fyre Fraud

DAVE: You see these super models on jet skis

OREN: Pablo Escobar's actually,
like, a criminal - Fyre Fraud

OREN: Pablo Escobar's actually, like, a criminal

And I was getting messages‐‐
again on Instagram‐‐ - Fyre Fraud

And I was getting messages‐‐ again on Instagram‐‐

[dramatic music] - Fyre Fraud

[dramatic music]

VICKIE: Kendall Jenner
is defining a generation. - Fyre Fraud

VICKIE: Kendall Jenner is defining a generation.

She can take a brand from zero awareness

CALVIN: By some accounts,
she gets paid $250,000 - Fyre Fraud

CALVIN: By some accounts, she gets paid $250,000

CALVIN: The point of Kendall's
post was to announce - Fyre Fraud

CALVIN: The point of Kendall's post was to announce

OREN: But there was this huge
meltdown on the Fyre side. - Fyre Fraud

OREN: But there was this huge meltdown on the Fyre side.

"No, hold on.
Hold on." - Fyre Fraud

"No, hold on. Hold on."

CALVIN: And so when she does
post about the Fyre Festival, - Fyre Fraud

CALVIN: And so when she does post about the Fyre Festival,

So the presupposition,
at least on social media, - Fyre Fraud

So the presupposition, at least on social media,

DAVE: Who would wanna miss
seeing Kanye in the Bahamas - Fyre Fraud

DAVE: Who would wanna miss seeing Kanye in the Bahamas

‐ I had influencers
begging to go - Fyre Fraud

‐ I had influencers begging to go

CALVIN: You're in Lower
Manhattan, - Fyre Fraud

CALVIN: You're in Lower Manhattan,

You got an election
that just upended - Fyre Fraud

You got an election that just upended

The thing that you're
absolutely focused on - Fyre Fraud

The thing that you're absolutely focused on

And so people are dying
to be a part of something - Fyre Fraud

And so people are dying to be a part of something

‐ People would message me
things like, - Fyre Fraud

‐ People would message me things like,

JAKE: And mind you,
this is January, - Fyre Fraud

JAKE: And mind you, this is January,

‐ Billy started panicking.
Billy's like, "No. Shit." - Fyre Fraud

‐ Billy started panicking. Billy's like, "No. Shit...

‐ Here's to living
like movie stars, - Fyre Fraud

‐ Here's to living like movie stars,

[laughter] - Fyre Fraud

I said, "Okay, can I have
some‐‐ - Fyre Fraud

I said, "Okay, can I have some‐‐

"Who didn't fuck got suck?
Who didn't suck - Fyre Fraud

"Who didn't fuck got suck? Who didn't suck

"Now as of tomorrow, - Fyre Fraud

"Now as of tomorrow,

They said,
"Delroy, sit down, man." - Fyre Fraud

They said, "Delroy, sit down, man."

We got this. We're straight.
We're good with this, man." - Fyre Fraud

We got this. We're straight. We're good with this,...

[dreamy ukulele music] - Fyre Fraud

[dreamy ukulele music]

Richard Branson has an island. - Fyre Fraud

Richard Branson has an island.

An island is a very
aspirational thing to own. - Fyre Fraud

An island is a very aspirational thing to own.

But in the Bahamas, - Fyre Fraud

But in the Bahamas,

Under a truncated time frame, - Fyre Fraud

Under a truncated time frame,

AVA: If any investors had
really done - Fyre Fraud

AVA: If any investors had really done

We're looking at a year of
planning and construction. - Fyre Fraud

We're looking at a year of planning and construction.

CALVIN: You don't buy
an island in February - Fyre Fraud

CALVIN: You don't buy an island in February

[swanky music] - Fyre Fraud

For Bahamians,
our hospitality‐‐ - Fyre Fraud

For Bahamians, our hospitality‐‐

CALVIN: It actually
has an airport; - Fyre Fraud

CALVIN: It actually has an airport;

It's just very barren
and just very concrete rubble. - Fyre Fraud

It's just very barren and just very concrete rubble.

CALVIN: When they posted
the photo of the island, - Fyre Fraud

CALVIN: When they posted the photo of the island,

If you Google
"Sandals Emerald Bay," - Fyre Fraud

If you Google "Sandals Emerald Bay,"

I'm seeing these things,
and it's like, - Fyre Fraud

I'm seeing these things, and it's like,

This is‐‐no way
this is going on." - Fyre Fraud

This is‐‐no way this is going on."

Like, a wedding planner would
have known, like, - Fyre Fraud

Like, a wedding planner would have known, like,

The scale of this project
was enormous, - Fyre Fraud

The scale of this project was enormous,

FELIX: When I was brought
onboard, - Fyre Fraud

FELIX: When I was brought onboard,

I don't know how they thought - Fyre Fraud

I don't know how they thought

And if it was gonna happen, - Fyre Fraud

And if it was gonna happen,

Some days, I came off the site - Fyre Fraud

Some days, I came off the site

NICK: I was brought on
to be a general store manager - Fyre Fraud

NICK: I was brought on to be a general store manager

I was sleeping an average
of three hours a night. - Fyre Fraud

I was sleeping an average of three hours a night.

JAKE: Another huge problem is
that the two weekends - Fyre Fraud

JAKE: Another huge problem is that the two weekends

[dramatic music] - Fyre Fraud

[dramatic music]

DONALD: We have the national
regatta going on. - Fyre Fraud

DONALD: We have the national regatta going on.

It'll be difficult to host - Fyre Fraud

It'll be difficult to host

[tense music] - Fyre Fraud

DELROY: And Ja Rule came down,
and he saw it for himself. - Fyre Fraud

DELROY: And Ja Rule came down, and he saw it for himself.

Is this festival gonna happen?
What'd you think?" - Fyre Fraud

Is this festival gonna happen? What'd you think?"

I was just like, "Ja, it's
really not gonna happen." - Fyre Fraud

I was just like, "Ja, it's really not gonna happen...

MAN: So Ja Rule didn't know
anything that was going on? - Fyre Fraud

MAN: So Ja Rule didn't know anything that was going on?

‐ I was in charge
of the festival, - Fyre Fraud

‐ I was in charge of the festival,

MAN: But he was there with you
on the island frequently. - Fyre Fraud

MAN: But he was there with you on the island frequently.

‐ I'm not gonna talk about - Fyre Fraud

‐ I'm not gonna talk about

CALVIN: And so they didn't
cancel the festival, - Fyre Fraud

CALVIN: And so they didn't cancel the festival,

And then people I knew,
you know, - Fyre Fraud

And then people I knew, you know,

But what I think Billy
figured out very quickly - Fyre Fraud

But what I think Billy figured out very quickly

And so ultimately, they just
said, "Well, it's sold out, - Fyre Fraud

And so ultimately, they just said, "Well, it's sol...

[pinging and beeping] - Fyre Fraud

[pinging and beeping]

We have two villas
available for this." - Fyre Fraud

We have two villas available for this."

‐ But those villas
did not exist‐‐ - Fyre Fraud

‐ But those villas did not exist‐‐

JIA: Billy might have very well
believed, you know, like, - Fyre Fraud

JIA: Billy might have very well believed, you know, like,

JAKE: In fact, very quickly
after the festival, - Fyre Fraud

JAKE: In fact, very quickly after the festival,

What they show is that
right around this time, - Fyre Fraud

What they show is that right around this time,

He's securing services - Fyre Fraud

He's securing services

He's sending screenshots
of a confirmation page - Fyre Fraud

He's sending screenshots of a confirmation page

All these really big artists - Fyre Fraud

All these really big artists

‐ And the information I'm
getting from them is, - Fyre Fraud

‐ And the information I'm getting from them is,

CALVIN: So I'm watching this
thing unfold from afar, - Fyre Fraud

CALVIN: So I'm watching this thing unfold from afar,

CALVIN: The Fyre app is a
booking app - Fyre Fraud

CALVIN: The Fyre app is a booking app

You'd swipe right and make
an offer on Coldplay, - Fyre Fraud

You'd swipe right and make an offer on Coldplay,

A very dear friend sent me
a term sheet - Fyre Fraud

A very dear friend sent me a term sheet

It was for a significant
amount of money‐‐ - Fyre Fraud

It was for a significant amount of money‐‐

But he was just indicating that - Fyre Fraud

But he was just indicating that

And that's really
when it turned from something - Fyre Fraud

And that's really when it turned from something

Fyre Fraud poster

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Concert promoters and rapper Ja Rule advertise a high-end festival experience that fails spectacularly when they don't plan for the infrastructure to support the venue, artists and guests.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Jenner Furst, Julia Willoughby Nason

Writer: Lana Barkin, Jenner Furst, Jed Lipinski

Production: Mic,Billboard,The Cinemart

Genre: documentary

Year: 2019

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 14 Jan 2019

Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.hulu.com/movie/fyre-fraud-e47078f3-1c0e-49a8-9da9-c571a7a20fec

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