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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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[tense music building] - Fyre Fraud

[tense music building]

[crickets chirping] - Fyre Fraud

[crickets chirping]

MAN: The actual experience
exceeds all expectations. - Fyre Fraud

MAN: The actual experience exceeds all expectations.

CALVIN: You see a music
festivalc - Fyre Fraud

CALVIN: You see a music festivalc

There was music,
private planes, - Fyre Fraud

There was music, private planes,

It really didn't matter that
these guys may be waifs, - Fyre Fraud

It really didn't matter that these guys may be waifs,

So when an opportunity
presents itself - Fyre Fraud

So when an opportunity presents itself

[laughing] Never been
so happy in my life - Fyre Fraud

[laughing] Never been so happy in my life

I mean, everyone's supposed
to be here, - Fyre Fraud

I mean, everyone's supposed to be here,

OREN: Fyre Festival was
supposed to be - Fyre Fraud

OREN: Fyre Festival was supposed to be

DANIEL: The whole thing is
wrapped in sex appeal. - Fyre Fraud

DANIEL: The whole thing is wrapped in sex appeal.

It's in the Bahamas
on a private island - Fyre Fraud

It's in the Bahamas on a private island

SETH: There was swimming
with pigs - Fyre Fraud

SETH: There was swimming with pigs

It was gonna be
an immersive experience - Fyre Fraud

It was gonna be an immersive experience

JESSE: Exclusivity with
unbelievable access - Fyre Fraud

JESSE: Exclusivity with unbelievable access

JIA: People spent tens
of thousands of dollars - Fyre Fraud

JIA: People spent tens of thousands of dollars

STEWARD: ...and your seats in
their upright position. - Fyre Fraud

STEWARD: ...and your seats in their upright position.

AUSTIN: We were all packed into
a yellow school bus, - Fyre Fraud

AUSTIN: We were all packed into a yellow school bus,

Oh, Jesus.
‐ [laughing] - Fyre Fraud

Oh, Jesus. ‐ [laughing]

SETH: There were Amazon
boxes everywhere - Fyre Fraud

SETH: There were Amazon boxes everywhere

AVA: You can party like
an Instagram model - Fyre Fraud

AVA: You can party like an Instagram model

SETH: You know, like, - Fyre Fraud

SETH: You know, like,

At one point, a guy was just
standing - Fyre Fraud

At one point, a guy was just standing

REPORTER: Billy McFarland
created the festival - Fyre Fraud

REPORTER: Billy McFarland created the festival

‐ We took a big jump here
and a big risk - Fyre Fraud

‐ We took a big jump here and a big risk

REPORTER: Okay.
‐ So, - Fyre Fraud

REPORTER: Okay. ‐ So,

POLLY: If you ever see
videos of him, - Fyre Fraud

POLLY: If you ever see videos of him,

‐ So it's a community‐oriented
payment tool - Fyre Fraud

‐ So it's a community‐oriented payment tool

‐ It's like the ultimate
used‐car salesman. - Fyre Fraud

‐ It's like the ultimate used‐car salesman.

CALVIN: You're sitting
there saying, like, - Fyre Fraud

CALVIN: You're sitting there saying, like,

MAN: For people who don't
know what Fyre is, - Fyre Fraud

MAN: For people who don't know what Fyre is,

Uh, welcome.
[laughs] - Fyre Fraud

Uh, welcome. [laughs]

I mean, that...
[chuckles] - Fyre Fraud

I mean, that... [chuckles]

‐ I see Fyre Fest
as this big snowball - Fyre Fraud

‐ I see Fyre Fest as this big snowball

Fyre Fest is all of these
things zooming - Fyre Fraud

Fyre Fest is all of these things zooming

CALVIN: The cacophony of sound
that they were able to create - Fyre Fraud

CALVIN: The cacophony of sound that they were able to create

VICKIE: What Fyre Festival did
prove - Fyre Fraud

VICKIE: What Fyre Festival did prove

BEN: While social media
was their tool, - Fyre Fraud

BEN: While social media was their tool,

REPORTER: Fyre Festival
trending along with the hashtag - Fyre Fraud

REPORTER: Fyre Festival trending along with the hashtag

‐ Some people are calling it
rich people's problems. - Fyre Fraud

‐ Some people are calling it rich people's problems.

JIA: People like to see rich
millennials get scammed. - Fyre Fraud

JIA: People like to see rich millennials get scammed.

And Erielle, you got a comment
from the lawyer - Fyre Fraud

And Erielle, you got a comment from the lawyer

They consider themselves able
to prosecute anything, - Fyre Fraud

They consider themselves able to prosecute anything,

JAKE: Billy McFarland's
attorneys - Fyre Fraud

JAKE: Billy McFarland's attorneys

"He is the most inspiring
and motivating person - Fyre Fraud

"He is the most inspiring and motivating person

I‐‐I do my best to support him. - Fyre Fraud

I‐‐I do my best to support him.

I think he did really want
that festival to happen, - Fyre Fraud

I think he did really want that festival to happen,

I think it's really easy to play Monday morning quarterback - Fyre Fraud

I think it's really easy to play Monday morning...

And, like, it sounds crazy,
but so many things - Fyre Fraud

And, like, it sounds crazy, but so many things

And everybody fully believed - Fyre Fraud

And everybody fully believed

We're all like,
"Whatever it takes, - Fyre Fraud

We're all like, "Whatever it takes,

You can become the biggest,
buzziest company in the world, - Fyre Fraud

You can become the biggest, buzziest company in the world,

Because, like,
why couldn't you do it? - Fyre Fraud

Because, like, why couldn't you do it?

[dial‐up modem ringing] - Fyre Fraud

[dial‐up modem ringing]

JIA: The millennial
understanding of the world - Fyre Fraud

JIA: The millennial understanding of the world

[screaming and gunfire] - Fyre Fraud

[screaming and gunfire]

There are people who...
[overlapping shouting] - Fyre Fraud

There are people who... [overlapping shouting]

And Billy McFarland
is the person that - Fyre Fraud

And Billy McFarland is the person that

COMPUTERIZED VOICE: "I am Billy
McFarland's mother, - Fyre Fraud

COMPUTERIZED VOICE: "I am Billy McFarland's mother...

"As a child, Billy was always
ahead of the curve. - Fyre Fraud

"As a child, Billy was always ahead of the curve.

"He walked and talked
well before the norm, - Fyre Fraud

"He walked and talked well before the norm,

I was put next to, uh,
a girl who I had a crush on. - Fyre Fraud

I was put next to, uh, a girl who I had a crush on.

I said, "If you give me a
dollar, I'll fix your crayon." - Fyre Fraud

I said, "If you give me a dollar, I'll fix your cr...

I changed the password and,
like, - Fyre Fraud

I changed the password and, like,

[funky electronic music] - Fyre Fraud

[funky electronic music]

No one really told you
what was right or wrong. - Fyre Fraud

No one really told you what was right or wrong.

JESSE: As this young man
is growing up, - Fyre Fraud

JESSE: As this young man is growing up,

MAN: The information
technology revolution: - Fyre Fraud

MAN: The information technology revolution:

‐ To pass the time, - Fyre Fraud

‐ To pass the time,

BILLY: My first real company
when I was in fifth grade - Fyre Fraud

BILLY: My first real company when I was in fifth grade

I'm talking to people, like,
entirely across the world - Fyre Fraud

I'm talking to people, like, entirely across the world

I would pick up the phone and
just never say how old I was‐‐ - Fyre Fraud

I would pick up the phone and just never say how old I was‐‐...

COMPUTERIZED VOICE:
"Billy has been gifted - Fyre Fraud

COMPUTERIZED VOICE: "Billy has been gifted

Bucknell had this, like,
pitch competition, - Fyre Fraud

Bucknell had this, like, pitch competition,

MAN: You just found
a hilarious video, - Fyre Fraud

MAN: You just found a hilarious video,

‐ Spling was basically - Fyre Fraud

‐ Spling was basically

‐ I'm Billy McFarland,
the CEO of Spling. - Fyre Fraud

‐ I'm Billy McFarland, the CEO of Spling.

I don't know if you've ever
seen the video from demo day, - Fyre Fraud

I don't know if you've ever seen the video from de...

[awkward music] - Fyre Fraud

[awkward music]

After that, we were urged
to explore - Fyre Fraud

After that, we were urged to explore

We moved to New York,
and we were just so concerned - Fyre Fraud

We moved to New York, and we were just so concerned

What's the next step?" - Fyre Fraud

What's the next step?"

JIA: All of the pillars
of upward mobility - Fyre Fraud

JIA: All of the pillars of upward mobility

REPORTER: More millennials
are living with parents - Fyre Fraud

REPORTER: More millennials are living with parents

JIA: You can't buy a house
and settle down - Fyre Fraud

JIA: You can't buy a house and settle down

There is the rise
of this, like, - Fyre Fraud

There is the rise of this, like,

CALVIN: There are fewer and
fewer jobs where people can - Fyre Fraud

CALVIN: There are fewer and fewer jobs where people can

JAKE: This is what was
happening, - Fyre Fraud

JAKE: This is what was happening,

BILLY: I was literally
at dinner with friends - Fyre Fraud

BILLY: I was literally at dinner with friends

And I'm like, "Wow, like, what
if I could make these cooler?" - Fyre Fraud

And I'm like, "Wow, like, what if I could make the...

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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