He promised supermodels and yachts, but delivered tents and cheese sandwiches. How one man engineered a music festival disaster.
This 2019 documentary directed by Chris Smith dissects the spectacular collapse of a luxury music festival that promised yachts and supermodels but delivered chaos. Pieced together from behind-the-scenes footage and firsthand accounts, it traces how relentless marketing and unchecked ambition outran reality. The tone is part cautionary tale, part darkly comic spectacle, probing themes of social-media hype, fraud, and the gap between branding and substance. Holding a MagicMovieScore of 6.9, it appeals to viewers drawn to true-story exposes, scandal-driven nonfiction, and stories about modern influence culture run amok.
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Billy McFarland
Self - Fyre Co-Founder (archive footage)

Ja Rule
Self - Fyre Co-Founder (archive footage)
Jason Bell
Self - Former NFL Player (archive footage)
Gabrielle Bluestone
Self - Journalist, Vice News
Shiyuan Deng
Self - Product Designer
Michael Ciccarelli
Self - Software Engineer
Mdavid Low
Self - Fyre Creative Director
Samuel Krost
Self - Fyre Media
977 ratings. The score is reasonably stable but could shift up to 0.09 as more ratings come in.
Why we're confident →Release Date
January 18, 2019
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Documentary
Director