Fyre (film)

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This article is about the documentary. For other uses, see Fyre (disambiguation).
Fyre
File:Fyre poster.jpg
Promotional poster
Directed by Chris Smith
Produced by
Written by Chris Smith
Cinematography
  • Jake Burghart
  • Cory Fraiman-Lott
  • Henry Zaballos
Edited by
Production
company
Distributed by Netflix
Release dates
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  • January 18, 2019 (2019-01-18)
Running time
 97 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened is a 2019 American documentary film about Billy McFarland and the failed Fyre Festival of 2017. It was directed by Chris Smith, and produced by Danny Gabai and Mick Purzycki and was released on Netflix on January 18, 2019.[1]

Production

The film was co-produced by Jerry Media, the social media agency responsible for promoting the Fyre Festival and covering up the fraud, and MATTE Projects, the production company that directed the Fyre Festival's promotional shoot.[2][3][4][5] Jerry Media approached VICE with the idea of a documentary three months after the events.[6] According to Netflix, the documentary was Smith's idea.[7]

Reception

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In reviewing Fyre and Fyre Fraud, a similar documentary that premiered on Hulu, The A.V. Club stated that "Fyre is the stronger, more worthwhile documentary, but its counterpart is a helpful reminder that, like so many stories, one account can't contain the whole truth."[10]

In April 2019, Netflix reported that 20 million households had watched the film during its first month of release.[11]

On the 71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Fyre earned four nominations, Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special, Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program, Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera), and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera).[12]

See also

References

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External links

  • Fyre at IMDbLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Fyre on NetflixLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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