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Film · 2021
Fake Famous
1h 26mRDirected by Nick Bilton
- Documentary
An unreal social experiment.
Explores the meaning of fame and influence in the digital age through an innovative social experiment. Following three Los Angeles-based people with relatively small followings, the film explores the attempts made to turn them into famous influencers by purchasing fake followers and bots to “engage” with their social media accounts.
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Cast
Christopher BaileySelf- Osiris BashirSelf
Justine BatemanSelf
Shannon DeeSelf- Dominique DruckmanSelf
- Liz EsweinSelf
- Sarah FrierSelf
- Wylie HeinerSelf
Taylor LorenzSelf- Carla Emilian OlivasSelf
- Alyssa ReederSelf
Baratunde ThurstonSelf
Details
- Director
- Nick Bilton
- Writer
- Nick Bilton
- Music
- Michael Abels
- Cinematography
- Barney Broomfield
- Editor
- Tom Maroney
- Producer
- Mary Recine, Annabelle Dunne, Nick Bilton
- Release
- February 2, 2021
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Rated
- R
- Language
- English
- Studio
- HBO Documentary Films
- TMDB score
- 7.0 / 10 from 46 votes
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