The Social Network

The Social Network is a 2010 drama film about the founding of the social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits. The film was directed by David Fincher and features a cast including Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Brenda Song, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Rashida Jones, Joseph Mazzello, and Rooney Mara.

Aaron Sorkin's screenplay adapts Ben Mezrich's 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires. Sorkin makes a cameo appearance as a would-be advertiser. Neither founder Mark Zuckerberg nor any other member of Facebook was involved with the project, although Eduardo Saverin was a consultant for Mezrich. The film was released in the United States by Columbia Pictures on October 1, 2010.

Is The Social Network the 100% true story of the creation of Facebook? Not likely, as none of the principal players agree on what exactly is the truth. What The Social Network does is lay out one interpretation of the events as they went down, without actually coming right out and saying who did what to whom. And what Sorkin and Fincher do with this tale told Rashomon style is make the audience alternate between feeling sympathy for and contempt toward the film's version of Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg as well as toward his ex-best friend and the first CFO of Facebook, Eduardo Saverin, and the Winklevoss twins who claimed Zuckerberg stole their idea and ran with it. By the end of the film, each player has had a chance to explain their side of the story and it's left up to the audience as to who is telling the version of the story closest to the truth.

The film received widespread acclaim, with numerous critics praising it for its editing, acting, score and screenplay. The Social Network appeared on 78 critics' top 10 list for 2010, of those critics 22 had the film in their number one spot. Rolling Stone's Peter Travers said "The Social Network is the movie of the year. But Fincher and Sorkin triumph by taking it further. Lacing their scathing wit with an aching sadness, they define the dark irony of the past decade." It received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (David Fincher), and Best Actor (Jesse Eisenberg), and won three for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Film Editing. It also won the Best Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe at the 68th Golden Globe Awards on January 16, 2011. The film also won the awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score, making it the film with the most wins of the night.


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