The Social Network

The Social Network is a film released by Columbia Pictures on October 1, 2010. The movie is an adaptation scripted by Aaron Sorkin ("The West Wing", Charlie Wilson's War), which explores the formation of Facebook. The movie follows the climb to success and the dissolution of the friendship between the Facebook founders Edouardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg.http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2009/06/24/facebook-uploads-to-the-big-screen-we-cast-for-the-role-of-founder-mark-zuckerberg/

The movie is based on the book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale Of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal by author Ben Mezrich. In his book, Mezrich reveals the story of the founding of the social networking website Facebook.http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2009/06/24/facebook-uploads-to-the-big-screen-we-cast-for-the-role-of-founder-mark-zuckerberg/

The film follows the rise of Facebook and the troubles that develop between Zuckerberg and his once good friend and co-founder Eduardo Saverin. Though no one from Facebook was consulted on the movie, Eduardo Saverin is credited as a consultant on Mezrich's book.http://frrl.wordpress.com/2010/01/02/the-accidental-billionaires-the-founding-of-facebook-a-tale-of-sex-money-genius-and-betrayal/

The Social Network was nominated for six 2011 Golden Globe Awards. The award winners were announced on January 16, 2011. The Golden Globes were broadcast on NBC live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel from 8-11 (EST).http://www.goldenglobes.org/timetable/15 The Golden Globe Awards received by the movie include the following:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/una-lamarche/golden-globes-2011-live-b_b_809693.html

• Best Motion Picture - Drama
• Best Director - Motion Picture - David Fincher
• Best Screenplay - Motion Picture - Aaron Sorkin
• Best Original Score - Motion Picture - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Other nominations received by The Social Network included aJesse Eisenberg's nod for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama and Andrew Garfield's inclusion on the list for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture.http://www.goldenglobes.org/blog/2010/12/the-68th-annual-golden-globe-awards-nominations/

Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler WInklevoss and Divv Narendra started a project at Harvard University in November 2003. Their goal was to create a web-based interlinking of social networks between colleges called ConnectU. They invited Mark Zuckerberg to join the project. In 2004, Zuckerberg left to launch his own website called Facebook.http://pulse2.com/2009/02/11/cameron-winklevoss-tyler-winklevoss-divya-narendra-of-connectu-get-65-million-lawsuit-settlement-from-facebook/

The Winklevoss brothers state that they were stunned when Zuckerberg ditched them and founded Facebook on his own, and on September 2, 2004 they launched a lawsuit against Facebook and Zuckerberg.http://scriptshadow.blogspot.com/2009/07/social-network-facebook-movie.html In 2009, the lawsuit was settled when the Winklevoss brothers and Narendra received $65 million in settlement.http://pulse2.com/2009/02/11/cameron-winklevoss-tyler-winklevoss-divya-narendra-of-connectu-get-65-million-lawsuit-settlement-from-facebook/

• Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
• Justin Timberlake as Napster co-founder/Facebook president Sean Parker
• Andrew Garfield as Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin
• Armie Hammer as co-founder of ConnectU Cameron Winklevoss
• Josh Pence as co-founder of ConnectU Tyler Winklevoss
• Joseph Mazzello as Dustin Moskovitz
• Rooney Marra as Erica
• Malese Jow as Alicehttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/