[19], Community Rowing Inc. held a casting call and a tryout for 20 rowing extras; some were graduates from Harvard, Northeastern University, Boston University, George Washington University, and Trinity College, as well as local club rowers from Union Boat Club and Riverside Boat Club. List of The Social Network characters, along with pictures when available. [1], The film was released in theaters in the United States on the weekend of October 1–3, 2010. But Fincher and Sorkin triumph by taking it further. If you're asking yourself, "What are the character's names in The Social Network?" He relents when Zuckerberg reveals that they have secured $500,000 from angel investor Peter Thiel. I'm a fan of Sorkin, but #tsn is anti-geek and misogynistic. That system is a tax on innovation and creativity. On June 1, 2010, it was announced that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross would score the film. The Social Network. In its first week of release, DVD sales totaled $13,470,305 and it was the number-one-sold DVD of the week. [3] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Zuckerberg approaches his friend Eduardo Saverin with an idea for Thefacebook, a social networking website that would be exclusive to Ivy League students. Absolutely not—the code for Facebook was his, and the "idea" of a social network is not a patent. Find movie and film cast and crew information for The Social Network (2010) - David Fincher on AllMovie The plot of the book/script unabashedly attacked [Zuckerberg], but I actually felt like a lot of his positive qualities come out truthfully in the trailer (soundtrack aside). [28] (Harvard has turned down most requests for on-location filming ever since the filming of Love Story (1970), which caused significant physical damage to trees on campus. I'd go to Boston, or we'd meet in New York and kind of compare notes and share information, but I didn't see the book until he was done with it. ... special effects foreman. Its finds the loquacious scribe at his best, with all the verbal takedowns [...] and rapid-fire back-and-forths we’ve come to expect (and, more often than note, love) from him. At the end of the day, they cannot help but portray him as the driven, forward-thinking genius that he is. [70] The DVD includes an audio commentary with director David Fincher, and a second commentary with writer Aaron Sorkin and the cast. [4] The film was shot on the Red One digital cinema camera. After traffic to the site crashes parts of Harvard's computer network, Zuckerberg is given six months of academic probation. "It's Really Fucking Good. Saverin and Zuckerberg meet fellow student Christy Lee, who asks them to "Facebook me", a phrase that impresses them. Production of the film began in 2009, when Eisenberg, Timberlake, and Garfield were all announced to star. "In real life, he [Zuckerberg] was just sitting around with his friends in front of his computer, ordering pizza", she declared. Vote for Your Faves for the Hollywood Awards", "Facebook movie screenplay reportedly doesn't suck | The Social – CNET News", "Movie depicts seamy life of Facebook boss", "Kevin Spacey Says 'The Social Network' Will Be 'A Lot Funnier' Than You Think", "Mark Zuckerberg rejects his portrayal in 'The Social Network, "Dustin Moskovitz's answer to What does Dustin Moskovitz think of The Social Network? He has since raised a $9 million series A round of funding from investors (including Peter Thiel and … special effects technician (as Christian F. Eubank) Brandon K. McLaughlin. [20], Casting began in mid-2009, with Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, and Andrew Garfield announced to star. Emma Fitzpatrick Sharon. [34] Although a significant portion of the latter half of the film is set in Silicon Valley, the filmmakers opted to shoot those scenes in Los Angeles and Pasadena. [68], In 2018, IndieWire writers ranked the script the fourth best American screenplay of the 21st century, with Michael Nordine arguing that "everything came together nearly perfectly on the film, thanks in large part to Aaron Sorkin’s Oscar-winning screenplay. Directed by: David Fincher. [76] The film also won the "Hollywood Ensemble Award" from the Hollywood Film Awards. Lacing their scathing wit with an aching sadness, they define the dark irony of the past decade. Did he steal any other "property"? It debuted at No. [103] Another Facebook film may be produced, as Sheryl Sandberg has signed a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to develop her 2013 book Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, into a movie. The Social Network's twins aren't exactly evil, but they're still the pantomime villains of the piece, and the double-butt of the jokes. of entitled Harvard undergraduates is completely missed by Sorkin. The Social Network – review. Cast Jesse Eisenberg Mark Zuckerberg Justin Timberlake Sean Parker Andrew Garfield Eduardo Saverin Armie Hammer Cameron Winklevoss Max Minghella Divya Narendra Josh Pence Tyler Winklevoss Brenda Song Christy Rashida Jones Marilyn Delpy Joseph Mazzello Dustin Moskovitz John Getz Sy David Selby Gage Denise Grayson Gretchen Douglas Urbanski Larry Summers At the 83rd Academy Awards, it received eight nominations, including for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Eisenberg, and won three: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Film Editing. [47] The second teaser was released on July 8. [23] In October 2009, Brenda Song, Rooney Mara, Armie Hammer, Shelby Young, and Josh Pence were cast. Among the film's very few negative reviewers were Nathan Heller of Slate.com, who described it as "rote and deeply mediocre" as well as "maddeningly generic", and was of the opinion that, "Sorkin and Fincher's 2003 Harvard is a citadel of old money, regatta blazers, and (if I am not misreading the implication here) a Jewish underclass striving beneath the heel of a WASP-centric, socially draconian culture. The Social Network's Max Minghella has been cast as Richie Castellano, the younger brother of Danny (Chris Messina) on The Mindy Project, TVGuide.com has confirmed. [108] Time Out named it the fourth-best of the decade, "Powered by a relentless, clinical Aaron Sorkin script, directed with sinuous grace by David Fincher and loaded with smirking, smart-ass central performances, The Social Network is arguably the most important and prophetic film of our era, itself a depressing thought. With Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara. [39] The soundtrack was released September 28 in various formats under the Null Corporation label. )[29] Filming took place on the Keyser and Wyman quadrangles in the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University from November 2–4,[30] which also doubled for Harvard in the film. [55], From TheGuardian.com, Peter Bradshaw gave the film four stars, praising David Fincher's directing as the "right intensity and claustrophobia for a story that takes place largely in a stupefyingly male environment at Harvard University in 2003". Saverin's name is removed from the masthead as co-founder. Cast Jesse Eisenberg Andrew Garfield Justin Timberlake Armie Hammer Max Minghella Rooney Mara Brenda Song Rashida Jones John Getz David Selby Denise Grayson Josh Pence Douglas Urbanski Joseph Mazzello Wallace Langham Patrick Mapel Dakota Johnson Melise Bryan Barter Barry Livingston Shelby Young Abhi Sinha Mariah Bonner Mark Saul Cedric Sanders Inger Tudor Emma Fitzpatrick John … [53] The film retained the top spot in its second weekend, dropping only 31.2%,[3] breaking Inception's 32.0% record as the smallest second weekend drop for any number-one film of 2010, while being the third-smallest overall behind Secretariat's 25.1% drop and Tooth Fairy's 28.6% drop. [24] In a 2009 interview with The Baltimore Sun, Eisenberg said, "Even though I've gotten to be in some wonderful movies, this character seems so much more overtly insensitive in so many ways that seem more real to me in the best way. [19] Hammer states that director David Fincher "likes to push himself and likes to push technology" and is "one of the most technologically minded guys I've ever seen. [31] The first scene in the film, where Zuckerberg is with his girlfriend, took 99 takes to finish. Rated the #24 best film of 2010, and #2100 in the greatest all-time movies (according to RYM users). [38], The indoor rowing scene was filmed at Boston University's indoor rowing tanks. The Social Network is a 2010 American biographical drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin. But after nearly a decade of watching Facebook 'move fast and break things,' including news websites, social video, politics, etc., the movie's tangible sense of tension can easily be reinterpreted as foreboding for what comes after you make a billion friends. ", "The Social Network, Rolling Stone Movies, News and Reviews", "Ambition and Obsession Drive Fincher's Flawless 'Social Network, "What The Social Network gets wrong about Harvard—and Facebook", "The 25 Best American Screenplays of the 21st Century, From 'Eternal Sunshine' to 'Lady Bird, "Winners and Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards", "The Social Network – Cast, Crew, Director and Awards", "Angelina! As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued … He creates a campus website called Facemash by hacking into college databases to steal photos of female students, then allowing site visitors to rate their attractiveness. According to Moskovitz:[85]. [38] While Hammer was new to the sport, Pence rowed previously at Dartmouth College. Alone, Zuckerberg sends a Facebook friend request to Albright and repeatedly refreshes the page. What is the big deal about accuracy purely for accuracy's sake, and can we not have the true be the enemy of the good? "[81], At the D8 conference hosted by D: All Things Digital on June 2, 2010, host Kara Swisher told Zuckerberg she knew he was not happy with The Social Network being based on him, to which he replied, "I just wished that nobody made a movie of me while I was still alive. A lot of exciting things happened in 2004, but mostly we just worked a lot and stressed out about things; the version in the trailer seems a lot more exciting, so I'm just going to choose to remember that we drank ourselves silly and had a lot of sex with coeds. [86] Sorkin said: "I don't want my fidelity to be to the truth; I want it to be to storytelling. Marylin Delpy, a junior lawyer for the defense, informs Zuckerberg that they will settle with Saverin since the sordid details of Facebook's founding and Zuckerberg's callous attitude will make him unsympathetic to a jury. Confidential (1997)—to sweep the "Big Four" critics awards. "[112] Inverse listed the film among those defining "class rage" in the 2010s, "As a gently prodding diagnosis of class conflict, The Social Network is a logical place to start. It stars Jesse Eisenberg as founder Mark Zuckerberg, along with Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin, Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker, Armie Hammer as Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and Max Minghella as Divya Narendra. The website's critical consensus reads, "Impeccably scripted, beautifully directed, and filled with fine performances, The Social Network is a riveting, ambitious example of modern filmmaking at its finest. "Who wants to go see that for two hours?". They wanted me to start right away. Aaron Sorkin based his screenplay on [...] The Accidental Billionaires, so everything that's seen isn't necessarily to be believed. Out of the films of 2010, The Social Network appeared on the most top-ten lists. According to Sorkin, "I was reading it and somewhere on page three I said yes. After Parker promises to expand Facebook to two continents, Zuckerberg invites him to live at the house he is using as company headquarters. The Social Network brings out the strengths of its cast as well as direction and story. His great-grandfather, Armand Hammer, was a prominent tycoon and philanthropist who ran the company Occidental Petroleum for many decades. Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies "[4], Journalist Jeff Jarvis acknowledged the film was "well-crafted" but called it "the anti-social movie", objecting to Sorkin's decision to change various events and characters for dramatic effect, and dismissing it as "the story that those who resist the change society is undergoing want to see". It won three for Best Editing, Adapted Screenplay, and Best Direction on February 13, 2011.[74]. But I won't be seeing The Social Network to find out."[90]. List contains items like Hollandia Rower #3, Christy Ling. "[20] Sorkin elaborated: There's a lot of available research, and I also did a lot of first person research with a number of the people that were involved in the story. Pence was concerned about having no face time during the role, but after considerable musing thought of the role as a "no-brainer". All of BU's blue oars in the scene were repainted to Harvard's crimson .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}  color for filming. "[57] The film's editing by Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall was also lauded by critics, leading to their win of the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. The trio invites Zuckerberg to work on Harvard Connection, a social network exclusive to Harvard students and aimed at dating. Neither song appears on the soundtrack album. "[98] After seeing the movie, Zuckerberg was quoted as saying he is "interested to see what effect The Social Network has on entrepreneurship", noting that he gets "lots of messages from people who claim that they have been very much inspired... to start their own company. As Thefacebook grows in popularity, Zuckerberg extends the network to Yale University, Columbia University, and Stanford University. "[82] Zuckerberg stated to Oprah Winfrey that the drama and partying of the film is mostly fiction, and that he had spent most of the past six years focusing, working hard, and coding Facebook. Alex Reznik Prince Albert's Aide. In 2016, it was voted 27th among 100 films considered the best of the 21st century by 117 international film critics.[5]. [97] Bob Lefsetz has stated that: "watching this movie makes you want to run from the theatre, grab your laptop and build your own empire,"[98] noting that The Social Network has helped fuel an emerging perception that "techies have become the new rock stars. "[35] This included sending the actors to "twin boot camp" for 10 months to learn everything about the Winklevosses. Today: The Social Network, screenplay by Aaron Sorkin, book by Ben Mezrich. Still, I spent enough time with him in private and public to say that in my opinion, The Social Network is an accurate, though not factual representation, of who Mark Zuckerberg is. He confronts Zuckerberg and Parker, and Saverin vows to sue Zuckerberg before being ejected from the building. [44] As he wanted to highlight the tremendous drama that went with Mark Zuckerberg's success, Kellerhouse thought of the tagline "You don’t get to 300 million friends without making a few enemies"; he would later adjust the line to "500 million friends" in anticipation of Facebook reaching 500 million users by the film's release date. New content will be added above the current area of focus upon selection [37], David Fincher hired Loyola Marymount coach Dawn Reagan to help train Josh Pence and Armie Hammer. [107], Rolling Stone ranked The Social Network second after Moonlight (2016) on its end-of-decade list, describing it as "one deliciously re-watchable preview of the apocalypse, as entertaining and cheeky as it is troubling and startlingly prescient". It is cocksure, impatient, cold, exciting and instinctively perceptive. [32] The rowing scenes with the Winklevoss brothers were filmed at Community Rowing Inc. in Newton, Massachusetts[33] and at the Henley Royal Regatta; miniature faking process was used in a sequence showing a rowing event at the latter. Did Zuckerberg breach his contract? "[91] Jessi Hempel, a technology writer for Fortune who says she's known Zuckerberg "for a long time", wrote of the film: The real-life Zuckerberg was maniacally focused on building a web site that could potentially connect everyone on the planet...By contrast, in the film he seems more obsessed with achieving the largesse that bad boy Sean Parker, an original Napster founder, portrays when he arrives to meet Zuckerberg at a New York restaurant.[92]. [21][22] Jonah Hill was in contention for Timberlake's role, but director David Fincher passed on him. His face was later digitally grafted onto Pence's face during post-production, while other scenes used split-screen photography. Instead of choosing one and deciding that's the truest one or choosing one and deciding that's the juiciest one, I decided to dramatize the idea that there were three different versions of the story being told. "[113], In January 2019, Sorkin revealed that Rudin has suggested the development of a screenplay for a sequel, noting, "A lot of very interesting, dramatic stuff has happened since the movie ends. Meanwhile, Saverin objects to Parker making business decisions for Facebook and freezes the company's bank account in the resulting dispute. then this list will answer your question. At the end of its theatrical run, the film grossed $97 million in the United States and $128 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $224.9 million. That's how I came up with the structure of the deposition room. "[106] Director Quentin Tarantino called the film the best of the 2010s, singling out the script by Aaron Sorkin, whom he described as "the greatest active dialogist". Additional scenes were shot in California, in the cities of Los Angeles and Pasadena, as a portion of the film was set in Silicon Valley. [24] Max Minghella and Dakota Johnson were also confirmed. In October 2003, 19-year-old Harvard University sophomore Mark Zuckerberg is dumped by his girlfriend Erica Albright. According to Sorkin, Mezrich did not send him material from his book as he wrote it: "Two or three times we'd get together. This film is beautifully shot, very well directed and almost everything works, good job Fincher! [96], Since its release, The Social Network has been cited as inspiring involvement in start-ups and social media. That tax is the real villain here, not the innovator it burdened. Returning to his dorm, Zuckerberg writes an insulting post about Albright on his LiveJournal blog. Armie Hammer, Actor: The Social Network. [104], Following the close of the decade, The Social Network was recognized as one of the best films of the 2010s. "[101] In one such instance, the co-founders of Wall Street Magnate confirmed that they were inspired to create the fantasy trading community after watching The Social Network. And his brilliant, troubling film bristles with that queasy sense of prophecy and prescience. The Social Network received nominations for eight Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The Social Network is a very smart film about very smart people, and more importantly, the relationships of those people. Armand Douglas Hammer was born in Los Angeles, California, to Dru Ann (Mobley) and Michael Armand Hammer, a businessman. "The Social Network" featured a stellar cast that also included Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, and Armie Hammer. "[100] Saverin echoed these sentiments, stating that the film may inspire "countless others to create and take that leap to start a new business. The Social Network is the biggest relief I've ever had in a movie". Absolutely not. Leo! [52], The Social Network had its first screening at the New York Film Festival on September 24, 2010. He also appears in a cameo role elsewhere in the film. [78][79] In November 2009, executive producer Kevin Spacey said, "The Social Network is probably going to be a lot funnier than people might expect it to be. - Quora", "Eduardo Saverin saves face blogging about 'The Facebook Movie, "@kevinmarks Spot on Kevin. Maybe, for which the damages are more like $650, not $65 million. [25] In 2010, it was mentioned that Rashida Jones would appear as Marylin Delpy.[11]. Directed by David Fincher. [19], Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin said, "What attracted me to [the film project] had nothing to do with Facebook. Armie's ancestry includes Russian-Jewish, English, Scots-Irish, and German. The names of the actresses and actors who played each role are also included below, so this The Social Network character list is a great way to find out who portrayed your favorite role. "[109] ScreenCrush ranked The Social Network eighth, referring to it as "[Fincher's] spiritual sequel to Fight Club, another story of a embittered, lonely man who discovers unleashing his rage at society has unexpected consequences". Did he steal a trade secret? It was named one of the best films of the year by 78 critics, and named the best by 22 critics, the most of any film that year. David Fincher captures the spiteful personalities and hyperactive spirit of the age with the story of Facebook's creation, writes Peter Bradshaw. "[80] The Cardinal Courier stated that the film was about "greed, obsession, unpredictability and sex" and asked, "Although there are over 500 million Facebook users, does this mean Facebook can become a profitable blockbuster movie? [72] 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. Sorkin has been upfront about the fact that there are fabrications aplenty lacing the story. [26] Scenes were filmed around the campuses of two Massachusetts prep schools, Phillips Academy and Milton Academy. [27] Additional scenes were filmed on the campus of Wheelock College, which was set up to be Harvard's campus. Saverin provides $1,000 in seed funding, allowing Zuckerberg to build the website, which quickly becomes popular. "[64] "[117], List of accolades received by The Social Network, Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, "Justin Timberlake Shares A Blast From The Past In The Social Network Tribute", "THEN AND NOW: The cast of 'The Social Network' 10 years later", "Rashida Jones in Fincher's The Social Network", "The Social Network's Second Teaser Trailer Makes Its Point Via Status Updates", "Millions of Friends, but Not Very Popular", "Who Is Daughter Amy In 'The House Sitter' on Lifetime? "[99] This has led Dave Knox to comment that: "fifteen years from now we might just look back and realize this movie inspired our next great generation of entrepreneurs. Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer. Monday, 4pm - 6pm: NOW TV Sky Cinema Select ... Meet the cast … Genres: Biopic, Legal Drama. Clark added, "I'm not sure whether Mark Zuckerberg is a punk, a genius or both. [66][67] In 2016, The Social Network was voted the 27th-best film of the 21st century by the BBC, as voted on by 177 film critics from around the world. [58] Additionally, the film's score received positive commentary, with some reviewers stating that it was "a persistent source of simmering tension in the movie", and a "masterpiece". [83] Speaking to an audience at Stanford University, Zuckerberg said that instead of making Facebook to "get girls", he made it because he enjoyed "building things".

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