Director David Fincher (Fight Club, Seven) teams with screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing) to explore the meaning of success in the early 21st century from the perspectives of the technological innovators who revolutionized the way we all communicate. The year was 2003. As prohibitively expensive technology became affordable to the masses and the Internet made it easy to stay in touch with people who were halfway across the world, Harvard undergrad and computer programming wizard Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) launched a website with the potential to alter the very fabric of our society. At the time, Zuckerberg was just six years away from making his first million. But his hearty payday would come at a high price, because despite all of Zuckerberg's wealth and success, his personal life began to suffer as he became mired in legal disputes, and discovered that many of the 500 million people he had friended during his rise to the top were eager to see him fall. Chief among that growing list of detractors was Zuckerberg's former college friend Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield), whose generous financial contributions to Facebook served as the seed that helped the company to sprout. And some might argue that Zuckerberg's bold venture wouldn't have evolved into the cultural juggernaut that it ultimately became had Napster founder Sean Parker (Justin Timberlake) not spread the word about Facebook to the venture capitalists from Silicon Valley. Meanwhile, the Winklevoss twins (Armie Hammer and Josh Pence) engage Zuckerberg in a fierce courtroom battle for ownership of Facebook that left many suspecting the young entrepreneur might have let his greed eclipse his better judgment. The Social Network was based on the book -The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich. Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Genre: Drama
- Category Psychological Drama, Biopic [feature]
- Theme: Ladder to the Top, Faltering Friendships, Inventors
- Studio: Sony Pictures
- Run Time: 02 hr
- Language: English, French
- Subtitle Language: French, Spanish, English
- Picture Format: widescreen
- Lead Actor: Andrew Garfield, Jesse Eisenberg, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Justin Timberlake
- Supporting Actor: Andrew Thacher, Franco Vega, Caleb Jones, Cherilyn Rae Wilson, Lacey Beeman, Monique Edwards, Bryan Barter, Rooney Mara, Douglas Urbanski, Denise Grayson, David Selby, John Getz, Joseph Mazzello, Rashida Jones, Brenda Song, Josh Pence, Amy Ferguson, Sarah Shane Adler, Felisha Terrell, Courtney Arndt, Christopher Khai, Kyle Fain, Aaron Sorkin, Nancy Linari, Chris Gouche, Brett Leigh, Brian Palermo, Pamela Roylance, Marcella Lentz-Pope, Carrie Armstrong, Trevor Wright, Randy Evans, Jayk Gallagher, Scotty Crowe, Robert Dastoli, James Dastoli, Jami Owen, Alecia Svenson, Toby Meuli, Dustin Fitzsimons, Darin Cooper, Peter Holden, Caitlin Gerard, Jared Hillman, Scott Lawrence, Cayman Grant, Wallace Langham, Oliver Muirhead, John Hayden, Alex Reznik, James Shanklin, Emma Fitzpatrick, Mariah Bonner, Inger Tudor, Dakota Johnson, Cedric Sanders, Mark Saul, Abhi Sinha, Victor Isaac, Malese Jow, Steve Sires, Cali Fredrichs, Nick Smoke, Shelby Young, Henry Roosevelt, Marybeth Massett, Barry Livingston, Patrick Mapel
- Director: David Fincher
awards
- Awards: Academy Awards (3), Golden Globe Awards (3)
- Winner: Golden Globe Awards, Best Screenplay, 2010, Aaron Sorkin
- Winner: Academy Awards, Best Original Score, 2010, Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor
- Winner: Golden Globe Awards, Best Director, 2010, David Fincher
- Winner: Academy Awards, Best Adapted Screenplay, 2010, Aaron Sorkin
- Winner: Academy Awards, Best Editing, 2010, Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
- Winner: Golden Globe Awards, Best Original Score, 2010, Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor
- Nominations: Academy Awards (5), Golden Globe Awards (2)
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Cinematography, 2010, Jeff Cronenweth
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Sound Mixing, 2010, Mark Weingarten, Ren Klyce, David Parker
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, 2010, Andrew Garfield
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Director, 2010, David Fincher
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, 2010, Jesse Eisenberg
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Picture, 2010, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin, Ceán Chaffin, Dana Brunetti
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Actor, 2010, Jesse Eisenberg
