Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking website that would become known as Facebook, but is later sued by two brothers who claimed he stole their idea, and the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.
Written by Columbia Pictures
The video game that the young women are playing in the California house is the PlayStation 2 game,
Twisted Metal: Black. The tips that Sean Parker (played by Justin Timberlake) give them have nothing to do with the game, however.
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Goofs
Anachronisms:
During the scene where Harvard students are using 'face mash', some students can be seen playing the video game Fallout 3. This scene was set during 2003 but Fallout 3 wasn't released until late 2008.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Mark Zuckerberg:
Did you know there are more people with genius IQs living in China than there are people of any kind living in the United States? Erica Albright:
That can't possibly be true. Mark Zuckerberg:
It is. Erica Albright:
What would account for that? Mark Zuckerberg:
Well first, an awful lot of people live in China. But, here's my question: how do you distinguish yourself in a population of people who all got 1600 on their SATs? Erica Albright:
I didn't know they take SATs in China. Mark Zuckerberg:
They don't. I wasn't talking about China anymore, I was talking about me. See more »