Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site 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.
From cool color palettes to shocking reveals in movies such as Se7en and Fight Club, take a closer look at the trademarks of David Fincher's directorial style.
In the late 1960s/early 1970s, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.
Director:
David Fincher
Stars:
Jake Gyllenhaal,
Robert Downey Jr.,
Mark Ruffalo
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.
After a wealthy banker is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, his life is turned upside down when he becomes unable to distinguish between the game and reality.
Director:
David Fincher
Stars:
Michael Douglas,
Deborah Kara Unger,
Sean Penn
In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.
Director:
Jean-Marc Vallée
Stars:
Matthew McConaughey,
Jennifer Garner,
Jared Leto
The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
Director:
Tom Hooper
Stars:
Colin Firth,
Geoffrey Rush,
Helena Bonham Carter
A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.
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 screenplay for this film was featured in the 2009 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year. See more »
Goofs
When the Winklevi meet with President Summers, the office building is said to be 100 years older than the USA itself, and "335 years old". However, they are in Massachusetts Hall, the oldest surviving building at Harvard. It was built in 1718, only 58 years before the USA was proclaimed. In 2003, the building was only 285 years old. See more »
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.
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I had an opportunity to see a free prescreener of The Social Network and I must say this film kept me on the edge of my seat the entire movie. It is a movie that moves quick and keeps your mind alert and absorbing the information.
The acting is great all around - the characters are pretty true to the real people. It can be enjoyed by both geeks and regular people looking for an entertaining movie.
I really enjoyed this movie and will see it again and again when it comes out on DVD.
This is one of David Fincher's best films to date (and that is a hard mark with having the great film library that he has)
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I had an opportunity to see a free prescreener of The Social Network and I must say this film kept me on the edge of my seat the entire movie. It is a movie that moves quick and keeps your mind alert and absorbing the information.
The acting is great all around - the characters are pretty true to the real people. It can be enjoyed by both geeks and regular people looking for an entertaining movie.
I really enjoyed this movie and will see it again and again when it comes out on DVD.
This is one of David Fincher's best films to date (and that is a hard mark with having the great film library that he has)
So - Highly Recommended a Near Perfect Film About Facebook