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The Social Network · written by Aaron Sorkin · 2010
Scene 102 of 189 · ≈ 2 min on screen · Act two
Mark Zuckerberg wants status and belonging Harvard's final clubs won't give him, so he builds a website that gives the world both — and loses his best friend and co-founder to the company he built to prove he mattered.
Mark at the campus bar: brilliant, status-obsessed, unable to read the room he's sitting in.
He wants to matter — to be let into the final clubs, to be exceptional enough that Erica's verdict is wrong — and Facemash is the first proof-of-concept.
He takes the Winklevoss pitch as a springboard, builds theFacebook in its place, and launches it into a world he can't control.
Divya testifies that theFacebook became a campus-wide phenomenon within two weeks, with 'Facebook me' entering the vocabulary.
A speaker's voiceover recalls the light-bulb moment of seeing the MITS Altair Kit in Popular Electronics.
At Bill Gates's guest lecture, Eduardo is chatted up and invited for drinks by a student named Christy while Mark stays locked on the speaker.
This scene
As the CROWD from the lecture spills out onto the snowy quad. EDUARDO--always in his suit--is buttoning up his overcoat as he walks and MARK zips up his hoodie.
EDUARDO
She said “Facebook me” and we can all go
for a drink later. Which is stunningly
great for two reasons. One, she said
“Facebook me”. Right? And the other is,
you know--
MARK
They want to have drinks later.
EDUARDO
Yes! Have you ever heard so many
different good things packed into one
regular-sized sentence?
A group of guys hustle up to MARK and EDUARDO--
STUART
Excuse me. Mark?
MARK
Yeah.
STUART
I’m Stuart Singer. I’m in your O.S. lab.
MARK
Sure.
STUART
Awesome job with theFacebook.
VIKRAM
Awesome job.
MARK
Thanks.
BOB
I’m Bob.
MARK
How you doin’.
BOB
You know, I could swear he was looking at
you when he said the next Bill Gates
could be right in this room.
MARK
I doubt it.
BOB
I showed up late, I don’t even know who
the speaker was.
MARK
(beat)
It was Bill Gates.
BOB
Shit, that makes sense.
EDUARDO
(beat)
Alright, thanks guys.
As MARK and EDUARDO walk on, we leave STUART, VIKRAM and BOB in the background--with STUART and VIKRAM admonishing BOB with--
STUART/VIKRAM
(to BOB)
Are you a moron?/Are you medically
stupid?/You can’t recognize Bill Gates
when he’s standing in front of you for an
hour?/Mark Zuckerberg now thinks we got
into Harvard on a dimwit scholarship./I’m
gonna get a Glock .39 and I’m going to
kill you./I’m actually going to kill
you/etc.
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