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The Social Network · written by Aaron Sorkin · 2010
Scene 181 of 189 · ≈ 4 min on screen
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.
Expansion to Yale, Columbia, Stanford; the move to Palo Alto; the costs mount — Eduardo sidelined, the twins circling, the company outgrowing its dorm-room shape.
Thiel's angel investment and the re-incorporation give Mark the company he wanted — total control, real money, a real office.
Eduardo begins reading new documents in the conference room while Mark stays fixed on his computer and Sean looms nearby.
Eduardo confronts Mark about newly issued stock that has diluted his stake, and when Mark won't look up from his computer, smashes his laptop on the desk.
Gretchen walks Eduardo through the dilution numbers on record, revealing every other founder's stake held steady while his alone collapsed to 0.03 percent.
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MARK
You signed the papers.
EDUARDO
You set me up.
MARK
You’re gonna blame me because you were
the business head of the company and you
made a bad business deal with your own
company?!
EDUARDO
It’s gonna be like I’m not part of
Facebook.
SEAN
It’s won’t be like you’re not part of
Facebook, you’re not part of Facebook.
EDUARDO
My name’s on the masthead.
SEAN
You might wanna check again.
EDUARDO is momentarily frozen...
EDUARDO
This is because I froze the account?
SEAN
You think we were gonna let you parade
around in your ridiculous suits
pretending you were running this company?
EDUARDO
Sorry, my Prada’s at the cleaners along
with my hoodie and my fuck-you flip-flops
you pretentious douchebag.
SEAN
Security’s here. You’ll be leaving now.
Two SECURITY GUARDS have come in--
EDUARDO
I’m not signing those papers.
SEAN
We’ll get the signature.
EDUARDO
(turning to MARK)
Tell me this isn’t about me getting into
the Phoenix!
(pause)
EDUARDO (CONT’D)
You did it. I always knew you did it. You
planted the story about the chicken.
SEAN
(pause)
What is he talking about?
EDUARDO
You had me accused--
SEAN
Seriously, what the hell’s the chicken?
EDUARDO
that they identified me as a co-founder of
Facebook--which I am! You better lawyer-
up, asshole, ‘cause I’m not comin’ back
for my 30 percent, I’m comin’ back for
everything!
SEAN
(to SECURITY)
Get him outa here.
EDUARDO
I’m going.
SEAN
Hang on.
SEAN hands EDUARDO a folded check.
SEAN (CONT’D)
I almost forgot, there’s your $19,000. I
wouldn’t cash it, though, I drew it on
the account you froze.
EDUARDO looks at SEAN...then suddenly and quickly cocks his fist back to punch him in the face. SEAN flinches as EDUARDO holds his punch and lets out a small laugh.
EDUARDO
I like standing next to you, Sean. It
makes me look so tough.
EDUARDO exits with the security escort.
There’s a long silence in the room...
SEAN
That’s it, that’s our show for tonight,
people. So I want to see everybody here
geared up for a party. We’re gonna walk
down to the club like it’s the Macy’s
Parade. Mackey, put it up on the big
screen, we’ve gotta be almost there.
A young employee hits a remote and a few keys on his computer and a huge flat-screen displays a Facebook page with a read- out of the number of members.
999,942
There’s scattered applause and excitement as everyone watches.
SEAN takes MARK aside.
SEAN (CONT’D)
You alright?
MARK
Yeah.
(beat)
You were kinda rough on him.
SEAN
That’s life in the NFL.
MARK
You know you didn’t have to be that rough
on him.
SEAN
Listen, I’m putting together a party--
MARK
Sean? You didn’t have to be that rough on
him.
SEAN
He almost killed it. I’ll send flowers.
Speaking of flowers, I’m putting together
a party after the party at Kappa Eta
Sigma. Ashleigh’s a sister.
MARK
Uh...Ashleigh?
SEAN
The intern.
MARK
No, yeah, I know who she is. Are you guys--
SEAN
Ashleigh? Me? No. A little bit. Oh no, do
you like her? Dude--
MARK
No. No. I was just, no.
An intern, ASHLEIGH, comes along with a small package--
ASHLEIGH
Excuse me, Mark?
SEAN
We were just talkin’ about you.
MARK
Just that you’re doing a really good job.
ASHLEIGH
Thanks, I appreciate that.
(to MARK)
These came in for you.
MARK
Put them on my desk.
ASHLEIGH puts the small package on Mark’s desk.
SEAN
What’s the package?
MARK
Nothing.
SEAN
(calling out)
Mackey!
MACKEY
(calling back)
Yes sir!
SEAN
Refresh!
MACKEY hits the “refresh” key and the big screen shows--
1,000,046
CHEERS erupts throughout the place. SEAN grabs MARK and hugs him but MARK doesn’t quite hug back...
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