The Social Network Page #9

MARK:

Yeah.

DIVYA:

And you invented something in high

school.

MARK:

An app for an MP3 player that recognizes

your taste in music.

DIVYA:

Anybody try to buy it?

MARK:

Microsoft.

DIVYA:

How much did they pay?

MARK:

I didn't sell it. I uploaded it for free.

DIVYA:

MARK:

DIVYA:

MARK gives a short shrug that says both "I don't know" and

"F*** you" at the same time.

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3n,

CAMERON:

Well we've been working for a while on an

idea. It's called HarvardConnecti.on. You

create your own page, Picture, bio,

interests, friends.

TYLER:

People can see your bio and request to be

YOUR--

MARK:

Yeah. How's this different from MySpace

or Friendster?

TYLER:

How?

MARK:

Yeah.

TYLER:

Harvard-dot-E--D-U.

CAMERON:

Harvard.edu. The most prestigious e-mail

address in the country.

TYLER:

This site would be based on the idea that

girls want to meet guys who go to

Harvard. The difference between what

we're talking about and MySpace,

FRIENDSTER---

MARK:

--is exclusivity,

(BEAT)

Right?

TYLER:

(BEAT)

Yes.

CAMERON:

We want you to be an equal partner. Our

first programmer graduated and went to

work at Google. Our second programmer

just got overwhelmed with school work. We

want you to write the code and build the

site and we'll provide---

MARK:

I'm in.

CAMERON:

--the money. What?

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MARK:

I'm in.

CUT TO:

INT. SECOND DEPOSITION ROOM -- DAY

The WINKLEVOSSES and DIVYA with GAGE.

GAGE:

"I'm in"?, that's what you said?

MARK:

It was three or four years ago, I don't

know what I said.

CUT TO:

INT. FIRST DEPOSITION ROOM - DAY

EDUARDO with GRETCHEN.

GRETCHEN:

When did you come to Eduardo?

MARK:

I don't understand that question.

CUT TO:

INT. SECOND DEPOSITION ROOM - DAY

GAGE:

Do you remember answering in the

affirmative?

MARK:

The affirmative?

CUTTO:

INT. FIRST DEPOSITION ROOM - DAY

GRETCHEN:

I'm asking when you came to Eduardo with

the idea for Facebook.

MARK:

It was called TheFacebook back then.

CUT TO:

TNT_ SECOND DEPOSITION ROOM - DAY

GAGE:

This doesn't need to be that difficult.

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MARK:

I'm in the middle of two different

lawsuits.

GAGE:

Did you answer affirmatively? When Tyler

and Cameron Winklevoss and Divya Narendra

asked you to build HarvardConnection, did

you say yes?

MARK:

I said I'd help.

CUT TO:

TNT. FIRST DEPOSITION ROOM - DAY

GRETCHEN:

When did you approach Mr. Saverin with

the idea for TheFacebook?

MARK:

I wouldn't say I approached him.

GRETCHEN:

Sy?

SY:

You can answer the question.

MARK:

It was at a party at Alpha Epsilon Pi.

GRETCHEN:

What's that?

MARK:

The Jewish fraternity. It was Caribbean

Night.

CUT TO:

INT. LARGE LECTURE HALL - NIGHT

The lecture hall has been converted into "Alpha Epsilon Pi

Caribbean Night, 2003" and the party is about as lame as it

sounds. What's important is that this couldn't be less like

the final club party we saw at the beginning if they were

playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey.

Some potted palm trees have brought in along with a steel drum

set. The man playing the steel drum set has a yarmulke bobby

pinned to his thinning hair. A table with a punch bowl and

assorted cookies is nearby.

37.

EDUA.RDO, in baggy cargo shorts and a Hawaiian shirt buttoned

up to the top, is standing with a few similarly dressed

friends, including DUSTIN MOSKOWITZ and CHRIS HUGHES, in the

sparsely populated room. On the other side of the room are a

few girls--all Asian. One of the girls is wearing a bikini

over her clothes. A television monitor has been set up with a.

DVD running of Niagara Falls.

EDUARDO:

It's not that guys like me are generally

attracted to Asian girls. It's that Asian

girls are generally attracted to guys

like me.

DUSTIN:

I'm developing an algorithm to define the

connection between Jewish guys and Asian

girls.

EDUARDO:

I don't think it's that complicated.

They're hot, they're smart, they're not

Jewish and they can't dance.

CHRIS:

Mark's here.

They see MARK come in and look around. EDUARDO waves him

over...

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