David Fincher's film about Facebook's founding, written by Aaron Sorkin and starring Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg, opened on 1 October 2010 to rave reviews and won three Oscars. Its trailer, set to a choral cover of Radiohead's Creep, was itself a viral event, and the film fixed the public image of the hoodie-wearing founder.
- Type
- film
- Creator
- Directed by David Fincher, written by Aaron Sorkin
- Released
- 1 October 2010
- Platform
- Cinemas
- Runtime
- 120 min
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