0:00.0	Hi, I'm Michael and welcome to Beyond the Screenplay.
0:09.0	Today we are talking about the 2011 film, The Social Network, David Fincher, written by Aaron Sorkin.
0:15.0	I'm joined by the lessons from the screenplay team, writer Trisha Iran.
0:18.0	Hello, everyone.
0:19.0	Writer Brian Bindner.
0:20.0	Hello, hello.
0:21.2	And editor Alex Kajos.
0:22.7	Hey.
0:23.1	So the social network, when I launched the channel, it immediately became the most requested
0:27.4	video.
0:28.3	People in the comments were constantly saying, do the social network, do the social network.
0:32.0	And I think it's largely because Sorkin is probably the most famous screenwriter, I would say. I think for the same reason
0:40.2	that I know him, you know, his writing style draws attention. Like, it's not often that you go to a
0:45.6	movie and you pay attention to like, oh, people are talking a lot. Someone wrote the talking is
0:50.6	happening. And I think that's what, you know, happens when people watch Aaron Sorkin things.
0:55.8	And Aaron Sorgan was my favorite screenwriter.
0:58.0	He's the, you know, that's what happened with me, basically.
1:00.2	He was watching the West Wing with my mom when I was a kid.
1:02.4	I was like, oh, the writing is so like clever and smart.
1:04.7	And I became obsessed with it.
1:06.4	And those were the first like screenwriting.
1:07.7	Who wrote this?
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