Facebook on the Big Screen

Columbia Pictures recently released, The Social Network, a movie that loosely chronicles the creation and early years of the social networking site known as Facebook. Actor Jesse Eisenberg stars as the Facebook founder and current CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.

The screenwriter, Aaron Sorkin, who also wrote the screenplay for Charlie Wilson’s War and A Few Good Men, worked with author, Ben Mezrich, to create the screenplay of The Social Network. Mezrich wrote the book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal, on which the movie is based. The Sullivan Library and Learning Resource Center has Mr. Mezrich’s book, and it is available for students, faculty, or staff to borrow. For more information on the movie or the book, The Accidental Billionaires; 006.754 M617a, here are some sites and articles of interest.

Internet Movie Database article on The Social Network


Time magazine has an article about Facebook and The Social Network, titled "Face-Off," in the October 4, 2010 issue.

The library also has other books about Facebook, and here are a few of those titles.

Creating Facebook Applications; 006.7 K53c
Essential Facebook Development; 006.754 M461e
Facebook Cookbook; 004.69 G619f
The Facebook Effect; 338.761 K59f
The Facebook Era; 658.872 S555f
How to Find a Job on LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and Other Social Networks; 650.14 S325h

If you have any questions about the movie, The Social Network, any of the books mentioned in this post, or how to find out more about Facebook, please don’t hesitate to ask one of the librarians for help.