The Social Community A True Story, Twins Say

The Social Community A True Story, Twins Say

Internet News Solar Oct 24, 2010 6:49am EDT
"The Social Network" a real story, twins say
Actors Justin Timberlake (L), Andrew Garfield and Jesse Eisenberg (2nd R) and writer Aaron Sorkin (R) pose throughout a photocall to advertise the film ''The Social Network'' in Madrid, October 6, 2010. REUTERS/Andrea Comas
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss - two of the central characters portrayed in "The Social Network" - say the movie accurately portrays Facebook's delivery, the main focus of a legal dispute in which they are involved.
The 29-12 months-old identical twins, who're suing the Internet web site on claims they came up with the concept for Facebook while college students at Harvard College, mentioned on Saturday they were happy with the best way they had been portrayed in the Hollywood film.
"It does a fantastic job of capturing the factual occasions of the 18 months of the founding of Fb. It is a true story," Cameron stated in an interview.
Yet they by no means met with film writer Aaron Sorkin or Ben Mezrich, who wrote the e book on which it was primarily based.
"We have been principally bystanders. We were hoping for the very best. And we had been relieved after we saw the movie," Cameron said.

The movie intersperses scenes of depositions taken for lawsuits by the Winklevoss twins as well as Fb Chief Government Mark Zuckerberg's former greatest pal and network co-founder Eduardo Saverin.
Those lawsuits resulted in undisclosed settlements. But the twins have taken up legal action again, saying they got misinformation about Fb's worth and that related documents have been withheld.
The 6'5" twins were in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Saturday to arrange for a Sunday race within the Head of the Charles rowing competition along the Charles River, which divides Boston and Cambridge. Every year a number of hundred thousand spectators collect along the river, making it one of the world's most-watched competitions.
The 2 men have made their mark rowing a two-man boat, ending sixth place within the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. That didn't make them celebrities, but the release of "The Social Network," did.
It portrays Facebook boss Zuckerberg as a socially awkward computer genius whom the Winklevoss twins hire to complete building of a social networking website.
Within the film, Zuckerberg takes the job, but turns round and creates his own web site, which he originally dubs "The Facebook." Zuckerberg has said the film is inaccurate.
The twins did not get Fb accounts till 2008. They mentioned they signed up after they had been within the Olympics so they may stay in contact with mates they had met in Beijing.
(Reporting by Jim Finkle; Additional reporting by Alexei Oreskovic and Ross Kerber; Enhancing by Jerry Norton)
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