August 26th, 2010
10:27 AM ET
Cocaine and nudity get to stay in 'Social Network'If Joaquin Phoenix can (reportedly) get away with it, why not the creators of “The Social Network?” Yes, ladies and gentleman, “The Social Network" - your cinematic expose of the creation of Facebook and its founders - will include bared breasts, cocaine and, of course, Justin Timberlake. The combination of those three elements was called into question last week when the film's producer, Scott Rudin, told the NYTimes that one scene in particular could possibly not make it into the movie's final cut.
There's been much debate about how much truth "The Social Network" will shed light on, including a party scene depicting Napster co-founder Sean Parker, played by Justin Timberlake, gives a speech amidst young women offering lines of cocaine on their revealed breasts, is one moment that's been disputed. (Aaron Sorkin wrote the script, basing it on court documents and journalist Ben Mezrich's somewhat fictionalized book, "The Accidental Billionaires.") A source close to production told the NYT that the scene is largely fictionalized; however, Rudin’s concern was more concentrated on potentially losing a PG-13 rating. But not to worry: It looks like the scene made the cut after all, THR reported Tuesday. And according to the Atlantic, an early review is pleased with Rudin's tale –- and with Timberlake’s portrayal of a party-hard Parker - however embellished the film’s story may be. The review, posted on the website of the New York Film Festival where the movie will premiere next month, called “The Social Network” “splendid entertainment from a master storyteller, packed with energetic incident and surprising performances (not least from Justin Timberlake as Napster founder Sean Parker, who's like Zuckerberg's flamboyant, West Coast id).” So while "Social Network" may sound more like “one long game of movie ‘telephone,’" as /Film suggests, it remains to be seen how much that will affect the movie's relevancy and entertainment value. You can answer that question for yourself when it opens in theaters on October 1.
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i like it if justin timberlake were naked
boobies
Why make a movie over something when we already know how it was created? And the only thing facebook has done is helped child molesters get easier contact with our children so good job america for supporting this.
Why make a movie over something when we already know how it was created? And the only thing facebook has done is helped child molesters get easier contact with our children so good job america for supporting this
Facebook blows. People should just use Ouchpost.com instead of Facebook or Craigslist. http://www.ouchpost.com
you had me at nudity....until I realized that it wasn't involving Justin Timberlake, then it just became irrelevant...
Maybe we, as parents, should know where are kids are and what movies they are seeing.
I agree with Boyd, this is a waste of film.
This movie is a waste of film. Where is Sean Penn?
This is bad for america!
I'm sorry I don't think that it should be allowed. I don't care if kids that age have seen that sort of thing. Lowering standards like this is why kids this age are no longer innocent. It's really sad!
SO WATS UP
I thought you meant GUYS nudity. Why the double standard?
Unless Justin is naked I dont want to watch it anyway.
I think we need to elect more hollywood executives to Gov. Positions ... Yea yea that's what we need. Let them tell us ( the general american public) what is good for us as parents is good for our children, because since we are so tired of actualy parenting our kids.
Has anybody seen my crack pipe? I seem to have misplaced in all the excitement,of the upcomming movie!! With its bare breasts and all. I just can't wait to take my 13 year old to during a 2pm showing while he's skipping school.
The movie scene in question is embellished. Who want's to see it and KNOW it's embellished?
What? This movie has the bare breast's of lady Lohan and lindsey Gaga snorting the illuminati??? Dude I am so there....
The problem is that you people are all to willing to serve your Illuminati masters as long as they provide bread and circuses to distract you
and yes Gaga may be a lad....
See the problem is the money is uptight and they don't get that the very definition of being social is beer, bongs, babes, boobs and drugs. You have all these parents who are starting to realize that kids don't want to follow the rules.
balls
end is near?? whats this all about?
Whats wrong with Lindsay and CNN?
you guys r weirdos
Seems like it will be one of the best movies of the year
And now the end is near, and so we face the final curtain!
You are giving your age away. Song lyrics.
Hey maybe Alex is right? Seems from these comments that Americans are way dumbed down! LOL!
Looks like this guy has his own website Infowars......
who are these illuminatis you guys talk about?
I thoughts this was FaceBook movie??
OBEY Acts 2:38!
ALEXJONES I love u...u are so correct an NO you are not some conspiracy theorist...Illuminati does exist and im quit sure in 1955 had you told my mother they were experimenting on human beings in Tuskeege Syphillis "Treament" for years I would have been called a conspiracy theorist until the lid finally got blown off.Unfortunate that no government apology or acknowledgment of the autrocity was made until Bill Clinton made it office...hmm some years later...Killuminati
Ok, but how BIG are the breasts? The bigger the breasts, the more coke you can but on them. I would rather see pics of breasts with coke on them then Lindsey Lohan.
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right on this page! Thanks for the update CNN!
Hollywood is funded by the Illuminati because Hollywood is good at what they do: social engineering, mind
control and the dumbing down of the masses. Look at the decensitization to violence, do you really think
that a movie like Saw would have been sucessful in America in the 1950's? Do your own research before you label me a conspiracy theorist. The social engineering of the youth is obvious to those that look.
I AM GOING FOR THE T I T S
Sounds like yet another low IQ movie dished out by dumbywood. I have no interest in seeing a movie like this due to those elements and it sounds like those elements are injected into the movie to compensate for the lack of a good story.
The Illuminati want the masses dumbed down.
Why do you think the news like CNN focuses on Lindsy Lohan and Tigers Woods instead of REAL ISSUES?
Hollywood is funded by the Illuminati because Hollywood is good at what they do: social engineering, mind
control and the dumbing down of the masses. Look at the decensitization to violence, do you really think
that a movie like Saw would have been sucessful in America in the 1950's? Do your own research before you label me a conspiracy theorist. The social engineering of the youth and dumbing down of the masses is obvious to those that look
GUNS KILL PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE WITH GUNS THAT WANT TO KILL PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE. JUST SAY NO TO GUNS AND NO TO PEOPLE WITH GUNS. WHAT WERE WE TALKING ABOUT AGAIN?
assbook
mmm yummy! i love eating ass
Ah, drugs and nudity. Makes one yearn for the early days at Microsoft...
Yawn.
I would think they would want an 'R' rating. Doesn't that have a larger audience draw?
Absolutely not, pg13 allows them to get a youngteen audience they couldn't get with an R-rating, and older people are going to cone regardless. Much bigger bank this way.
Exposed breasts and lines of cocaine and you get to keep a PG-13 rating?!?!
Well seeing how most 13 year olds now a days have seen breasts and probably have done cociane, whats the problem? At least there isn't any guns in the movie. That would be really bad.
Sure its all part of the Illuminati scheme to replace the morality of the youth with the value of the New World
Order. Sign of the times. Lad Gaga is the new role model for today's yout, what do you expect?
Innocence is long gone....
Haha, you said Lad Gaga! She is just a wee lad isn't she.
yeah Matt she does look like a dude!
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The movie is based on the book "The Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich, not "The Accidental Millionaires".
If you read the article carefully you'd see it says Billionaires.
and I guess comprehensive reading is not your forte! :-)))
Are you guys really that )*(
Party on Wayne!
Party on Garth!
LOL @ Garth and Wayne...Rock on!!!
Poor Sean well I guess all publicity is good publicity as long as they get your name right. Oh dang thats right anyone who has ever been on napster knows the founder's name is Sean Fanning. I guess this movie totally blows for him if they call him Sean Parker. Somewhere in the world there is a coke addict named Sean Parker doing lines saying the movie is about him.
I'm not going to go see no movie about an internet web site!!! ! !!!!!! This is stupid. Who makes a movie about bill gates life story? Come on ppl!!! When did lame get to be so awesomely cool? I am a tolerant movie go'er.... I successfully watched anchorman about half the way... until I got a refund... patiently. Coke on some bare breasts isn't going to make this movie more watchable, enjoyable, or believable. No more stupid films, we beg of you~!
@ Joe: Sean Parker is the correct name. You're thinking of Shawn Fanning, a different person. Both of them founded Napster. The Sean Parker depicted in "The Social Network" film was actually president of Facebook, Inc. for awhile.
See Wikipedia.