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Facebook Movie Turns Sean Parker Into Rock Star
By Ryan Tate, 8:16 PM on Tue Jul 7 2009, 363 views (Edit post, Set to draft,
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The blog ScriptShadow got hold of the first draft of Aaron Sorkin's Facebook
movie. The verdict? The movie reads oddly mesmerizing, and has an unexpected
hero: Sean Parker, an early investor in the social network.

As the co-founder of Napster, Parker (pictured) was overshadowed by Sean
Fanning, who actually wrote the wildly-popular music-sharing software. Sorkin
reportedly brings Parker to the fore, giving him credit for lighting a fire
under Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and accelerating the company's growth.

ScriptShadow's Carson Reeves:

And don't get me started on Sean Parker - a character that can become iconic
if the film is made. The brash techy rock star revels in his own ego, and is a
key player in why Facebook is on our computers today. Parker ended up selling
his portion of the company for - I believe - a couple hundred million dollars).

Zuckerberg, meanwhile, looks comparatively pathetic. In what Reeves calls a
"heartbreaking scene," he sits alone ("not one true friend") in a dark room and
"friends" the girl who dumped him right before he started Facebook. The movie
nevertheless bops along as something of a comedy, thanks to Sorkin's "crazy
unknown voodoo screenwriting tricks" and, apparently, jokes involving Facebook
use.

Zuckerberg, whose flacks have been trashing the unreleased book on which
Sorkin's script is based, may yet discover there are worse things than being
depicted having sex in bathroom stalls.