Aaron Sorkin's amazing script for The Social Network proved to be the Academy's favorite as he earned his first Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar. "It's impossible to describe what it feels like to be handed the same award that was given to Paddy Chayefsky 35 years ago for a movie with Network in the title," said Sorkin. "His was an original screenplay, this was an adaptation of a book by Ben Mezrich, so I'm accepting this on his behalf as well."
Sorkin then went on to thank all the people who've been in his corner all these years, and his mom and dad who "made a life for me where I get to be a part of nights like this. I wrote this movie but David Fincher made this movie and he did it with an ungodly artfulness. Someone this talented has no business being the nicest guy in the world, but he is."
He finished up by thanking the cast and saying the "movie will be a source of pride for me for the rest of my life." Sorkin then demanded that his daughter's guinea pig now give him some respect."
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