The Social Network (2010)

Finally, a film about depositions that is structured around them. Also covered: the rise of social media, the new business titans of the century, the technological period, America, the world, and humanity's fate. However, the majority of my work consists of depositions. In his 2010 magnum opus, directed by David Fincher, scored by Trent Reznor, and best remembered for any of a dozen lines delivered by Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, and even Justin Timberlake, Aaron Sorkin's favorite dramatic legal device is put to great dramatic use. A deposition is a strange thing—a it's protracted session in which attorneys test out different methods for trapping a party in an inconvenient or even disastrous version of events. There are periods of tedium, furious verbal duels, and more tedium in the deposits. Under duress, even the most gifted minds can crumble. They can be really revealing occasions. In Sorkin's version, Zuckerberg is unable to conceal his contempt for the majority of humanity. Despite the fact that The Social Network does not take place in a courtroom, it is a legal thriller of the highest kind.

Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe