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3 unusual facts about Aaron Sorkin


ConnectU

The story of the relationship between ConnectU and Facebook is depicted in The Social Network, a film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich.

IBM Selectric typewriter

Aaron Sorkin credits a Selectric typewriter with interesting him in becoming a writer (although he now writes his stories on Apple Macintosh laptops).

Nevada Day

In 2006, Nevada Day, and the Nevada town of Pahrump, were central to the plot in "Nevada Day", a two-part episode of the Aaron Sorkin television drama Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.


Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

In the second season episode "Unintended Consequences," written by series creator Aaron Sorkin, producer Maggie Jordan (portrayed by Alison Pill) reads the story many times to Daniel, a young Ugandan boy (portrayed by Demoze Talbot) in a remote orphanage while on assignment.

Rick Leed

As an agent, Leed represented several award-winning creative talents, including Aaron Sorkin, Rowan Atkinson and Ian McKellen.

Timothy Davis-Reed

This makes him the only actor other than Felicity Huffman and Ron Ostrow to appear in all three of Aaron Sorkin's television creations; while he is the only actor to appear in multiple episodes of each of Aaron Sorkin's series.


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