trained for two years. brandon jacob as poll guised for an incident where he threw his helmet which ended up in the hands of an excited fan. he didn t do it on purpose. the colts fan who caught it held on to it for several minutes, it s mine i caught it. possession is nine-tenths of the law but he had to give it back. with friends like these, the new movie about facebook takes on the site s founder and we hear it s not very flattering. plus, did f. you could ask barack obama one question, what would it be? you might have the chance today. [ female announcer ] stay once.
this movie s got buzz and controversial. it s the inside story of how facebook was founded when he created facebook, mark zuckerberg made his fair share of enemies, accused of stealing the idea for the website, an allegation that will play out on the big screen. best friend is suing you for $600 million. i didn t flow that. tell me more. reporter: the social network, hollywood s take on the web s biggest drama. 2200 hits within 2 hours. 22,000. reporter: depicting how facebook was founded in 2004, by then-harvard university sophomore, mark zuckerberg. the big screen account is anything but flattering. facebook. reporter: portraying zuckerberg as a socially awkward self-centered computer geek who stole the idea for facebook from friends as depicts in the film, the alleged betrayal paid off big. $1 million isn t cool. you know what s cool $1 billion. reporter: make the college dropout one of the world s
richest people worth $4 billion by 25. but it didn t come without a cost. zuckerberg s former classmates, identical twins tyler and cameron, sued him in 2004, saying they hires the computer product did for help with their social networking site months before facebook launches but zuckerberg decided to steal their ideas and the business plan, and to launch his own website. wait a second. isn t this the exact project we were working on? isn t this the exact person we were working on it with? reporter: the twins, olympic rowers getting mbas in exland, settled the das in 2008 for $65 million, part of it in facebook stock. but now, the twins want the settlement vacated claiming they were misled about the company s value. i m sure $65 million wouldn t seem like a lot because they believe they effectively created facebook which is worth more than that. reporter: facebook tells nbc
controversial tape. sarah shourd is pleading for the release of her fiancee and friend imprisoned in iran. will president ahmadinejad comply to her wishes. and it s the movie that facebook done want you to see. we ll talk more about that right here this morning on msnbc. it s coming up in the next hour. don t go anywhere. [ female announcer ] stay once. stay twice. earn a free night! two separate stays at comfort inn or any of these choice hotels can earn you a free night only when you book at choicehotels.com.
news, we ve considers the dispute closed for years and we wish them well in their future endeavors. they re saying we stole the facebook i know what it says. did we? reporter: the film is it latest in an onslaught of bad pr. the the social network the movie facebook doesn t want you to see. last year there was a public outcry when the site changed its privacy setting, instant messages reported this year allegedly show a young zuckerberg mocking his users for submitting personal information saying, quote, they trust me and then calling them dumb. mark zuckerberg is known to be aloof and arrogant and avoids big, public social situations. he seems to keep to himself. he s pretty awkward. reporter: ironically the man described as socially awkward is today s king of social media. facebook has 500 million users, 1 out of every 14 people in the