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In a film by this director, a man forgets a possessive pronoun when he shouts “if blood is going to flow, then let it flow all over the city.” In another film by this director, Kevin Costner’s character gives “three years of therapy in three minutes” near a skating rink and says his daughter only “tripped over a stick” while skiing. At the end of a film by this director, Eddie Redmayne’s character lists the names of 4752 dead (*) Vietnam soldiers to a judge. In a film screenwritten by this person, a character says the words “fuck you flip-flops” (10[1])after he finds out his shares were diluted to “point zero three percent”. In a film written by this person, twins played by Armie Hammer introduce themselves by saying “we row crew” to a young Mark Zuckerberg. For 10 points, who wrote the screenplay for The Social Network? ■END■

ANSWER: Aaron (Benjamin) Sorkin (the first and third lines refer to The Trial of the Chicago 7; the second line refers to Molly’s Game)
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