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Aaron Sorkin After ‘The Social Reckoning’: “I’m Very Worried That the Parts of Directing That I’m Not Good at Are Those Parts That You Can’t Learn”

In front of an audience at the Newport Beach Film Festival, the legendary writer turned embattled director discussed revisiting Facebook 16 years after 'The Social Network,' his thoughts about 'The West Wing' today ("I always want to rekindle the show") and re-writing 'A Few Good Men' 40 years after writing it — this time sober.

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In front of an audience at the Newport Beach Film Festival, the legendary writer turned embattled director discussed revisiting Facebook 16 years after 'The Social Network,' his thoughts about 'The West Wing' today ("I always want to rekindle the show") and re-writing 'A Few Good Men' 40 years after writing it — this time sober.

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According to The Hollywood Reporter’s source item, Aaron Sorkin After ‘The Social Reckoning’: “I’m Very Worried That the Parts of Directing That I’m Not Good at Are Those Parts That You Can’t Learn”, In front of an audience at the Newport Beach Film Festival, the legendary writer turned embattled director discussed revisiting Facebook 16 years after ‘The Social Network,’ his thoughts about ‘The West Wing’ today (“I always want to rekindle the show”) and re-writing ‘A Few Good Men’ 40 years after writing it — this time sober.

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