The nation's movie critics have been saying for the last month that "The Social Network" is the best film of 2010.
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Now, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has agreed with them.
David Fincher's drama about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was named best dramatic film at the 68th Golden Globes, which also honored "The Kids Are All Right" in the comedy category, and bestowed acting honors on Colin Firth and Natalie Portman in the drama field and Annette Bening and Paul Giamatti on the comedy or musical side.
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In his acceptance speech, "Social Network" producer Scott Rudin thanked Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg "for allowing us to use his life and work as a metaphor for communication and the way we relate to each other."
"The Social Network" also won awards for its director David Fincher (who said that without the support of many people "I'd just be a bitter man with a lot of opinions"), screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
Its four awards made it the night's biggest winner among the Globes movie categories, two more than "The Fighter" and "The Kids Are All Right."
In the television categories, the HBO series "Boardwalk Empire" was named Best TV Series - Drama, "Glee" won the award for Best TV Series - Comedy, and the French-made "Carlos" was named Best Miniseries or Television Movie.
Firth, who won the Best Actor - Drama award for "The King's Speech," paid tribute to director Tom Hooper and co-star Geoffrey Rush, the other sides of "a surprisingly robust triangle of man-love."
"Black Swan" winner Portman, visibly pregnant and giggly when she spoke of the father of her child, dancer/choreographer Benjamin Millepied, made a nod to the lengthy awards season when she said "truly the most wonderful part of this whole experience has been to spend time with so many of the people in this room."
As they did at Friday night's Critics Choice Movie Awards, the two supporting awards went to co-stars from "The Fighter," Christian Bale and Melissa Leo. Both paid particular tribute to director David O. Russell and the film's star and co-producer Mark Wahlberg -- who, said Bale, was the "quiet center" that Bale's "loud performance" could play off.
Bale also joked about never really knowing who the Hollywood Foreign Press Association were, except that they argued amongst themselves at press conferences. "Suddenly I realize how wise and perceptive those guys really are," he joked.
He was not the only one to poke fun at the controversial HFPA: the show's host, Ricky Gervais, opened the show with a few obligatory Charlie Sheen jokes, and then dove right into a series of jabs at the HFPA for nominating "The Tourist" and "Burlesque."
