Black Swan (Original title)
Date: 2010 (Copyright)Country: USADirected by: Darren Aronofsky
Synopsis: Psychological thriller set amongst the members of a ballet company in a New York planning a production of Swan Lake. As the two main contenders for the parts compete for the parts of the White Swan and the Black Swan, the dark side of one of them comes to the fore.
Genre: Thriller
Subjects: Neuroses, Swan Lake (Ballet), Nails
Releases
Date: 2010Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 103 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Date: 01 December 2010Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 108 mins Language: EnglishDistributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Date: 21 January 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 108 mins Length: 9718 FeetLanguage: EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Author: Marston, Kendra Pages: ix, 221 pages
Title: Darren Aronofsky's films and the fragility of hope
Author: Skorin-Kapov, Jadranka Pages: xxxi, 183 pages
Description: Includes an interview with Darren Aronofsky.
Title: Bodies in pain: emotion and the cinema of Darren Aronofsky
Author: Laine, Tarja Pages: vi, 184 pages
Title: Oxford handbook of dance and the popular screen
Author: Blanco Borelli, Melissa Pages: x, 476 pages
Description: Companion website: www.oup.com/us/ohdps
Title: last laugh: strange humors of cinema
Author: POMERANCE, Murray Pages: xi, 244 pages
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1607904
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: DVDDuration: 103 min minutesColour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-235121
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(1)
Description: DVDDuration: 103 min minutesColour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-235121
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1607904
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Date: 2010 (Copyright)Country: USADirected by: Darren Aronofsky
Synopsis: Psychological thriller set amongst the members of a ballet company in a New York planning a production of Swan Lake. As the two main contenders for the parts compete for the parts of the White Swan and the Black Swan, the dark side of one of them comes to the fore.
Genre: Thriller
Subjects: Neuroses, Swan Lake (Ballet), Nails
Releases
Date: 2010Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 103 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Date: 01 December 2010Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 108 mins Language: EnglishDistributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Date: 21 January 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 108 mins Length: 9718 FeetLanguage: EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Credits
(124)
© in all territories: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Dune Entertainment III LLC, © in Brazil, Italy, Japan, Korea and Spain: TCF Hungary Film Rights Exploitation Limited Liability Company, In association with: Cross Creek Pictures, Production Company: Protozoa, Production Company: Phoenix Pictures, Made in association with: Dune Entertainment, Presents: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Executive Producer: Bradley J. Fischer, Executive Producer: Ari Handel, Executive Producer: Tyler Thompson, Executive Producer: Peter Fruchtman, Executive Producer: Rick Schwartz, Executive Producer: Jon Avnet, Executive Producer: David Thwaites, Jennifer Roth, Produced by: Mike Medavoy, Produced by: Arnold W. Messer, Produced by: Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin, Co-producer: Joseph Reidy, Gerald Fruchtman, Associate Producer: Rose Garnett, Unit Production Manager: Jennifer Roth, Production Supervisor: Gabrielle Mahon, Production Co-ordinator: Lindsay Feldman, Production Accountant: Teddy Au, Stage Manager: Loreen Domjian, Location Manager: Ronnie Kupferwasser, Location Scout: Orit Greenberg, Location Scout: Trish Gray, Megan Foerster, Post-production Supervisor: Jeff Robinson, 1st Assistant Director: Joseph Reidy, 2nd Assistant Director: Amy Lauritsen, 2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Travis Rehwaldt, Script Supervisor: Anthony Pettine, Voice Casting: Dann Fink, Bruce Winant, Screenplay by: Mark Heyman, Screenplay by: Andrés Heinz, John McLaughlin, Story by: Andrés Heinz, Director of Photography: Matthew Libatique, Chief Lighting: Lorne Macdougall, Camera Operator: Stephen Consentino, Joseph Cicio, Gaffer: John G. Velez, Mo Flam, Rigging Gaffer: Gavin Curran, Key Grip: Lamont Crawford, Rigging Key Grip: Nick Vaccaro, Still Photographer: Niko Tavernise, Visual Effects Supervisor: Dan Schrecker, Visual Effects Producer: Colleen Bachman, Visual Effects by: Inc Look Effects, Visual Effects: Technicolor, Club Images Manipulated and Designed by: Ray Lewis, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Conrad Brink, Film Editor: Andrew Weisblum, Production Designer: Thérèse Deprez, Art Director: David Stein, Art Department Co-ordinator: Miriam Johnson, Set Decorator: Tora Peterson, Graphic Artist: Derrick Kardos, Property Master: Daniel Fisher, Construction Co-ordinator: Richard Tenewitz, Costume Designer: Amy Westcott, Ballet Costumes Designed by: Rodarte, Costume Supervisor: Jennifer Ingram, Make-up Design: Judy Chin, Make-up Department Head: Margie Durand, Key Make-up: Todd Kleitsch, Additional Make-up: Angela L. Johnson, Carla White, Contact Lens Consultant: Dr Mitchell Cassel, Hair Design: Paul Leblanc, Hair Department Head: Geordie Sheffer, Key Hair Stylist: Mary Lampert, Additional Hair Stylist: Valerie Gladstone, Dierdre Harris, Prosthetic Make-up Design: Mike Marino, Main and End Titles Designed by: Jeremy Dawson, Jeff Kryvicky, Original Score by: Clint Mansell, Music from 'Swan Lake' Composed by: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano: Simon Chamberlain, Solo Violin: Rolf Wilson, John Bradbury, Score Conducted and Orchestrated by: Matt Dunkley, Music from 'Swan Lake' Adapted and Arranged by: Clint Mansell, Matt Dunkley, Music Supervisor: Jim Black, Gabe Hilfer, Music Consultant: Chris Benstead, Ballet Choreography by: Benjamin Millepied, Associate Choreographer: Kurt Froman, Head Trainer: Georgina Parkinson, Trainer: Marina Stavitskaya, Male Trainer: Jock Soto, Trainer for Ms [Natalie] Portman: Mary Helen Bowers, Trainer for Ms [Mila] Kunis: Alexandra Blacker, On-set Ballet Consultant: Olga Kostritzky, Ballet Co-ordinator: Ashley Melone, Ballet Consultant: Francesca Harper, Ballet Consultant: Megan Fairchild, Ballet Consultant: Tyler Peck, Ballet Consultant: Heather Watts, Ballet Consultant: Gillian Murphy, Ballet Consultant: Gavin Fitzpatrick, Julie Kent, Sound Designer: Brian Emrich, Craig Henighan, Production Sound Mixer: Ken Ishii, Boom Person: Anguibe Guindo, Additional Boom Person: Brendan O'Brien, Seth Tallman, Re-recording Mixer: Dominick Tavella, Craig Henighan, Supervising Sound Editor: Craig Henighan, Stunt Co-ordinator: Douglas Crosby, Unit Publicist: Rob Harris, Digital Intermediate: Technicolor - New York
Cast
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Natalie Portman (Nina Sayers, 'The Swan Queen'), Vincent Cassel (Thomas Leroy, 'The Gentleman'), Mila Kunis (Lily, 'The Black Swan'), Barbara Hershey (Erica Sayers, 'The Queen'), Winona Ryder (Beth MacIntyre, 'The Dying Swan'), Benjamin Millepied (David, 'The Prince'), Ksenia Solo (Veronica, 'little swan'), Kristina Anapau (Galina, 'little swan'), Janet Montgomery (Madeline, 'little swan'), Sebastian Stan (Andrew, 'suitor'), Toby Hemingway (Tom, 'suitor'), Sergio Torrado (Sergio, 'Rothbart'), Mark Margolis (Mr Fithian, 'patron'), Tina Sloan (Mrs Fithian, 'patron'), Abe Aronofsky (Mr Stein, 'patron'), Charlotte Aronofsky (Mrs Stein, 'patron'), Marcia Jean Kurtz (costumer Georgina), Shaun O'Hagan (stage manager Sebastian), Christopher Gartin (sexy waiter Scott), Deborah Offner (administrator Susie), Stanley B. Herman (Uncle Hank), Michelle Rodriguez Nouel (physical therapist), Kurt Froman (understudy for Siegfried), Marty Krzywonos (conductor), Leslie Lyles (nurse), John Epperson (jaded piano player), Arkadiy Figlin (piano player), Timothy Fain (violin player), Sarah Lane (lady in the lane), Liam Flaherty (man in stall), Patrick Heusinger (rich gent), Marina Stavitskaya, Christine Redpath, Olga Kostritzky, Alexandra Damiani (ballet mistress), Rebecca Azenberg, Rachel Jambois, Laura Bowman, Ryoko Sadoshima, Holly L. Fusco, Kaia A. Tack, Abigail Mentzer, Lauren Fadeley, Barette Vance, Sarah Hay, Lillian Di Piazza, Adrianna de Svastich, Megan Dickinson, Jamie Wolf, Jessy Hendrickson, Carrie Lee Riggins, Geneviève Lebean, Gina Artese
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
Title: Postfeminist whiteness: problematising melancholic burden in contemporary HollywoodAuthor: Marston, Kendra Pages: ix, 221 pages
Title: Darren Aronofsky's films and the fragility of hope
Author: Skorin-Kapov, Jadranka Pages: xxxi, 183 pages
Description: Includes an interview with Darren Aronofsky.
Title: Bodies in pain: emotion and the cinema of Darren Aronofsky
Author: Laine, Tarja Pages: vi, 184 pages
Title: Oxford handbook of dance and the popular screen
Author: Blanco Borelli, Melissa Pages: x, 476 pages
Description: Companion website: www.oup.com/us/ohdps
Title: last laugh: strange humors of cinema
Author: POMERANCE, Murray Pages: xi, 244 pages
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1607904
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: DVDDuration: 103 min minutesColour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-235121
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(1)
Description: DVDDuration: 103 min minutesColour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-235121
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1607904
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)