Black Swan

Black Swan (2010)

Timing: 1:48 (108 min)

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Release date

2010-12-03

Country

United States

Production

Dune Entertainment, Protozoa Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Phoenix Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures

Genre

Drama, Thriller, Horror

Budget

$13 000 000

Revenue

$329 398 046

Website

https://www.searchlightpictures.com/blackswan

Director

Darren Aronofsky

Actors

Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder, Benjamin Millepied, Ksenia Solo, Kristina Anapau, Janet Montgomery, Sebastian Stan
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Scenario

Producer

Joseph P. Reidy, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin, Jerry Fruchtman, Rose Garnett, Ari Handel, Jon Avnet, Bradley J. Fischer

Operator

Matthew Libatique

Composer

Clint Mansell

Artist

Audition

Mary Vernieu, Ann Goulder, Gayle Keller

Editing

Andrew Weisblum, Gabrielle Mahon
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• Vincent Cassel compared his character to George Balanchine (Georgy Balanchivadze), one of the founders of New York City Ballet.
• Meryl Streep was considered for the role of Erika.
• Blake Lively auditioned for the role of Lily.
• In the first version of the script, Natalie Portman's character was named Alexandria.
• Originally, the film was intended to take place in France, with filming in Budapest, but this idea had to be abandoned due to budget limitations.
• The first version of the script was called “The Understudy.” The story revolved around a New York theater. Darren Aronofsky liked the script and suggested moving the action to the world of ballet.
• It took ten years for the screenplay to be made into a film.
• Darren Aronofsky offered Mila Kunis the role of Lily via Skype. Mila didn't even have to audition for the part.
• Natalie Portman lost 9 kilograms for her role in the film.
• Filming all the scenes with Winona Ryder took 10 days.
• In preparation for filming, Mila Kunis took ballet lessons for 5 hours a day, seven days a week, for 3 months.
• As a child, Winona Ryder tried ballet, but only lasted through the first lesson, as she said the teacher was too strict.
• Clint Mansell wrote the film's music, which is a variation on the theme of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".
• Natalie Portman recommended Mila Kunis for the role of Lily.
• During filming, Darren Aronofsky tried to set Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis against each other to further intensify the tension between their characters.
• During filming, Natalie Portman suffered a rib injury. Full recovery took 6 weeks. She also sustained a concussion during filming.
• A year before filming began, Natalie Portman resumed ballet lessons. Initially, she trained for two hours a day for six months with choreographer Mary Helen Bowers, gradually preparing for the workload to build strength and flexibility and avoid injury during further work. She then increased her training to five hours a day and added swimming.
• The film has several plot and visual similarities to the anime 'Perfect Blue'. Darren Aronofsky bought the rights to adapt it, intending to use a scene in 'Requiem for a Dream'. Aronofsky himself denies any direct influence of the anime on the film.
• The film has a number of plot and visual similarities to the anime "True Tears." Darren Aronofsky bought the rights to adapt it in order to film a scene in "Requiem for a Dream." Aronofsky himself denies any direct influence of the anime on the film.