TY - ADVS AU - Aronofsky, Darren AU - Portman,Natalie AU - Cassel,Vincent AU - Kunis,Mila AU - Hershey,Barbara TI - Black swan U1 - 791.4372 PY - 2011/// CY - California PB - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment KW - Ballerinas KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Drama KW - Ballet companies KW - Competition KW - Psychoses N1 - Widescreen presentation aspect ratio 2.40:1; dual layer; Originally released as a motion picture in 2010; Title from container; Special features: Black Swan: Metamorphosis [featurette] (49 min.); Sneak peeks (7 min.); Sources used: videodisc container; Copyright catalog online; Amazon WWW site, viewed October 1, 2019; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed October 1, 2019; Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder; MPAA rating: Rated R for strong sexual content, disturbing violent images, language and some drug use; Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A N2 - Nina is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company. Her life, like most in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her mother Erica, a former ballerina who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: new dancer Lily, who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side - a recklessness that threatens to destroy her ER -