FromitsworldpremiereattheVeniceFilmFestival,DarrenAronofsky'sultra-intense,super-goofy

psychologicalthrillerhadindustryswamispredictingaBestActressOscarforNataliePortmanasa

troubled ballerina cast in Swan Lake. Portman, Aronofsky and the film's editor and cinematographer all

received Oscar nominations; the film did even better. Made for just $13 million, it should easily crack the

$100 million box-office ceiling before Oscar night, Feb. 27. That is also when the Best Picture dreams for

this All About Eve in tutus will end: Portman will win her statuette, then the dance will be over.