Screen World The Films of 2009
Edited by Barry Monush
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(Screen World). Movie fans eagerly await each new edition of Screen World , the definitive record of the cinema since 1949. Volume 61 provides an illustrated listing of every significant American and foreign film released in the United States in 2009, documented with more than 1,000 color and black-and-white photographs. This new edition of Screen World highlights the highest-grossing film of all time, Avatar, and such other Best Picture nominees as Up in the Air , starring George Clooney; the sleeper success The Blind Side with Sandra Bullock; Pixar's latest hit, Up ; Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds ; Kathryn Bigelow's award-laden The Hurt Locker ; and Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire , with Mo'Nique and newcomer Gabourey Sidibe. Screen World 's outstanding features include a color section of highlights and a comprehensive index with over 19,000 entries; full-page photographs of the four Academy Award-winning actors as well as photos of all acting nominees; a look at the year's most promising new screen personalities; complete film information: cast and characters, credits, production company, date released, rating, capsule plot summary, and running time; biographical entries: a priceless reference on nearly 2,500 living stars, including real name, school, and date and place of birth; and obituaries for 2009.
About the Author:
Barry Monush (Metuchen, NJ) is the author of the acclaimed Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the Silent Era to 1965 and Everybody s Talkin : The Top Films of 1965 1969. He is a researcher at the Paley Center for Media in New York City.
See the publisher website: Applause Books
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