Screen World: The Films of 2006

The heavily illustrated film reference book annual, with over 1,000 film stills. Movie fans eagerly await each new edition of Screen World, the definitive record of the cinema since 1949. Volume 58 provides an illustrated listing of every significant American and foreign film released in the United States in 2006, documented with more than 1,000 color and black-and-white photographs. This edition of Screen World highlights Best Picture winner The Departed, which also brought a long-overdue Oscar to director Martin Scorsese; two uncanny portrayals of real-life rulers that earned Oscar trophies for their stars, Helen Mirren as Elizabeth II in The Queen, and Forest Whitaker as Adi Amin in The Last King of Scotland; and the musical drama Dreamgirls, which won an Academy Award for the debut performance of Jennifer Hudson. Screen World's outstanding features include a color section of highlights; full-page photographs of the four Academy Award-winning actors; 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 2006.

John Willis is the editor emeritus of both Screen World and its companion series, Theatre World. He presides over the annual Theatre World Awards, the oldest awards given to actors in a Broadway or Off-Broadway debut role. On behalf of Theatre World, he received a 2001 Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre and the 2003 Broadway Theater Institute Lifetime Achievement Award.
Barry Monush is the associate editor of Screen World and a researcher at the Paley Center for Media in New York City. He is the author of the acclaimed Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the Silent Era to 1965(Applause), as well as the recently published Everybody's Talkin': The Top Films of 1965-1969(Applause). He lives in Metuchen, New Jersey.