As an English-language reference book, there is bound to be some bias in the coverage few movie stars are listed from non European countries, for example- but the overall impression is probably not far from the truth. aDespite the growth of the film industry in other countries in movies still dominate the later decades, English-language medium, with Hollywood coming to rely increasingly on a small number of annual productions aimed at huge audiences-such as Jurassic Park, Aladdin and Forrest Gump. It is unusual to find a blockbuster movie produced in a language other than English. In 1994, according to the listings in the BFI Film md Television Handbook for 1996, 80 per cent of all feature films given a theatrical release were in English. The Oscar system has always oriented (though the category of best English-language been foreign film was recognized in 1947), but there is a strong presence in most other film festivals too. Half English-language of the Best Film awards ever given at the Cannes Film Festival, for productions. example, have been to English-language productions