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- ↑ "'Pulp Fiction' Wings It at Independent Spirit Awards". Los Angeles Times. 1995-03-27. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ↑ "Independence days". Variety. 2005-02-24. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
- ↑ |Kartemquin Films