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- ↑ "The Secret of NIMH". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 2015-09-25.
- ↑ "The Secret of NIMH (1982)". Rotten Tomatoes . 30 July 1982. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
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- ↑ "Heart like a Wheel (1983)". Rotten Tomatoes . 15 September 1983. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
- ↑ "Eddie and the Cruisers". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 2015-09-25.
- ↑ "Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)". Rotten Tomatoes . 23 September 1983. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
- ↑ "Maxie". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 2015-09-26.
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- ↑ "Side Out (1990)". The Numbers . Retrieved 2015-09-25.
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