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- ↑ NZ Onscreen, Chris Plummer: Biography
- ↑ New Zealand Film Commission, "Redford's Festival Picks NZ Film," 30 November 2005
- ↑ TVNZ, "Qantas Film Awards finalists," August 12, 2010
