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- ↑ "5. "Smooth Criminal" (1988)". Rolling Stone.
- ↑ "Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic Academy Awards Acceptance Speech". oscars.org. Margaret Herrick Library - Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
- ↑ "1979 Film Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema - BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ↑ "Colin Chilvers". GRAMMY.com. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
