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- ↑ "Production", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p62
- ↑ "Interview with Scott Murray", Signet, 6 November 1998 accessed 19 November 2012
- ↑ "Facts and Figures", Cinema Papers, May 1985 p64
- ↑ "25e Selection De La Semaine De La Critique - 1986". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
