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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Lupi 2004, p. 169.
- ↑ Italian DVD (see bibliography), Ultimo Tango a New Orleans.
- ↑ "Eleven days eleven nights un film di Joe D'Amato, con Jessica Moore" . Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ↑ Davies, Clive (6 March 2015). "eleven+days+eleven+nights"&pg=PT464 Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won't Write about - Clive Davies - Google Books. ISBN 9781909394063 . Retrieved 13 October 2018.