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- ↑ "NY Times: Going the Distance". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2010. Archived from the original on October 19, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
- ↑ "Going the Distance". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on October 8, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- 1 2 Hicks, Wessely (July 28, 1979). "Going the Distance". TV Times, Montreal Gazette . Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ↑ Evans 1991, p. 263.
- 1 2 Turner 1987, p. 270.
- ↑ "Going the Distance". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved February 22, 2023.