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- ↑ "Joel Coen and Ethan Coen during 4th Annual IFP Gotham Awards at Roseland in New York City, New York, United States". Getty Images. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
- ↑ "1994 Winners and nominees". Gotham Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
- ↑ "Gotham Awards Recipients (1991-Present) (as of June 17, 2011)" (PDF). Gotham Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2017.