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- ↑ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Hot Dogs – Film de Claude Fournier". Films du Québec, January 2, 2009.
- 1 2 Gary Evans, "Claude Fournier's Les Chiens Chauds (Hot Dogs)". Cinema Canada , October/November 1980.
- ↑ Stephen Godfrey, "Hot Dogs steamy but unpalatable". The Globe and Mail , December 2, 1980.
