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- ↑ Gunn, Elston. Ten Questions with MEET THE PARENTS screenwriter Jim Herzfeld Archived 2009-07-31 at the Wayback Machine , screenwritersutopia.com, March 11, 2004. Accessed October 9, 2008.
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