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- ↑ Fleming, Mike Jr. (April 12, 2018). "Amazon Studios Sets Book & Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Movie On Rise & Fall Of New York Club Owner Peter Gatien". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
