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- ↑ "Hanging Gardens director off to Sundance: Four years ago, Thom Fitzgerald quit his day job and began to write a screenplay. Next week, his acclaimed feature film opens at North America's premiere indie film festival". Montreal Gazette , January 17, 1998.
- ↑ "Clichettes cook up crazy combinations". The Globe and Mail , November 13, 1985.
