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- ↑ "David Caesar – a Case Study", Cinema Papers, August 1991 p38
- ↑ "Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
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