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- ↑ "Film pays tribute to painter Chi O'Farrell". Vancouver Sun , November 15, 1986.
- ↑ "Brush with fame". Vancouver Sun , September 24, 1987.
- ↑ Amnon Buchbinder, "Kirk Tougas's Return to Departure". Cinema Canada , October 1986. pp. 37-38.
- ↑ Greg Quill, "Decline rises to top Genie nominations". Toronto Star , February 5, 1987.
