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Sugar Man or The Sugar Man may refer to:
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- ↑ "Movie Review: SMS Sugar Man". Under Ground Film Journal. 17 November 2008.
- ↑ "Have a cell phone? Make a movie". Cnet. 4 March 2006.
- ↑ "SMS SUGAR MAN". Filmkrant. 14 April 2011.
