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- ↑ "The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ↑ "The 60th Academy Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ↑ "The 61st Academy Awards (1989) Nominees and Winners". Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
- ↑ "The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
- ↑ "The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
