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- ↑ Hollywood Reporter interview
- ↑ "OAS - Orphanage Animation Studios". 2007-10-12. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ↑ 'Sin's' effects crewsend up on same page Archived 2005-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ ProLost, Ten Years of The Orphanage
- ↑ Slashfilm.com, Recession Watch: The Orphanage is Gone
- ↑ FirstShowing.net, Special Effects Company The Orphanage Shuts Down
