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- ↑ John Huston, Maker of Magic, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Houghton Mifflin, 1978, p. 216.
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films 1961-1970, American Film Institute, University of California Press, 1997, p. 306.
- ↑ The New Yorker, vol. 48, issue 19, 1972, p. 24.
- ↑ Smith, Adam (2016-08-30). "How can you connect The Addams Family to Ben-Hur?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ↑ Environmental Film Festival.
- ↑ CHAMPLIN, CHARLES (1987-12-17). "Tony Huston Recalls the Joys of 'The Dead'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ↑ MacKillop, James (1999). Contemporary Irish Cinema: From The Quiet Man to Dancing at Lughnasa. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815605683.
