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- ↑ "Production Survey", Cinema Papers October 1993 p65
- ↑ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria. Retrieved 13 November 2012
- ↑ "Interview with Pauline Chan", Signet, 10 November 1998. Retrieved 18 November 2012
