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- ↑ "The 82nd Academy Awards (2010) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- ↑ http://awards.bafta.org/award/2016/film/special-visual-effects
