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- ↑ "The Official Academy Awards® Database". Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ "The 45th Academy Awards (1973) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
