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Brownlow, Kevin, and David Gill, directors and producers. Michael Winterbottom, writer. Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood. Image Entertainment, 1999.
Feldman, Gene, and Suzette Winter, writers and producers. Hollywood’s Children. Brighton Video, 1982.
Koszarski, Richard, writer, Patrick Montgomery, director. The Man You Loved to Hate, documentary. Killiam Films, 1979. Kino Video.