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'''''The Limehouse Golem''''' is a 2016 British ]-] directed by Juan Carlos Medina from a screenplay by ]. The film, an adaptation of ]'s 1994 murder mystery novel '']'', stars ], ], and ]. '''''The Limehouse Golem''''' is a 2016 British ]-] directed by Juan Carlos Medina from a screenplay by ]. The film, an adaptation of ]'s 1994 murder mystery novel '']'', stars ], ] and ].


The film had its world premiere at the ] on 10 September 2016. It was released in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2017, by ]. The film had its world premiere at the ] on 10 September 2016. It was released in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2017, by ].
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A series of murders has shaken the community of ] in the docklands of ]. Journalists dub the murderer the ], after the Jewish legend. When music-hall star Elizabeth Cree is accused of poisoning her husband, John, on the same night as the last Golem murder, Inspector John Kildare discovers evidence linking John Cree to the murders and wants to solve the cases before Elizabeth is hanged. A series of murders has shaken the community of ] in the docklands of ]. Journalists dub the murderer the ], after the Jewish legend. When music-hall star Elizabeth Cree is accused of poisoning her husband, John, on the same night as the last Golem murder, Inspector John Kildare discovers evidence linking John Cree to the murders and wants to solve the cases before Elizabeth is hanged.


Kildare finds a diary written by the Golem of the crimes, handwritten in a printed copy of the essay by ], ], in a collected volume in the ]. He deduces that the Golem must be one of the four men who were in the library on the date of the last entry; ], ], ] and John Cree. Kildare acquires handwriting samples of the other three men, while listening to Elizabeth's story about how she was the daughter of an unmarried mother and went from sewing sail-cloths at the docks to becoming a star. Kildare finds a diary written by the Golem of the crimes, handwritten in a printed copy of ]'s essay "]", in a collected volume in the ]. He deduces that the Golem must be one of the four men who were in the library on the date of the last entry: ], ], ] and John Cree. Kildare acquires handwriting samples of the other three men, while listening to Elizabeth's story about how she was the daughter of an unmarried mother and went from sewing sail-cloths at the docks to becoming a star.


When Elizabeth's abusive mother died, she was befriended by Dan Leno and fell in with his music-hall troupe, performing comic songs while dressed as a man. Her act quickly becomes second in popularity only to Leno but she aspires to become a dramatic actor. John Cree, a struggling playwright woos her. Her fellow performer, Aveline Ortega (]), becomes jealous since she herself is interested in John, and sabotages Elizabeth's first dramatic role. When Elizabeth's abusive mother died, she was befriended by Dan Leno and fell in with his music-hall troupe, performing comic songs while dressed as a man. Her act quickly becomes second in popularity only to Leno, but she aspires to become a dramatic actor. She is wooed by John Cree, a struggling playwright. Her fellow performer, Aveline Ortega (]), becomes jealous since she herself is interested in John, and sabotages Elizabeth's first dramatic role.


Elizabeth is entrapped by the theatre's owner, a man known as 'Uncle' (]) and is forced to pose nude for photographs and to beat him for sexual gratification. She tells John, who offers to marry her and keep her safe. Elizabeth accepts and Kildare notes that Uncle died suddenly only days later, leaving the theatre to Dan Leno. John's career stalls, and he grows bitter toward Elizabeth, who supports him financially, but is only interested in what he can do for her career. She hires Aveline as a maid and facilitates an affair between Aveline and John so that she will not have to keep sleeping with him. The two remain estranged until John Cree's poisoning. Elizabeth is entrapped by the theatre's owner, a man known as 'Uncle' (]) and is forced to pose nude for photographs and to beat him for his sexual gratification. She tells John, who offers to marry her and keep her safe. Elizabeth accepts and Kildare notes that Uncle died suddenly only days later, leaving the theatre to Dan Leno. John's career stalls, and he grows bitter toward Elizabeth, who supports him financially, but is only interested in what he can do for her career. She hires Aveline as a maid and facilitates an affair between Aveline and John so that she will not have to keep sleeping with him. The two remain estranged until John Cree's poisoning.


Kildare finds a handwritten copy of the play written by Cree before his death on the day Elizabeth is to be hanged. He finds it to be a match with the diary and gets an hour's postponement to her sentence, hoping that revealing John Cree's crimes will cause her sentence to be commuted. Kildare instructs her to write a statement, but she writes the confession "I am the Golem", her handwriting matching the diary. Kildare realises that ''she'' is the true Golem rather than her husband. She killed 'Uncle' and began committing murders as the Golem to make a lasting name for herself, poisoning her husband when he found evidence. Kildare finds a handwritten copy of the play written by Cree before his death on the day Elizabeth is to be hanged. He finds it to be a match with the diary and gets an hour's postponement to her sentence, hoping that revealing John Cree's crimes will cause her sentence to be commuted. Kildare instructs her to write a statement, but she writes the confession "I am the Golem", her handwriting matching the diary. Kildare realises that ''she'' is the true Golem rather than her husband. She killed 'Uncle' and began committing murders as the Golem to make a lasting name for herself, poisoning her husband when he found evidence.


Broken at this revelation, Kildare delays announcing the revelation that Cree was the Golem to the press until after Elizabeth is hanged, granting her the fame of eliminating the Golem rather than the greater fame of being a killer, which she would have desired more. In the final scene, Dan Leno's troupe perform John's play, rewritten to tell Elizabeth's life story. Aveline, playing Elizabeth, dies accidentally during the hanging scene when the safety mechanism fails. Leno covers up the death and dresses as Elizabeth to continue the play. He takes a bow, as we no longer see him, but Elizabeth herself on the stage. Broken at this revelation, Kildare destroys Elizabeth's confession and allows her to be hanged for the murder of her husband, robbing her of the fame of being the Golem, allowing the solution that John Cree was the Golem to stand, for which Kildare is acclaimed, and granting Elizabeth the fame of having eliminated the Golem rather than the greater fame of being the Golem, which she actually desired. In the final scene, Dan Leno's troupe perform John's play, rewritten to tell Elizabeth's life story. Aveline, playing Elizabeth, dies during the hanging scene because the safety mechanism is not in place. Leno dresses as Elizabeth to continue the play. He takes a bow, and looks knowingly at Kildare in the audience. Then we no longer see him, but Elizabeth herself on the stage.


==Cast== ==Cast==
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* ] as Inspector John Kildare * ] as Inspector John Kildare
* ] as Elizabeth Cree * ] as Elizabeth “Lizzie” Cree
** Amelia Crouch as Young Elizabeth ** ] as Young Elizabeth
* ] as ] * ] as ]
* ] as Constable George Flood * ] as Constable George Flood
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* ] as ] * ] as ]
* ] as Augustus Rowley * ] as Augustus Rowley
* ] as ] * ] as ]
* ] as Inspector Roberts * ] as Inspector Roberts
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==Production== ==Production==
Screenwriter ] read the book years before she was a professional screenwriter and kept it in mind as a potential project. She explains, "What’s funny is that I read the book long before I was screenwriting. I think it was the only time that I can remember when I read a book and thought, 'Gosh, I hope somebody makes a movie of this!' ... Weirdly, years later I was on a film jury together with the producer whom I had read had the rights and I asked him whatever happened to the adaptation and said that I loved the book. That is how this came about, because he said the rights were free again and asked, 'Do you want to do it?'"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screencraft.org/2017/08/23/interview-screenwriter-jane-goldman-on-the-limehouse-golem/|title=Interview: Screenwriter Jane Goldman on ‘The Limehouse Golem’|publisher=ScreenCraft|first=Christopher|last=McKittrick|date=23 August 2017}}</ref> Screenwriter ] read the book years before she was a professional screenwriter and kept it in mind as a potential project. She explains, "What’s funny is that I read the book long before I was screenwriting. I think it was the only time that I can remember when I read a book and thought, 'Gosh, I hope somebody makes a movie of this!' ... Weirdly, years later I was on a film jury together with the producer whom I had read had the rights and I asked him whatever happened to the adaptation and said that I loved the book. That is how this came about, because he said the rights were free again and asked, 'Do you want to do it?'"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screencraft.org/2017/08/23/interview-screenwriter-jane-goldman-on-the-limehouse-golem/|title=Interview: Screenwriter Jane Goldman on 'The Limehouse Golem'|publisher=ScreenCraft|first=Christopher|last=McKittrick|date=23 August 2017}}</ref>


It was announced on 17 April 2015 that ], ], and ] had been cast in leading roles for the film, to be directed by Juan Carlos Medina.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/04/alan-rickman-olivia-cooke-duncan-boothe-lionsgate-jane-goldman-limehouse-golem-1201411663/|title=Alan Rickman, Olivia Cooke And Douglas Booth To Star In 'The Limehouse Golem'|publisher=]|first=Ali|last=Jaafar|date=17 April 2015}}</ref> Rickman later left the project due to declining health after he was diagnosed with ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/11/bill-nighy-i-was-proud-to-be-considered-for-alan-rickman-film-part|title=Bill Nighy: I was proud to be considered for Alan Rickman's film part|publisher=]|first=Press|last=Association|date=11 September 2016}}</ref> ] for ''The Limehouse Golem'' began in October 2015 in ], with filming taking place in locations such as ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/13800625.Call_for_Keighley_people_to_join_cast_of_major_movie_The_Limehouse_Golem/|title=Call for Keighley people to join cast of major movie The Limehouse Golem|work=]|first=David|last=Knights|date=2 October 2015}}</ref> Production also took place in ], with cast members ] and ] being spotted on set in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/actors-bill-nighy-daniel-mays-10381464|title=Actors Bill Nighy and Daniel Mays spotted filming new film in Manchester|work=]|first=Katie|last=Fitzpatrick|date=3 November 2015}}</ref> Principal photography concluded on 26 November 2015. ] composed the film's score.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2016/08/17/johan-soderqvist-scoring-the-limehouse-golem/|title=Johan Söderqvist Scoring 'The Limehouse Golem'|website=Film Music Reporter|date=August 17, 2016|accessdate=August 17, 2016}}</ref> The film is dedicated to Rickman, who died in January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/limehouse-golem-tiff-2016-stephen-926918/|title=Toronto: Producer Stephen Woolley Talks Dedicating 'Limehouse Golem' to Alan Rickman|publisher=]|first=Alex|last=Ritman|date=9 September 2016}}</ref> It was announced on 17 April 2015 that ], ] and ] had been cast in leading roles for the film, to be directed by Juan Carlos Medina.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/04/alan-rickman-olivia-cooke-duncan-boothe-lionsgate-jane-goldman-limehouse-golem-1201411663/|title=Alan Rickman, Olivia Cooke And Douglas Booth To Star In 'The Limehouse Golem'|publisher=]|first=Ali|last=Jaafar|date=17 April 2015}}</ref> Rickman later left the project due to declining health after he was diagnosed with ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/11/bill-nighy-i-was-proud-to-be-considered-for-alan-rickman-film-part|title=Bill Nighy: I was proud to be considered for Alan Rickman's film part|publisher=]|agency=Press Association|date=11 September 2016}}</ref> ] for ''The Limehouse Golem'' began in October 2015 in ], with filming taking place in locations such as ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/13800625.Call_for_Keighley_people_to_join_cast_of_major_movie_The_Limehouse_Golem/|title=Call for Keighley people to join cast of major movie The Limehouse Golem|work=]|first=David|last=Knights|date=2 October 2015}}</ref> Production also took place in ], with cast members ] and ] being spotted on set in ], with Nighy replacing Rickman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/actors-bill-nighy-daniel-mays-10381464|title=Actors Bill Nighy and Daniel Mays spotted filming new film in Manchester|work=]|first=Katie|last=Fitzpatrick|date=3 November 2015}}</ref> Principal photography concluded on 26 November 2015. ] composed the film's score.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2016/08/17/johan-soderqvist-scoring-the-limehouse-golem/|title=Johan Söderqvist Scoring 'The Limehouse Golem'|website=Film Music Reporter|date=August 17, 2016|access-date=August 17, 2016}}</ref> The film is dedicated to Rickman, who died in January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/limehouse-golem-tiff-2016-stephen-926918/|title=Toronto: Producer Stephen Woolley Talks Dedicating 'Limehouse Golem' to Alan Rickman|publisher=]|first=Alex|last=Ritman|date=9 September 2016}}</ref>


==Release== ==Release==
The film had its world premiere at the ] on 10 September 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/07/26/toronto-film-festival-2016-lineup|title=Toronto Film Festival 2016: Magnificent Seven, La La Land to screen|website=]|first=Joey|last=Nolfi|date=July 27, 2016|accessdate=July 27, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tiff.net/films/blue-jay/|title=Blue Jay|website=]|accessdate=July 27, 2016}}</ref> It was released in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/the-limehouse-golem-trailer/|title=The Limehouse Golem Trailer: Never Fear, Bill Nighy is on the case|website=Slash Film|first=Jack|last=Giroux|date=9 May 2017|accessdate=27 June 2017}}</ref> and in the United States on 8 September 2017, in a ] and through ] by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/the-limehouse-golem-billy-nighy-olivia-cooke-movie-thriller-release-date-u-s-1202105777/|title=‘The Limehouse Golem’ Starring Billy Nighy And Olivia Cooke Acquired For Theatrical Release|website=]|first=Anita|last=Busch|date=1 June 2017|accessdate=27 June 2017}}</ref> The film had its world premiere at the ] on 10 September 2016.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/07/26/toronto-film-festival-2016-lineup|title=Toronto Film Festival 2016: Magnificent Seven, La La Land to screen|magazine=]|first=Joey|last=Nolfi|date=July 27, 2016|access-date=July 27, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tiff.net/films/blue-jay/|title=Blue Jay|website=]|access-date=July 27, 2016}}</ref> It was released in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/the-limehouse-golem-trailer/|title=The Limehouse Golem Trailer: Never Fear, Bill Nighy is on the case|website=Slash Film|first=Jack|last=Giroux|date=9 May 2017|access-date=27 June 2017}}</ref> and in the United States on 8 September 2017, in a ] and through ] by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/the-limehouse-golem-billy-nighy-olivia-cooke-movie-thriller-release-date-u-s-1202105777/|title='The Limehouse Golem' Starring Billy Nighy And Olivia Cooke Acquired For Theatrical Release|website=]|first=Anita|last=Busch|date=1 June 2017|access-date=27 June 2017}}</ref>


===Critical reception=== ===Critical reception===
''The Limehouse Golem'' received positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 74% approval rating on review aggregator website ], based on 77 reviews, with a ] of 6.5/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/The_Limehouse_Golem|title=The Limehouse Golem|website=]|accessdate=December 7, 2020}}</ref> ''Ikon London Magazine'' commented that "the film was exquisitely shot, with fantastic period sets, locations, and wardrobe".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ikonlondonmagazine.com/the-limehouse-golem-film-review/|title=The Limehouse Golem Film Review |website=]|accessdate=September 3, 2017}}</ref> ''The Limehouse Golem'' received mostly positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 74% approval rating on review aggregator website ], based on 78 reviews, with a ] of 6.4/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/The_Limehouse_Golem|title=The Limehouse Golem|website=]|access-date=December 7, 2020}}</ref> On ], the film has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{Citation |title=The Limehouse Golem Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-limehouse-golem |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=2022-03-24}}</ref> ''Ikon London Magazine'' commented that "the film was exquisitely shot, with fantastic period sets, locations and wardrobe".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ikonlondonmagazine.com/the-limehouse-golem-film-review/|title=The Limehouse Golem Film Review |website=]|date=3 September 2017 |access-date=September 3, 2017}}</ref>


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2016 British film by Juan Carlos Medina For the novel on which this film is based, see Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem.

The Limehouse Golem
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJuan Carlos Medina
Screenplay byJane Goldman
Based onDan Leno and the Limehouse Golem
by Peter Ackroyd
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySimon Dennis
Edited byJustin Krish
Music byJohan Söderqvist
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate
Release dates
  • 10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) (TIFF)
  • 1 September 2017 (2017-09-01) (United Kingdom)
Running time105 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.35 million

The Limehouse Golem is a 2016 British horror-mystery film directed by Juan Carlos Medina from a screenplay by Jane Goldman. The film, an adaptation of Peter Ackroyd's 1994 murder mystery novel Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem, stars Olivia Cooke, Bill Nighy and Douglas Booth.

The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2016. It was released in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2017, by Lionsgate.

Plot

A series of murders has shaken the community of Limehouse in the docklands of Victorian London. Journalists dub the murderer the Golem, after the Jewish legend. When music-hall star Elizabeth Cree is accused of poisoning her husband, John, on the same night as the last Golem murder, Inspector John Kildare discovers evidence linking John Cree to the murders and wants to solve the cases before Elizabeth is hanged.

Kildare finds a diary written by the Golem of the crimes, handwritten in a printed copy of Thomas De Quincey's essay "On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts", in a collected volume in the British Museum Library Reading Room. He deduces that the Golem must be one of the four men who were in the library on the date of the last entry: Dan Leno, Karl Marx, George Gissing and John Cree. Kildare acquires handwriting samples of the other three men, while listening to Elizabeth's story about how she was the daughter of an unmarried mother and went from sewing sail-cloths at the docks to becoming a star.

When Elizabeth's abusive mother died, she was befriended by Dan Leno and fell in with his music-hall troupe, performing comic songs while dressed as a man. Her act quickly becomes second in popularity only to Leno, but she aspires to become a dramatic actor. She is wooed by John Cree, a struggling playwright. Her fellow performer, Aveline Ortega (María Valverde), becomes jealous since she herself is interested in John, and sabotages Elizabeth's first dramatic role.

Elizabeth is entrapped by the theatre's owner, a man known as 'Uncle' (Eddie Marsan) and is forced to pose nude for photographs and to beat him for his sexual gratification. She tells John, who offers to marry her and keep her safe. Elizabeth accepts and Kildare notes that Uncle died suddenly only days later, leaving the theatre to Dan Leno. John's career stalls, and he grows bitter toward Elizabeth, who supports him financially, but is only interested in what he can do for her career. She hires Aveline as a maid and facilitates an affair between Aveline and John so that she will not have to keep sleeping with him. The two remain estranged until John Cree's poisoning.

Kildare finds a handwritten copy of the play written by Cree before his death on the day Elizabeth is to be hanged. He finds it to be a match with the diary and gets an hour's postponement to her sentence, hoping that revealing John Cree's crimes will cause her sentence to be commuted. Kildare instructs her to write a statement, but she writes the confession "I am the Golem", her handwriting matching the diary. Kildare realises that she is the true Golem rather than her husband. She killed 'Uncle' and began committing murders as the Golem to make a lasting name for herself, poisoning her husband when he found evidence.

Broken at this revelation, Kildare destroys Elizabeth's confession and allows her to be hanged for the murder of her husband, robbing her of the fame of being the Golem, allowing the solution that John Cree was the Golem to stand, for which Kildare is acclaimed, and granting Elizabeth the fame of having eliminated the Golem rather than the greater fame of being the Golem, which she actually desired. In the final scene, Dan Leno's troupe perform John's play, rewritten to tell Elizabeth's life story. Aveline, playing Elizabeth, dies during the hanging scene because the safety mechanism is not in place. Leno dresses as Elizabeth to continue the play. He takes a bow, and looks knowingly at Kildare in the audience. Then we no longer see him, but Elizabeth herself on the stage.

Cast

Production

Screenwriter Jane Goldman read the book years before she was a professional screenwriter and kept it in mind as a potential project. She explains, "What’s funny is that I read the book long before I was screenwriting. I think it was the only time that I can remember when I read a book and thought, 'Gosh, I hope somebody makes a movie of this!' ... Weirdly, years later I was on a film jury together with the producer whom I had read had the rights and I asked him whatever happened to the adaptation and said that I loved the book. That is how this came about, because he said the rights were free again and asked, 'Do you want to do it?'"

It was announced on 17 April 2015 that Alan Rickman, Olivia Cooke and Douglas Booth had been cast in leading roles for the film, to be directed by Juan Carlos Medina. Rickman later left the project due to declining health after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Principal photography for The Limehouse Golem began in October 2015 in West Yorkshire, with filming taking place in locations such as Leeds and Keighley. Production also took place in Manchester, with cast members Bill Nighy and Daniel Mays being spotted on set in Deansgate, with Nighy replacing Rickman. Principal photography concluded on 26 November 2015. Johan Söderqvist composed the film's score. The film is dedicated to Rickman, who died in January 2016.

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2016. It was released in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2017 and in the United States on 8 September 2017, in a limited release and through video on demand by RLJ Entertainment.

Critical reception

The Limehouse Golem received mostly positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 74% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 78 reviews, with a weighted average of 6.4/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Ikon London Magazine commented that "the film was exquisitely shot, with fantastic period sets, locations and wardrobe".

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  5. Jaafar, Ali (17 April 2015). "Alan Rickman, Olivia Cooke And Douglas Booth To Star In 'The Limehouse Golem'". Deadline Hollywood.
  6. "Bill Nighy: I was proud to be considered for Alan Rickman's film part". TheGuardian.com. Press Association. 11 September 2016.
  7. Knights, David (2 October 2015). "Call for Keighley people to join cast of major movie The Limehouse Golem". Keighley News.
  8. Fitzpatrick, Katie (3 November 2015). "Actors Bill Nighy and Daniel Mays spotted filming new film in Manchester". Manchester Evening News.
  9. "Johan Söderqvist Scoring 'The Limehouse Golem'". Film Music Reporter. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  10. Ritman, Alex (9 September 2016). "Toronto: Producer Stephen Woolley Talks Dedicating 'Limehouse Golem' to Alan Rickman". HollywoodReporter.com.
  11. Nolfi, Joey (27 July 2016). "Toronto Film Festival 2016: Magnificent Seven, La La Land to screen". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
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