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The views expressed here are those of the author, and do not reflect official policy of the U.S. Geological Survey. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. The author wishes to thank the following individuals for assistance during the preparation of this manuscript: Kevin Breen, William Centerfeit, John Davis, Heino Deckert, Christian Feller, Robert Friedel, John Garrett, Mark Gibeau, Judith Johnson, Karl McCreary, Deborah Martin, Ryan Michero, Sharon Perry, Shanti Revotskie, Joyce Reyhan, Austin Schulz, Mary Voytek, Gerd Wessolek, and Michiko Yamaguchi. Information on casts, crews and distributors of films covered here is available at http://www.imdb.com.

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Landa, E.R. (2010). In a Supporting Role: Soil and the Cinema. In: Landa, E., Feller, C. (eds) Soil and Culture. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2960-7_6

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