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==Cultural references== Sharon Condie and [[Richard Condie]]'s 1978 [[National Film Board of Canada]] (NFB) [[animated short]] ''John Law and the Mississippi Bubble'' is a humorous interpretation. The film was produced by the NFB at its newly opened [[Winnipeg]] studio. It opened in Canadian cinemas starting in September 1979 and was sold to international broadcasters. The film received an award at the [[Tampere Film Festival]].<ref name=Ohayon>{{Cite web |last=Ohayon |first=Albert |title=John Law and the Mississippi Bubble: The Madness of Crowds |url=http://blog.nfb.ca/2011/06/22/john-law-and-the-mississippi-bubble-the-madness-of-crowds/ |work=NFB.ca Blog |date=22 June 2011 |publisher=[[National Film Board of Canada]] |access-date=22 June 2011}}</ref> In 1864 [[William Harrison Ainsworth]] published the novel ''[[John Law (novel)|John Law]]'' based on his career.<ref>Carver, Stephen James. ''The Life and Works of the Lancashire Novelist William Harrison Ainsworth, 1850-1882''. Edwin Mellen Press, 2003. p.378-79</ref> John Law is the focus of [[Rafael Sabatini]]'s 1949 novel ''[[The Gamester (novel)|The Gamester]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Match |first1=Richard |title=Economic Swordplay; THE GAMESTER. By Rafael Sabatini |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/09/04/archives/economic-swordplay-the-gamester-by-rafael-sabatini-310-pp-boston.html |access-date=23 March 2021 |work=New York Times |date=4 September 1949}}</ref> John Law is referenced in [[Voltaire]]'s 'Dictionnaire Philosophique', as part of the entry on reason.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/18569/18569-h/18569-h.htm#Reason|title=The Project Gutenberg eBook of Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary|website=www.gutenberg.org}}</ref> John Law is the subject of the section entitled "Fragment d'un ancien mythologiste" in "Lettre CXLII" of [[Montesquieu]]'s epistolary novel "Lettres Persanes" published in 1721. <!-- ==Ancestry== {{ahnentafel |collapsed=yes |align=center |boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc; |boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9; |boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc; |boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc; |boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe; |1 = '''John Law''' |2 = William Law |3 = Jean Campbell |4 = Alexander Law |5 = Marion Boyd |6 = Hugh Campbell |7 = Elspeth Kinninmonth |8 = John Law |9 = Janet Galbraith |10= Stevin Boyd |11= Elizabeth Hutchesone |12= |13= |14= John Kinninmonth |15= |16= [[James Law]] |17= Gmizel Boswell |18= Valentin Galbraith |19= Barbara Burrell |20= James Boyd |21= Marion Carmichael |22= |23= }} -->
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