Fire destroys movie history

[homer5000]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/01/studio.fire/index.html
^The worst crime? The courthouse square from BTTF = gone, as in forever...

[StarskyMaxwell]

And probably every classic Universal animated short ever.

[Burnin']

Some of Universal Studios' Significant Productions Shot on Fire Ravaged Backlot
June 1, 2008
Fox News

Below is a list of some significant movies and music videos that used the backlot and/or filmed mostly at Universal Studios.

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

All That Heaven Allows (1955)

Another Part of the Forest (1948)

Apollo 13 (1995)

The Art of Love (1965)

The Back Lot Murders (2002)

Back to the Future (1985)

Balls of Fury (2007)

Beethoven (1992)

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)

Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)

Big Fat Liar (2002)

The Birds (1963)

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Bruce Almighty (2003)

The 'burbs (1989)

Casper (1995)

Cast Away (2000)

Changeling (2008)

Cloak and Dagger (1984)

The Color Purple (1985)

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

Damon and Pythias (1914)

Deep Impact (1998)

Desperate Hours (1955)

Dick Tracy (1990)

Dirty Harry (1971)

Dr Seuss' The Cat In The Hat (2003)

Dracula (1931)

Earthquake (1974)

Evan Almighty (2007)

Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

Flash Gordon (1936)

Fletch Lives (1989)

Flower Drum Song (1961)

Foolish Wives (1922)

Frankenstein (1931)

Garfield (2004)

The Ghost and Mr Chicken (1966)

The Good German (2006)

Gremlins (1984)

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (2000)

Hancock (2008)

Harvey (1950)

Hindenburg, The (1975)

History of the World Part I (1981)

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

Hulk (2003)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)

Idlewild (2006)

Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

The Italian Job (2003)

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)

Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

Jurassic Park (1993)

Land of the Lost (2009)

Leave it to Beaver (1997)

Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)

Mallrats (1995)

Meet the Fockers (2004)

Mission Impossible III (2006)

The Mississippi Gambler (1953)

Moonwalker (1988)

Nacho Libre (2006)

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

Newsies (1992)

Norbit (2007)

The Nude Bomb (1980)

Oscar (1991)

Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Pirates of the Carribean (2003-2007)

The Prestige (2006)

The Princess Diaries 2 (2004)

Psycho (1960)

The Shaggy Dog (1959)

The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)

Shout (1991)

Show Boat (1951)

So Goes My Love (1946)

Spartacus (1960)

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

The Sting (1973)

Strange Bedfellows (1965)

Starship Dave (2008)

Superhero Movie (2008)

Streets of Fire (1984)

'To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

Torn Curtain (1966)

Transformers (2007)

The Truman Show (1998)

Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927)

Village of the Giants (1965)

War of the Worlds (2005)

When Harry Met Sally (1989)

The Wizard (1989)

You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)

Your Studio and You (1995)

[dogger5645]

Oh my god, this sucks so much...

[Snack Related Mishap]

Hey, atleast the 40,000 or however many film reels that were burned had duplicates in another location. I'm looking on the bright side.

[gheorghe]

oh no, the sets of superhero movie and norbit are gone forever

[Pedro Sanchez]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/01/studio.fire/index.html
^The worst crime? The courthouse square from BTTF = gone, as in forever...

Actually the original courthouse square from BTTF was destroyed in the 1990 backlot fire.

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/3341/ush110690ms3.jpg

If they rebuilt it once I'm sure they will rebuild it again.

[aoife]

They'll rebuild, but it is kind of sad that all of these classic sets got destroyed.

[Gatorgod]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/gatorgod/GatorIcons/BurnedGator6.gif Was Ron Meyer playing his Violin while the Universe(al) burned about him?

[Jamie]

I don't see what the big deal is, universal studios has fires like every 40 minutes at the backdraft attraction

[homer5000]

If they rebuilt it once I'm sure they will rebuild it again.

If I recall correctly, they rebuilt the first time since the courthouse was left standing. This time, the courthouse facade has been totally incinerated. Unless they are extremely desperate for it (Ghost Whisperer relies on it, so maybe), I doubt it will get rebuilt...

EDIT: Spoke too soon. Courthouse is still standing. So I guess it will get rebuilt after all...

[Pedro Sanchez]

If I recall correctly, they rebuilt the first time since the courthouse was left standing. This time, the courthouse facade has been totally incinerated. Unless they are extremely desperate for it (Ghost Whisperer relies on it, so maybe), I doubt it will get rebuilt...


The courthouse was not destroyed in todays fire, I believe it only recieved minor damage.

[Snack Related Mishap]

The iconic courthouse square from "Back to the Future" was destroyed, and the famous clock tower that enabled Michael J. Fox's character to travel through time was damaged, fire officials said.

http://www.jhallman.com/bttfprops/images/stories/props/p1_flyeralt.jpg

[simpsonsfan20]

a century of movie history destroyed by a single blazing inferno. Tragic





If an arsonist did this, KILL HIM!

I don't see what the big deal is, universal studios has fires like every 40 minutes at the backdraft attraction

WOULD YOU SHUT UP, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF MOVIE HISTORY DESTROYED IN A SINGLE FIRE.

Pardon my language.

[pearl]

hahahah, jamie, i agree. pretty soon that king kong is going to be the end of the studio altogether

[Moe Nopoly]

They'll rebuild, but it is kind of sad that all of these classic sets got destroyed.

i agree, especially sad, that parts of the back to the future set were lost in the fire.

[NumberZone]

Yes, it's a sad time for movie history and Universal Studios alike.

[billi vanilli]

WOULD YOU SHUT UP, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF MOVIE HISTORY DESTROYED IN A SINGLE FIRE.

Pardon my language.
what is wrong with you

[homer5000]

WOULD YOU SHUT UP, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF MOVIE HISTORY DESTROYED IN A SINGLE FIRE.

Pardon my language.

Dude, chill. Nobody died, it's not distasteful, and it's not THAT big of a deal. I thought Jamie's comment was pretty funny anyways...

[morbot]

WOULD YOU SHUT UP, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF MOVIE HISTORY DESTROYED IN A SINGLE FIRE. If we live in constant fear and can't joke about it, then the fire has already won.

All the films were backed up... so basically some fake wooden buildings burnt down & no one was hurt. OH NOES!

[America: Fuck Yea!]

WOULD YOU SHUT UP, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF MOVIE HISTORY DESTROYED IN A SINGLE FIRE.

Pardon my language.

I hope every single one of those fucking films is lost forever. BURNED. GONE. KAPUT.

Hollywood has been running out of ideas since the 80s. Time to start fresh.

[Clark Westfall]

WOULD YOU SHUT UP, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF MOVIE HISTORY DESTROYED IN A SINGLE FIRE.

Pardon my language.

someone needs to relax

[Burnin']

WOULD YOU SHUT UP, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF MOVIE HISTORY DESTROYED IN A SINGLE FIRE.

Pardon my language.

i got nothing to add, but i wanted to quote this guy since everyone is doing it in a row

[billi vanilli]

WOULD YOU SHUT UP, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF MOVIE HISTORY DESTROYED IN A SINGLE FIRE.

Pardon my language.
sup burninmaphone

[Drew]

WOULD YOU SHUT UP, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF MOVIE HISTORY DESTROYED IN A SINGLE FIRE.

Pardon my language.

JOKES MOTHERFUCKER, DO YOU GET THEM?!

[Spartan]

c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-COMBO BREAK-UH!!!!!!!!!

[NoOneFamous]

Well, I'm glad they have backups of the films and that the Clocktower itself was saved.

It sucks that now the tram tour is messed up, though, because that is a pretty awesome tour.