Universal Studios backlot opens after blaze

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Movie character look-alikes, Doc Brown, right, and the Nutty Professor hand out balloons to visitors on the trams during the celebration as Universal Studios reopens Courthouse Square after a year of rebuilding the famous movie set.

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( Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times / June 18, 2009 )

Movie character look-alikes, Doc Brown, right, and the Nutty Professor hand out balloons to visitors on the trams during the celebration as Universal Studios reopens Courthouse Square after a year of rebuilding the famous movie set.

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