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Film lovers disaster: Fire destroys 40,000 originals at Universal studios

Started by ducatiz, June 01, 2008, 01:11:09 PM

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ducatiz

June 01, 2008, 01:11:09 PM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24916515/

Holy SHITE!

QuoteHuge fire burns movie sets at Universal Studios
'Back to Future' set, King Kong exhibit, video vault destroyed
Matt Sayles / STF

UNIVERSAL CITY, California -

A fire at Universal Studios on Sunday destroyed a set from "Back to the Future," the King Kong exhibit and a video vault containing more than 40,000 videos and reels.

Los Angeles County fire Captain Frank Reynoso says the blaze broke out just before dawn on a backlot stage at the 400-acre property. The fire has been contained......................
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June 01, 2008, 03:42:24 PM
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ducatania

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June 01, 2008, 03:57:34 PM
Most of those videos were backups for films stored separately in the film vault elsewhere. The film originals weren't damaged.

ducatiz

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June 01, 2008, 04:55:14 PM
Quote from: derby on June 01, 2008, 03:42:24 PM
http://ducatimonsterworldwide.org/index.php?topic=3651.0

doesn't count, they didn't put an informative subject line.

"burn it if it doesn't make $" could refer to anything.
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