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. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Characters, cowboys and the USC marching band take part in the celebration. A 4-acre fire on Universal’s backlot in 2008 wiped out many famous sets and shooting locations. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Doc Brown and the Nutty Professor do a chest bump as part of the celebration. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Molly Orr smashes a bottle of champagne against one of the Universal Studios Hollywood’s studio tour trams during the reopening of Courthouse Square June 16, 2009. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
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Workers atop the newly rebuilt Universal Studios Courthouse Square watch the festivities. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Universal Studios reopens Courthouse Square after a year of rebuilding the famous movie set June 16, 2009. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
A fire engulfs the Universal Studios backlot at Universal City on June 1, 2008. The large blue screen at center is used for special effects, and the broken-up plane and the set at lower left are from 2005’s “War of the Worlds.” (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
A helicopter view of the blaze, which injured nine firefighters and a sheriff’s deputy. The fire engulfed the studio’s videotape warehouse, containing copies of TV shows and films. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
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Burned-out wreckage surrounds backlot sets that survived the fire, which consumed two blocks. Officials say Universal plans to rebuild the New York Street facades. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles County firefighters keep an eye on smoldering fires as they mop up the King Kong attraction, New York Street and Courthouse Square. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
