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Last Big Columbia Movie Set Could End Era of Ranch Backlots
Hollywood reports that Columbia's 1776 replica on the Burbank ranch may be the last of the great movie sets. The three-acre recreation of Philadelphia with 50 structures cost $500,000 and involved 150 workers over three months. Columbia plans to sell its Gower Street and Burbank ranch sites as film work moves toward studio-based shoots.
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