backlot
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The film was mostly shot on the Universal backlot and we wish it had more of an authentic L.A. feel.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
On the backlot at Warner Bros, tourists snap selfies in front of the Central Perk cafe set from Friends, and stroll by facades of buildings that stand-in for New York or Los Angeles.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025
He used his celebrity to help homeless youth and opened a donation center on his show’s backlot for victims of the January wildfires.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2025
Abdy and I were talking at the Warner Bros. backlot in Burbank, Los Angeles - 110 acres of sound stages, painted facades and recognisable streets where some of cinema's best loved movies have been shot.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024
Largely shot on a North Carolina backlot built for the film “Year of the Dragon,” “Household Saints” seems the most authentically simulated New York movie since Sam Fuller’s “Pickup on South Street.”
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2024
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