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Martin Scorsese to present Mel Brooks with AFI Award
By Brent Lang
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Martin Scorsese and Mel Brooks are rarely mentioned in the same sentence. Although both men are film legends, their styles and subject matter are worlds apart-- one is associated with gritty depictions of criminality while the other is best known for his pioneering fart jokes.
The two men will share the same stage, however, on June 6, when Scorsese will present Brooks with the American Film Institute's 41st Life Achievement Award. The award is one of the highest honors for a career in film and has been handed out in the past to such notable directors and actors as Kirk Douglas, Bette Davis, Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, Robert De Niro and Scorsese himself.
Brooks is being honored for a career that has spanned television, film and the Broadway stage. He is the creative force behind such comedy classics as "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein" and the film and stage versions of "The Producers."
At 86, Brooks recently told TheWrap he has no interest in retiring. He's toying with turning "Blazing Saddles" into a Broadway play and is trying to film a slasher movie called "Pizza Man" with Cary Elwes.
The private black tie gala will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on June 6 and will be broadcast on TNT on Saturday, June 15, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. It will be shown again as part of an all-night tribute to Brooks on Turner Classic Movies on Sunday, July 24, at 8 p.m. ET.
"For over 50 years, Mel Brooks has given the world its greatest gift - laughter," Sir Howard Stringer, chair of the AFI Board of Trustees, said in a statement. "At the American Film Institute, we also want to shine a proper light on his contributions to the art form as writer, producer, director and actor - and who better to bestow this honor than one of the masters of American film, Martin Scorsese."
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I hope Gene Wilder is a presenter. Everyone else is dead. Marty Feldman died. Peter Boyle and Madeleine Kahn are dead. Cleavon Little died young. I guess Harvey Korman could present too. Geez, even John Candy is dead from Spaceballs. Bill Pullman could present along with Rick Moranis. "I see you're Schwartz is as big as mine". LOL.
So many great lines. I mean seriously............from Blazing Saddles to Young Frankenstein to Spaceballs..............I even enjoyed Silent Movie.........the shower scene with Burt Reynolds where he thinks he's by himself washing himself and suddenly more and more hands appear washing him but you don't see the other people. LOL. High Anxiety too..........I wish Mel would have kept it up. Funny guy.
I think Gene Wilder did most of the writing on Young Frankenstein.
Martin Scorsese to present Mel Brooks with AFI Award
By Brent Lang
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Martin Scorsese and Mel Brooks are rarely mentioned in the same sentence. Although both men are film legends, their styles and subject matter are worlds apart-- one is associated with gritty depictions of criminality while the other is best known for his pioneering fart jokes.
The two men will share the same stage, however, on June 6, when Scorsese will present Brooks with the American Film Institute's 41st Life Achievement Award. The award is one of the highest honors for a career in film and has been handed out in the past to such notable directors and actors as Kirk Douglas, Bette Davis, Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, Robert De Niro and Scorsese himself.
Brooks is being honored for a career that has spanned television, film and the Broadway stage. He is the creative force behind such comedy classics as "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein" and the film and stage versions of "The Producers."
At 86, Brooks recently told TheWrap he has no interest in retiring. He's toying with turning "Blazing Saddles" into a Broadway play and is trying to film a slasher movie called "Pizza Man" with Cary Elwes.
The private black tie gala will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on June 6 and will be broadcast on TNT on Saturday, June 15, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. It will be shown again as part of an all-night tribute to Brooks on Turner Classic Movies on Sunday, July 24, at 8 p.m. ET.
"For over 50 years, Mel Brooks has given the world its greatest gift - laughter," Sir Howard Stringer, chair of the AFI Board of Trustees, said in a statement. "At the American Film Institute, we also want to shine a proper light on his contributions to the art form as writer, producer, director and actor - and who better to bestow this honor than one of the masters of American film, Martin Scorsese."
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I hope Gene Wilder is a presenter. Everyone else is dead. Marty Feldman died. Peter Boyle and Madeleine Kahn are dead. Cleavon Little died young. I guess Harvey Korman could present too. Geez, even John Candy is dead from Spaceballs. Bill Pullman could present along with Rick Moranis. "I see you're Schwartz is as big as mine". LOL.
So many great lines. I mean seriously............from Blazing Saddles to Young Frankenstein to Spaceballs..............I even enjoyed Silent Movie.........the shower scene with Burt Reynolds where he thinks he's by himself washing himself and suddenly more and more hands appear washing him but you don't see the other people. LOL. High Anxiety too..........I wish Mel would have kept it up. Funny guy.
I think Gene Wilder did most of the writing on Young Frankenstein.