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Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Tracey Ullman, Lesley Ann Warren et al. Set for Mel Brooks Tribute

By: Dan Bacalzo · Jul 2, 2009  · Los Angeles

Mel Brooks<br>
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
Mel Brooks
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a tribute to Mel Brooks at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, July 24, at 8 p.m. Film historian Leonard Maltin will host the evening.

Richard Benjamin, Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Carl Reiner, Tracey Ullman, and Lesley Ann Warren are among the special guests who are currently scheduled to participate in the tribute, which will include numerous film clips and stories from his artistic collaborators and friends.

Brooks won an Academy Award for his 1968 film, The Producers and was nominated for his adapted screenplay (with Gene Wilder) for Young Frankenstein. Both films were adapted into Broadway musicals, with The Producers winning12 Tonys, the most of any production in the award's history. In addition, Brooks was Oscar nominated for the lyrics to the title song from Blazing Saddles, and he narrated The Critic, which won an Oscar for Cartoon Short Subject in 1963. His numerous films also include History of the World - Part I, Spaceballs, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

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