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"Martin Scorsese is to present Mel Brooks with the prestigious American Film Institute (AFI) Life Achievement Award. The Blazing Saddles director&amp;#039;s life and career will be honored at a special ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on June 6.   AFI chairman Sir Howard Stringer has said that Scorsese is the perfect choice to pay tribute to the iconic filmmaker, given that he himself was given the Life Achievement Award in 1997. &amp;quot;For over 50 years, Mel Brooks has given the world its greatest gift - laughter,&amp;quot; Stringer commented. &amp;quot;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.&amp;quot; The AFI tribute to Brooks will air on June 15 on TNT, and again as part of a day-long salute to the director on TCM on July 24. Watch a trailer for Blazing Saddles below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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