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Paul Maslansky, ‘Police Academy’ and ‘Return to Oz’ Producer, Dies at 91
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Carly Thomas
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Legendary producer Paul Maslansky, the creative force behind the hit comedy
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- Maslansky's innovative approach to
- - he wrote the original two-page story after witnessing a group of unfit police cadets during the filming of
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Paul Maslansky, Sally Emr, Christopher Lee, Elizabeth Taylor, Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alan Ladd Jr., Amy Madigan, Michael Schultz, Matthew Modine, Walter Murch, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Melvin Van Peebles, Donald Sutherland, Ike Pappas, Paul Winfield, Marki Bey, George Gaynes, Police Academy, Return to Oz, The Castle of the Living Dead, The Blue Bird, The Russia House, Love Child, Scavenger Hunt, Fluke, The Right Stuff, WKRP in Cincinnati, Police Academy, Return to Oz, The Castle of the Living Dead, The Blue Bird, The Russia House, Love Child, Scavenger Hunt, Fluke