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Towne wrote the Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974); starring Jack Nicholson, widely considered one of the greatest screenplays, as well as its sequel, The Two Jakes (1990).
3 days ago · There aren’t many screenwriters with a reputation that could match Robert Towne.Sure, a lot of it comes from writing what is widely regarded as one of the best screenplays of all time in the Academy Award-winning “Chinatown,” 50 years old this year.But that isn’t the only credit on Towne’s resume, one that insiders know barely scratches the surface of his many contributions behind ...
3 days ago · Published July 2, 2024 Updated July 3, 2024, 4:20 p.m. ET. Robert Towne, whose screenplay for Roman Polanski’s “Chinatown” won an Oscar, and whose work on that and other important films ...
3 days ago · FILE - Screenwriter Robert Towne poses at The Regency Hotel, March 7, 2006, in New York. Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of “Shampoo,” “The Last Detail” and other acclaimed films whose work on “Chinatown” became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native Los Angeles, died Monday, July 1, 2024, surrounded by family at his home in Los Angeles ...
2 days ago · 0. Robert Towne, a screenwriter whose mastery of dialogue and insightful storytelling helped define the New Hollywood wave in the 1970s that included the Oscar-winning “Chinatown,” and who ...
Play trailer 1:23. Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961) 2 Videos. 7 Photos. Writer, director, producer, actor. Born in Los Angeles, California, USA, and raised in the seaport town of San Pedro. Got his start acting and writing for legendary exploitation director/producer Roger Corman.
3 days ago · Screenwriter Robert Towne poses at The Regency Hotel in New York on March 7, 2006. Jim Cooper/AP. NEW YORK — Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of Shampoo, The Last Detail and ...
3 days ago · Robert Towne, who won an Oscar for his Chinatown original screenplay and was nominated for his Shampoo, The Last Detail and Greystoke scripts, died Monday at his home. He was 89. PR firm McClure & Associates announced the news on behalf of Towne’s family. Towne also earned BAFTA, Golden Globe and WGA awards for Chinatown, …
Robert Towne, the screenwriting icon who won an Academy Award for "Chinatown," has died. ... As a screenwriter, Towne is described by Peter Biskind in his bestselling book on the New Hollywood era ...
3 days ago · Getty Images. Writer-director Robert Towne, an Oscar winner for his original script for “ Chinatown ” and an acknowledged master of the art of screenwriting, has died. He was 89. Towne died ...
