Robert Towne, Oscar winner who wrote “Chinatown ”and “Shampoo”, dies at 89
Towne's screenwriting credits also included "The Last Detail," "Tequila Sunrise," and the first two "Mission: Impossible" films.
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As ‘Chinatown' Turns 50, Robert Towne Reflects on His Netflix Prequel Plans With David Fincher and Writing Jack Nicholson's Most Iconic Role
Small details that are touched on in the film are given life and breadth in a way that surprised even me." The as-yet-unrealized Netflix series wouldn't be Towne's first continuation of "Chinatown ...
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Robert Towne, Oscar-winning screenwriter of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89
LOS ANGELES – Robert Towne, the Jewish screenwriting ... a writer for low-budget producer-director Roger Corman, Towne earned an early reputation in Hollywood as a sought-after “script doctor ...
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Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89
NEW YORK — Robert Towne ... “His life, like the characters he created, was incisive, iconoclastic and entirely (original),” said “Shampoo” actor Lee Grant on X. Towne’s success ...