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Mar 21, 2017 · Iconic screenwriter Robert Towne may be best-known for his Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski 's Chinatown, which is widely considered one of the greatest screenplays ever written. He also wrote its sequel The Two Jakes, and the Hal Ashby comedy-dramas The Last Detail, and Shampoo, as well as the first two Mission ...
3 days ago · Towne was married twice, the second time to Luisa Gaule, and had two children. His brother, Roger Towne, also wrote screenplays, his credits include “The Natural.” Towne was born Robert Bertram Schwartz in Los Angeles and moved to San Pedro after his father’s business, a dress shop, closed down because of the Great Depression.
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, …
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, …
4 days ago · Robert Towne, the screenwriting icon who won an Academy Award for his original script for “Chinatown,” died Monday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 89. His publicist Carri McClure announced the news on Tuesday. In a screenwriting career launched in 1960 as a writer for low-budget producer-director Roger Corman, Towne earned an early ...
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, …
3 days ago · Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of a number of acclaimed movies, including the classic 1974 noir thriller “Chinatown” starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, has died. He was 89 ...
