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4 days ago · Towne received rare public acknowledgment of his behind-the-scenes work in 1973 when “Godfather” director Francis Ford Coppola accepted a screenwriting Oscar for that landmark film and, “giving credit where credit is due,” thanked him for writing “the very beautiful scene between Marlon [Brando] and Al Pacino in the garden” — a ...
2 days ago · Towne received rare public acknowledgment of his behind-the-scenes work in 1973 when “Godfather” director Francis Ford Coppola accepted a screenwriting Oscar for that landmark film and, “giving credit where credit is due,” thanked him for writing “the very beautiful scene between Marlon (Brando) and Al Pacino in the garden” — a scene Towne wrote the night before it was shot ...
2 days ago · Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick, and Charles Durning.
4 days ago · Dennis McLellan. July 2, 2024 at 6:46 PM. Robert Towne, the screenwriting icon who won an Academy Award for "Chinatown," has died. He was 89. (Bob Carey / Los Angeles Times) Robert Towne, the ...
4 days ago · Robert Towne is dead at 89. The 'Chinatown' Screenwriter was one of Hollywood's best scribes, with 'The Last Detail' and 'Shampoo' his credits too.
4 days ago · Robert Towne, who arguably set a new industry standard with his Oscar-winning screenplay for Roman Polanski’s 1974 film Chinatown, died at his home in Los Angeles on Monday. He was 89.
3 days ago · When Francis Ford Coppola picked up an Oscar for The Godfather, he thanked “Bob Towne, who wrote the very beautiful scene between Marlon [Brando] and Al Pacino in the garden.”
