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Robert Towne obituary
The Guardian· 9 hours agoRobert Towne, who has died aged 89, wrote a dazzling hat-trick of screenplays that helped define the great American cinema of the 1970s: The Last Detail...
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The Herald· 15 hours agoWhat I want to know, I tell the actor and producer Griffin Dunne right at the beginning of our conversation, is whether any director other than…
Robert Towne, celebrated Chinatown screenwriter who also left his mark on The Godfather – obituary
Daily Telegraph· 15 hours agoIn its final form, the film diverges from Towne’s script, which originally killed off John Huston’s...
Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of Chinatown, dies aged 89
Newham Recorder· 16 hours agoInfluenced by the fiction of Raymond Chandler, Towne resurrected the menace and mood of a classic Los Angeles film noir but cast Gittes’ labyrinthine odyssey across a grander and more insidious ...
Screenwriter Robert Towne, known for 'Chinatown' and 'The Last Detail,' dies at 89
USA TODAY via Yahoo News UK· 1 day agoHe also found success with the 1974 film “Chinatown,” a mystery thriller directed by Roman Polanski...
Robert Towne, Screenwriter of ‘Chinatown’ and More, Dies at 89
New York Times· 1 day agoCelebrated for his mastery of dialogue, he also contributed (though without credit) to the scripts...
Robert Towne, Oscar-Winning ‘Chinatown’ Screenwriter, Dies at 89
The Hollywood Reporter· 1 day agoRobert Towne, the screenwriter as superstar whose Oscar-winning work on the 1974 classic Chinatown...