Search results
Robert Towne obituary
The Guardian· 1 day agoIf a script was flawed or lacking, directors and studios went to Towne. Among the screenplays that bore his name, the most accomplished was Chinatown, a...
Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of ‘Chinatown,’ dead at 89
NY Post· 2 days agoTowne rose to a level of fame in the 1960s and 1970s that was comparable with some of the great...
Robert Towne Dead at 89: Legendary ‘Chinatown’ Screenwriter Was One of Hollywood’s Great Scribes
Indiewire via Yahoo News UK· 2 days agoThat it was the first original (as opposed to an adaptation) Towne ever authored, coming along at...
Robert Towne, Oscar-Winning ‘Chinatown’ Screenwriter, Dies at 89
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News UK· 2 days agoRobert Towne, the screenwriter as superstar whose Oscar-winning work on the 1974 classic Chinatown...
Robert Towne, Writer of ‘Chinatown,’ Dies at 89
Variety via Yahoo News UK· 2 days agoWriter-director Robert Towne, an Oscar winner for his original script for “Chinatown” and an acknowledged master of the art of screenwriting, has died....
Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 2 days agoRobert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of "Shampoo," "The Last Detail" and other...
Celebrities who died in 2024
Business Insider via Yahoo News UK· 1 day agoAfter directing the 1967 acid-trip fantasia "The Trip" starring Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda and written by Jack Nicholson, the trio went on to make...
Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert Towne dead at 89
Daily Mail· 2 days agoHis other recognizable films include: Shampoo (1975), which he co-wrote with Warren Beaty, The Last Detail (1973) starring Chinatown's Jack Nicholson and...
Lara Flynn Boyle on Giving Up Alcohol 5 Years Ago: “Those Disco Boots, They’ve Had Their Time”
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News UK· 2 days agoWhen The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Lara Flynn Boyle for a rare interview in June 2021, she...
Robert Towne, Screenwriter of ‘Chinatown’ and More, Dies at 89
New York Times· 2 days agoCelebrated for his mastery of dialogue, he also contributed (though without credit) to the scripts...