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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 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...
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Business Insider via Yahoo News UK· 2 days 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...
Giving Voice to the New Hollywood Revolution, ‘Chinatown’ and ‘Shampoo’ Writer Robert Towne Brought...
Variety via Yahoo News UK· 2 days agoA great ending can be the hardest thing for a writer. For Robert Towne — who died Monday, having...
Oscar-winning writer of Chinatown, Robert Towne dies aged 89
Euronews via Yahoo News UK· 2 days agoTowne wrote films for Corman before becoming a script doctor. Warren Beatty had Towne restructure...
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...
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...
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...
Robert Towne: Tributes to Chinatown and Mission: Impossible writer
BBC News· 2 days agoRobert Towne, who wrote films including Chinatown and Mission: Impossible, has been remembered as...