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Giving Voice to the New Hollywood Revolution, ‘Chinatown’ and ‘Shampoo’ Writer Robert Towne Brought...
Variety via Yahoo News UK· 3 days agoA great ending can be the hardest thing for a writer. For Robert Towne — who died Monday, having...
Robert Towne Dead at 89: Legendary ‘Chinatown’ Screenwriter Was One of Hollywood’s Great Scribes
Indiewire via Yahoo News UK· 3 days agoAnother friend, Warren Beatty, was the centerpiece of 1975’s “Shampoo,” which joined the previous...
‘Write a line, snort a line’: inside the coke-fuelled battle to make Chinatown
Daily Telegraph· 3 days agoThe stray remark from a Los Angeles beat cop friend lodged in Robert Towne’s brain like a splinter....
Netflix Shines Light On 1994 As Great Year For Film; What Got Left On Cutting Room Floor
Deadline via Yahoo News UK· 5 days agoWho says 1994 was a classic year for cinema? Netflix begins today to make that argument, curating a...
Robert Towne obituary
The Guardian· 3 days 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...