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4 days ago · Mr. Towne was born Robert Bertram Schwartz on Nov. 23, 1934, in Los Angeles, and spent his early years in the blue-collar fishing port of San Pedro, Calif. When he was about 7, he saw his first ...
3 days ago · FILE - Screenwriter Robert Towne poses at The Regency Hotel, March 7, 2006, in New York. Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of “Shampoo,” “The Last Detail” and other acclaimed films whose work on “Chinatown” became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native Los Angeles, died Monday, July 1, 2024, surrounded by family at his home in Los Angeles, said publicist Carri McClure.
3 days ago · 0:51. Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenwriter known for his work on the films “Chinatown” and “The Last Detail,” has died. He was 89. Towne “passed away peacefully at home” on ...
3 days ago · Robert Towne, whose Oscar-winning work established him as one of the leading screenwriters of the so-called "new Hollywood," died Monday. He was 89. Accessibility links
3 days ago · Peter Debruge on Robert Towne, the legendary 1970s screenwriter whose work for Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty and Tom Cruise revolutionized the craft.
2 days ago · 7 min. 61. Robert Towne, a screenwriter whose mastery of dialogue and insightful storytelling helped define the New Hollywood wave in the 1970s that included the Oscar-winning “Chinatown,” and ...
4 days ago · Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Chinatown, has died. He was 89. In a long and storied career, Towne also wrote the scripts for Hal Ashby’s The Last Detail and Shampoo and...
