Robert Towne, Oscar-winning screenwriter and director, is dead at age 89. Towne’s publicist, Carri McClure, revealed he died Monday surrounded by family at his home in Los Angeles. She declined ...

There are the classics - and then there's "Chinatown." First released on June 20, 1974, the seminal noir feature was a resounding success at its time: a big hit for producer and Paramount heavy ...

Today, the film industry bids farewell to one of its most revered screenwriters, Robert Towne, who passed away on Monday at his Los Angeles home at the age of 89. Known for his Oscar-winning ...

“Robert Towne once said that Chinatown is a state of mind,” Wasson wrote. “Not just a place on the map in Los Angeles, but a ...

The famed movie script writer Robert Towne, known for writing the screenplay of the Roman Polanski-directed "Chinatown", for which he won an Academy Award, died in his house in Los Angeles on Monday.

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Robert Towne, who arguably set a new industry standard with his Oscar-winning screenplay for Roman Polanski’s 1974 film Chinatown, died at his home in Los Angeles on Monday. He was 89.

Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Towne, who blazed a trail for the New Hollywood auteurs of the 1970s, died in his hometown of Los Angeles on Monday (July 1). He was 89. Towne’s script ...

Robert Towne, a highly recognized screenwriter, best known for the Oscar-winning film Chinatown plus The Last Detail, Shampoo, Tequila Sunrise and many more has died. He was 89 years old.