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    Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934 – July 1, 2024) was an American screenwriter and director. He started writing films for...
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  • is screenwriter Robert Towne. Towne married actor Simon Helberg on July 7, 2007. They have a daughter Adeline, and a son, Wilder Towne Helberg. Guthrie...
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  • Chinatown (1974 film) (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
    neo-noir mystery film directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay by Robert Towne. It stars Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in the principal roles, with...
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    written by Tony Bill and Ben Young Mason with revisions by Wesley Strick, Robert Towne, Lawrence Wright, Stephen Harrigan and Aaron Sorkin. Martin Scorsese...
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  • director, production designer Ray Chan – art director, production designer Robert Towne – writer Jon Landau – producer Kris Kristofferson – actor, musician Gena...
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  • Passes Away at 67". Il Messaggero. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024. "Robert Towne Dies: Oscar-Winning 'Chinatown' Screenwriter Was 89". Deadline. 2 July...
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    master thief." Hunnam met actress Katharine Towne, daughter of actress Julie Payne and filmmaker Robert Towne, in 1999 when they both auditioned for roles...
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  • Mission: Impossible 2 (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
    "I couldn't come up with a good villain and Bob Towne did." According to screenwriter Robert Towne, several action sequences were already planned for...
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    alongside a Chinatown prequel miniseries that he co-wrote with the late Robert Towne. It was confirmed in October 2024 that he would develop and work on the...
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  • The Last Detail (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
    American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby, from a screenplay by Robert Towne, based on the 1970 novel by Darryl Ponicsan. The film stars Jack Nicholson...
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  • Tequila Sunrise (film) (category Films directed by Robert Towne)
    Sunrise is a 1988 American romantic crime film written and directed by Robert Towne, and starring Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell, with Raul...
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  • Mission: Impossible (film) (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
    produced by and starring Tom Cruise from a screenplay by David Koepp and Robert Towne and story by Koepp and Steven Zaillian. A reboot of the 1966 television...
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    and actor Orson Welles referred to it as a "masterpiece". Screenwriter Robert Towne remarked, "It's not much of an exaggeration to say that all contemporary...
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    Home, based on a script by Robert Towne. He was announced for a number of other projects at Columbia: the biopic of Robert E. Lee, an adaptation of Portrait...
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  • Robert Towne David Koepp & Steven Zaillian Tom Cruise & Paula Wagner Released Mission: Impossible 2 May 24, 2000 (2000-05-24) John Woo Robert Towne Brannon...
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  • The Two Jakes (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
    Pesci and Roy Scheider, with screenwriter Robert Towne also at one point set to direct and producer Robert Evans set to co-star. Filming finally took...
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    million in that year. Helberg married actress Jocelyn Towne, the niece of screenwriter Robert Towne, on July 7, 2007. They have a daughter and a son. Helberg...
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  • Days of Thunder (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
    arguments on set between Simpson and Bruckheimer, Scott, and sometimes Towne over how to set up a shot. Crew members sat idle for long hours; some later...
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  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
    To Be Made in West". The New York Times. p. 43. "Robert Towne". Creative Screenwriting. Meyers, Robert (1 September 1975). "Edgar Rice Burroughs' Days...
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    starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Mel Gibson, and Kurt Russell and directed by Robert Towne. On June 25, 2023, the Marin History Museum placed a historical marker...
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    Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Towne; they married in 1977 and divorced in 1982. Their daughter, Katharine Towne (b. 1978), began a career as an...
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  • directorial debut, and starring William Tepper, Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Robert Towne and Henry Jaglom. Based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Jeremy...
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  • Look up towne in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Towne, an archaic spelling of the word town, is a surname, and may refer to: Benjamin Towne publisher...
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  • Without Limits (category Films directed by Robert Towne)
    1998 American biographical sports film. It is written and directed by Robert Towne and follows the relationship between record-breaking distance runner...
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    Bonnie and Clyde (film) (category Films with screenplays by Robert Benton)
    screenplay is written by David Newman and Robert Benton (with uncredited contributions by Beatty and Robert Towne); Beatty also produced the film. The film...
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    Jeremy Larner * 1974: Save the Tiger – Steve Shagan 1975: Chinatown – Robert Towne * 1976: Dog Day Afternoon – Frank Pierson * 1977: Network – Paddy Chayefsky...
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  • Shampoo (film) (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
    Bill, and Carrie Fisher in her film debut. Co-written by Beatty and Robert Towne, the film follows a promiscuous Los Angeles hairdresser on Election Day...
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  • Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2011. "Robert Downey Jr., Adam Sandler, Glenn Close earn worst actor nods from Razzie...
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    Mob Angela de Marco Jonathan Demme Tequila Sunrise Jo Ann Vallenari Robert Towne Dangerous Liaisons Madame Marie de Tourvel Stephen Frears 1989 The Fabulous...
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    The screenwriter of Chinatown, Robert Towne, received this award....
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