Robert Towne held such a grudge against 1984’s Greystoke that he made sure his dog’s name ended up on the credits. One of the most unique honors in all of cinema is the Palm Dog Award, given annually at the Cannes Film Festival to the pooch who left the biggest mark on film that year. … Read more
A Los Angeles native, Robert Bertram Schwartz graduated from Pomona College, seeking a life as an actor after leaving school. As luck would have it, he ended up in an acting class with Roger Corman. When Corman became a producer of low-budget classics, he hired Towne to write a film called “Last Woman on Earth,” … Read more
Robert Towne, who wrote the Academy Award-winning screenplay for Roman Polanski’s Chinatown, has died at the age of 89. Robert Towne, the screenwriter who wrote the Academy Award-winning original script for Roman Polanski’s Chinatown, has died at the age of 89. His publicist, Carri Mclure, announced that Towne died at his home in Los Angeles … Read more
Original Chinatown screenwriter Robert Towne confirmed that every episode of the planned prequel series has been written. For a while there, we thought they really did forget it, Jake. But now Chinatown screenwriter Robert Towne has provided an update on the prequel series he has developed alongside David Fincher, confirming that the blinds haven’t been … Read more