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Robert Towne

Robert Towne

Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934 - July 1, 2024) was an American screenwriter, producer, director and actor. He was part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), which is widely considered one of the greatest screenplays ever written. He later said it was inspired by a chapter in Carey McWilliams's Southern California Country: An Island on the Land (1946) and a West magazine article on Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles. Towne also wrote the sequel, The Two Jakes (1990); the Hal Ashby comedy-dramas The Last Detail (1973) and Shampoo (1975); and the first two Mission: Impossible films.

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  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    7.0
    9650 votes
    Release Date
    May 22, 1996
    30 years ago
  • Mission: Impossible II

    Mission: Impossible II

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    6.1
    7291 votes
    Release Date
    May 24, 2000
    26 years ago
  • Chinatown

    Chinatown

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    7.9
    4087 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 20, 1974
    52 years ago
  • The Firm

    The Firm

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    6.7
    2195 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 30, 1993
    33 years ago
  • Days of Thunder

    Days of Thunder

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    6.4
    1609 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 27, 1990
    36 years ago
  • Days of Thunder

    Days of Thunder

    Department Writing

    Job Story

    Average Rating
    6.4
    1609 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 27, 1990
    36 years ago
  • Tequila Sunrise

    Tequila Sunrise

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    6.1
    546 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 02, 1988
    37 years ago
  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

    Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.4
    484 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 30, 1984
    42 years ago
  • The Last Detail

    The Last Detail

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    7.0
    392 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 11, 1973
    53 years ago
  • The Two Jakes

    The Two Jakes

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.0
    256 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 10, 1990
    36 years ago
  • The Two Jakes

    The Two Jakes

    Department Writing

    Job Characters

    Average Rating
    6.0
    256 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 10, 1990
    36 years ago
  • Shampoo

    Shampoo

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.0
    226 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 11, 1975
    51 years ago
  • The Yakuza

    The Yakuza

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    7.1
    201 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 21, 1974
    52 years ago
  • The Tomb of Ligeia

    The Tomb of Ligeia

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    6.3
    174 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 29, 1964
    62 years ago
  • Ask the Dust

    Ask the Dust

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    5.4
    155 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 02, 2006
    20 years ago
  • 8 Million Ways to Die

    8 Million Ways to Die

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    5.4
    139 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 25, 1986
    40 years ago
  • Without Limits

    Without Limits

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.5
    79 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 11, 1998
    28 years ago
  • Love Affair

    Love Affair

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    5.4
    60 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 21, 1994
    31 years ago
  • Villa Rides

    Villa Rides

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    6.2
    60 votes
    Release Date
    May 29, 1968
    58 years ago
  • Last Woman on Earth

    Last Woman on Earth

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    4.4
    60 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 05, 1960
    66 years ago
  • Personal Best

    Personal Best

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    5.8
    47 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 05, 1982
    44 years ago

  • Battle of Britain

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
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