Robert Towne is a giant, a pillar of the New American cinema which is arguably the best era of film in the short history of the medium. He was one of the film brats, ...

Robert Towne, the screenwriting icon who won an Academy Award for his original script for “Chinatown,” died Monday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 89.

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.

Robert Towne's script for the 1974 film Chinatown became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native LA. His other credits include Shampoo and 1990's Days of Thunder.

Thus spake screenwriter Robert Towne to his then-girlfriend, Julie Payne, one night in 1970. And therein lies the seeds not only of “Chinatown” (1974), one of the greatest dark fables America ...

“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 condition of total awareness almost indistinguishable from blindness.

Robert Towne, who won an Oscar for his Chinatown original screenplay and was nominated for his Shampoo, The Last Detail and Greystoke scripts, died Monday at his home. He was 89.

If he does board the project, Washington will need a new on-screen adversary. Hackman died in February at the age of 95. Tony ...

The original film, released in 1995, was hailed as one of Hackman's best performances, and the movie won five awards and ...

Robert Towne, who has died aged 89, was a celebrated Hollywood scriptwriter best known for his 1974 film Chinatown, which is now recognised as a classic of modern cinema. The film depicts the ...