Robert Towne

...to be, "A Robert Evans Production of a Roman Polanski Film". To begin, the success of Chinatown as cinema is clearly indebted to Robert Towne's smart, wry, and layered writing. The Centennial Collection DVD acknowledges this by featuring...

In this article: Chinatown, Roman Polanski, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, and John Alonzo

...Tanaka (Ken Takakura), in retrieving her from the notoriously vicious organized-crime ring. Jointly scripted by Robert Towne (Chinatown) and Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver), this riveting East-meets-West action thriller is expertly handled...

In this article: Robert Mitchum, Max Cady, Sean Connery, and Robert Young

...the light is better? Can you go non-union? Can you write, produce, direct and act in the same film? Can you do it for a price? Robert Towne once apparently said to Roger, "Making a film is not like a track meet, it's not how fast you...

In this article: Roger Corman, The Wild Angels, Gale Anne Hurd, Hollywood, Oscar, Washington, Subordination, The Trip, and Masque of the Red Death

...dubious television shows. For instance, Bob Rafaelson created The Monkees, James L. Brooks used to write for My Mother the Car, Robert Towne used to write for The Man From U.N.C.L.E., and Robert Altman used to write for Bonanza. "Do you...

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...When he decamped for Puerto Rico to make 1961's Creature From the Haunted Sea, Corman cast a young screenwriter named Robert Towne in one of the leading roles, mainly so he could have Towne on hand to finish the script for a second...

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...a big Hollywood movie with the trappings of film noir. Beneath, it's much more. Armed with an alarmingly intelligent screenplay by Robert Towne, brilliantly cast -- from stars Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway down through the extras -- the...

In this article: Roman Polanski, Chinatown, Jack Nicholson, Robert Evans, Faye Dunaway, Oscar, and The Ghost

...that are special to us, and to interview the filmmakers that made these films. Paramount sent out an e-mail offering an interview with Robert Towne to promote the just-released 35th anniversary edition of Chinatown (Paramount, $24.99).

In this article: Chinatown, Roman Polanski, E-mail, and All rights reserved

...neo-noir masterwork has just received a new two-disc reissue that comes with an unexpected bonus: commentary by the screenwriter, Robert Towne, along with "Fight Club'' and "Benjamin Button'' director David Fincher. Over the years, Towne has...

In this article: Roman Polanski, Blu-ray, Chinatown, Jack Nicholson, Sam Raimi, Sandra Bullock, and Fight Club

</p><p>But at the time it was made, “Chinatown” seemed headed for disaster. </p><p>So recalls screenwriter Robert Towne, who has been hitting the publicity trail to drum up interest in a new two-disc DVD release of the Roman...

In this article: Chinatown, Roman Polanski, DVD, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Los Angeles

Few screenwriters exemplified the renaissance in Hollywood filmmaking that took place in the 1970s more than Robert Towne. Scripts such as "The Last Detail" made him a rising star among writers. When "Chinatown," which was directed by...

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