Robert Towne Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘Chinatown’
Screenwriter Who Also Penned ‘Shampoo’,
‘The Last Detail’ & ‘Days Of Thunder’
Was 89
Posted By: Dreadnought, 7/2/2024 10:07:28 PM
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. PR firm McClure & Associates announced the news on behalf of Towne’s family. Towne also earned BAFTA, Golden Globe and WGA awards for Chinatown, the L.A.-set 1974 thriller starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. It was one of three Writers Guild Awards he won during his career, along with Shampoo and the drama series Mad Men, on which he was a consulting producer during the final seventh season. He also was nominated for The Last Detail (1973) and Greystoke:
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