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Jul 3, 2024 · Towne is beloved for writing some of the most essential scenes of the ‘60s and ‘70s, including a restructuring of “Bonnie and Clyde,” a polish on “The Parallax View,” and essential work on “The Godfather,” notoriously writing the final scene between Michael and Vito Corleone.
Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934 – July 1, 2024) was an American screenwriter and director. He started writing films for Roger Corman, including The Tomb of Ligeia in 1964, and was later part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking.
Jul 3, 2024 · 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.
- Neda Ulaby
Jul 12, 2024 · We're going to remember screenwriter Robert Towne, who died last week at the age of 89. In the 1970s, a great decade for movies, he established himself as one of Hollywood's best screenwriters. Film critic Pauline Kael described him as a flaky classicist with an ear for unaffected dialogue, and a gift for never forcing a point.
- Terry Gross
Jul 3, 2024 · For Robert Towne — who died Monday, having written and reshaped some of the most important films of the 1970s — finding the best way to wrap up a film was a career-long challenge.
Jul 3, 2024 · Robert Towne, a screenwriter whose mastery of dialogue and insightful storytelling helped define the New Hollywood wave in the 1970s that included the Oscar-winning “Chinatown,” and who also...
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Jul 3, 2024 · NEW YORK — Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of Shampoo, The Last Detail and other films, whose script for Chinatown became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native Los Angeles, has died. He was 89.
