There are the classics - and then there's "Chinatown." First released on June 20, 1974, the seminal noir feature was a resounding success at its time: a big hit for producer and Paramount heavy ...

Towne's screenwriting credits also included "The Last Detail," "Tequila Sunrise," and the first two "Mission: Impossible" films. Robert Towne, the screenwriting legend best known for penning the ...

Robert Towne, the screenwriter and director whose Oscar-winning work in the 1974 film Chinatown enshrined him in Hollywood history, has died at the age of 89. Towne died at his home on Monday ...

This article originally appeared in the July 1991 issue of Esquire. To read every Esquire story ever published, upgrade to All Access. Several years ago my five-year-old daughter bounced into my ...

The Academy Awards were held just days after iconic actor Gene Hackman was found dead alongside his wife, classical pianist ...

Vazak, incredibly, was a dog. The Oscar-nominated pet was owned by Robert Towne, who wrote the first draft of the Tarzan script. It took a bizarre series of events to see Towne demand that his dog ...

Robert Towne, the screenwriting icon who won an Academy Award for “Chinatown,” died Monday at home. He was 89. His publicist Carri McClure announced the news on Tuesday. Towne had yet to ...

In the same segment, the Academy also honoured notable names like Gena Rowlands, Teri Garr, Maggie Smith, Shelley Duvall, ...

TOWNE, ROBERT H.79, passed away November 27, 2005 at Longview Home in Missouri Valley, Iowa.Survivors include his daughter, Linda Mogetz and her husband Norman of Taos, New Mexico; sons Mark Towne ...