Robert Towne, writer of Chinatown passes away at 89 at his Los Angeles home

MUMBAI : Robert Towne, an Oscar-winning screenwriter, died at the age of 89. Towne passed away in his Los Angeles home. Publicist Carrie McClure confirmed the news of his passing in a statement. Towne became one of the most sought-after script doctors in cinema history throughout a lengthy career that started in the 1960s when he worked as an actor and writer for B-movie director Roger Corman. He was regularly relied upon to address structural issues and create memorable moments for other people's films.

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Towne gained notoriety in the 1970s when three critically and commercially successful singles—The Last Detail, Chinatown, and Shampoo—were released in a 14-month span. Three screenplays were nominated for Oscars; Chinatown won the film's year. Variety claims that Robert was brought on by Warren Beatty as a “special consultant” for the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. He rearranged the image to emphasize the outlaws' imminent demise and elevated an uninteresting reunion scene starring Faye Dunaway and Beatty to one of the film's most poignant moments.

A legend has left us.

RIP Robert Towne, one of the most prolific and accomplished screenwriters ever to work in Hollywood. We'll have much more to say about Towne and his tremendous body of work next week, but for today, we simply say: Thank you, Robert. pic.twitter.com/enqgVWgOGd

— The Black List (@theblcklst) July 2, 2024

Some of Towne’s works include The Parallax View, Marathon Man, The Missouri Breaks, and Heaven Can Wait.

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