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  1. 3 days ago · For Robert Towne — who died Tuesday, 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. In the ...

  2. 4 days ago · His sequel "The Two Jakes" -- with Nicholson returning to star and direct -- earned mixed reviews in 1990. That same year Towne collaborated with Tom Cruise for "Days of Thunder." The...

  3. 3 days ago · "The Two Jakes," the long-awaited sequel to "Chinatown," was a commercial and critical disappointment when released in 1990 and led to a temporary estrangement between Towne and...

  4. 4 days ago · His sequel "The Two Jakes" -- with Nicholson returning to star and direct -- earned mixed reviews in 1990. That same year Towne collaborated with Tom Cruise for "Days of Thunder." The pair would combine again for "The Firm," and the first two films of the "Mission: Impossible" action franchise.

  5. 4 days ago · In 1990, Towne’s Chinatown sequel, The Two Jakes was released but didn’t follow up on the critical and commercial success of the original. While that was a disappointment for the writer, he...

  6. 4 days ago · His sequel “The Two Jakes” — with Nicholson returning to star and direct — earned mixed reviews in 1990. That same year Towne collaborated with Tom Cruise for “Days of Thunder.” The pair would combine again for “The Firm,” and the first two films of the “Mission: Impossible” action franchise.

  7. 4 days ago · During this period, Towne penned a diverse slate of films, including Days of Thunder (1990), The Two Jakes (1990), The Firm (1993), Love Affair (1994), Mission Impossible (1995) and MI:2 (2000). Towne’s latest puts him behind the camera and the pen once again, with his long-awaited adaptation of John Fante’s classic novel Ask the ...