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  1. 4 days ago · The Associated Press. NEW YORK -- Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of "Shampoo," "The Last Detail" and other acclaimed films whose work on "Chinatown" became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native Los Angeles, has died. He was 89.

  2. 3 days ago · FILE - Screenwriter Robert Towne poses at The Regency Hotel, March 7, 2006, in New York. Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of “Shampoo,” “The Last Detail” and other acclaimed films whose work on “Chinatown” became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native Los Angeles, died Monday, July 1, 2024, surrounded by family at his home in Los Angeles ...

  3. 3 days ago · The fascinating journey of “Chinatown”’s creation has itself become a detective story, dissected and explored in Robert Evans’ memoir “The Kid Stays in the Picture,” in Peter Biskind’s “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”—a glimpse into the 1960s-1970s Hollywood glory, and Sam Wasson’s “The Big Goodbye,” dedicated entirely to “Chinatown.”

  4. 3 days ago · By The Associated Press. Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of “Shampoo,” “The Last Detail” and other acclaimed films, whose work on “Chinatown” became a model of the art...

  5. 3 days ago · Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of a number of acclaimed movies, including the classic 1974 noir thriller “Chinatown” starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, has died. He was 89 ...

  6. 3 days ago · July 2, 2024 3:46 PM PT. Robert Towne, the screenwriting icon who won an Academy Award for his original script for “Chinatown,” died Monday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 89. His publicist ...

  7. 3 days ago · Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of "Shampoo," "The Last Detail" and other acclaimed films whose work on "Chinatown" became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded...