Screenwriter Robert Twane, who wrote the original script for ‘Tarzan’, was the owner of the much-celebrated Hollywood pooch.

The Oscars will continue their long-running tradition of honoring celebrated filmmakers with their "In Memoriam" segment on ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Robert Towne once said that Chinatown is a state of mind,” Wasson wrote. “Not just a place on the map in Los Angeles, but a condition of total awareness almost indistinguishable from blindness.

LOS ANGELES – Robert Towne, the Jewish 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 Carri ...