Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89
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Robert Towne, the screenwriter behind "Chinatown," "Shampoo," and "The Last Detail," and who also contributed to "The Godfather," has died.
Along with "Chinatown," (1974) which starred Jack Nicholson as a private eye hired by Faye Dunaway to investigate her husband, Towne also wrote "Shampoo" (1975) starring Warren Beatty and "The Last Detail," (1973) for which he also received Academy Award nominations.
"Robert Towne once said that Chinatown is a state of mind," Sam Wasson, author of "The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood," once wrote. "Not just a place on the map in Los Angeles, but a condition of total awareness almost indistinguishable from blindness. Dreaming you’re in paradise and waking up in the dark — that’s Chinatown. Thinking you’ve got it figured out and realizing you’re dead — that’s Chinatown."
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