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Birth Name: Robert Bertram Schwartz
Born: 23 November 1934 Died: 1 July 2024
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United States
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Luisa Towne
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Gone, but not forgotten
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In Praise of Pauline Kael
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Published 4 years, 5 months ago
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Favorite screenwriters
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Published 13 years, 11 months ago
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Oscars 1975 Winners (My Version)
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Robert Towne was an American screenwriter and director. He started writing films for Roger Corman, including "The Tomb of Ligeia" in 1964 and was later part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. Towne wrote and won the Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski's "Chinatown" (1974); starring Jack Nicholson, widely considered one of the greatest screenplays ever written. Towne also served in the U.S. Army after the Korean War.
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1. Mission: Impossible (1996)
| Rating: | 3828 Watched |
2. Mission: Impossible II (2000)
| Rating: | 2669 Watched |
3. Chinatown (1974)
| Rating: | 1702 Watched |
4. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
| Rating: | 1151 Watched |
5. The Firm (1993)
| Rating: | 963 Watched |
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1. Suspect Zero (2004)
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2. The Pick-Up Artist (1987)
| Rating: | 113 Watched |
3. Shampoo (1975)
| Rating: | 109 Watched |
4. The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
| Rating: | 66 Watched |
5. A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
| Rating: | 34 Watched |
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1. Tequila Sunrise (1994)
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2. Ask the Dust (2006)
| Rating: | 115 Watched |
3. Without Limits (1998)
| Rating: | 33 Watched |
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In Praise of Pauline Kael (15 person items)" "She created a tremendous amount of attention both to herself and to "Bonnie and Clyde" with her review - which changed the face of reviewing. The first reviews of the movie were so bad, everywhere, that you just thought, 'Well, that's it for this movie'... And then Pauline reviewed it in such a spectacular way that it caused a counter reaction." "
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