
November 23, 1934 · 91 years old
Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934 - July 1, 2024) was an American screenwriter, producer, director and actor. He was part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), whi…

An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.

IMF agent Ethan Hunt is sent to Sydney to find and destroy a genetically modified disease called "Chimera".

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

A law school graduate uncovers a sinister secret about the Memphis firm that made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

A young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level.

A former L.A. drug dealer tries to go straight but his past and his underworld connections bring him into the focus of the DEA, the Mexican feds and the Mexican drug cartels.

Two Navy petty officers are ordered to escort a young enlisted sailor to prison, but decide to treat him to a few entertaining diversions along the way.

A missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.

The sequel to Chinatown (1974) finds J.J. "Jake" Gittes investigating adultery and murder, and the money that comes from oil.

On Election Day, 1968, irresponsible hairdresser and ladies' man George Roundy is too busy cutting hair and dealing with his girlfriends and mistress Felicia Karpf, whose husband Lester is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend J...

Mexican beauty Camilla Lopez (Salma Hayek) hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell), a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career a...

A womanizer meets his match when he falls for a woman in debt to the mafia.

The life of renowned runner Steve Prefontaine and his relationship with legendary coach Bill Bowerman.

A man's obsession with his dead wife drives a wedge between him and his new bride.

A young executive starts an affair with his boss's wife which then escalates into a nightmare after he lies to the police in order to protect her.

Former police detective Matthew Scudder, still recovering from his alcohol addiction, is seemingly drawn into the Los Angeles criminal underworld after stumbling upon a local drug ring.

Two people meet on a flight to Sydney. Although both are engaged to others, they fall in love during their evacuation after a forced landing, and agree to meet in New York City three months later if the attraction lasts.

The intertwined lives and loves of three highly ranked athletes striving for the national team; Chris bounces between the beds of male coach Terry and her female friend, competitor, and role model Tory.

An unprecedented look inside the private world of J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye.

Mexican rebel Pancho Villa leads a revolution helped by an American aviator imprisoned in Mexico.