Robert Towne, the screenwriting icon who won an Academy Award for "Chinatown," has died. He was 89. (Bob Carey / Los Angeles Times) Robert Towne, the screenwriting icon who won an Academy Award for ...

For over 30 years, screenwriting icon Robert Towne (The Last Detail, Chinatown, Shampoo) has wanted to adapt John Fante's melancholy LA-based novel, Ask the Dust, for the movies. He not only ...

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 Carri McClure announced the news ...