Robert Towne
出生 : 1934-11-23, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
略歴
Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934) is 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), which is widely considered one of the greatest screenplays ever written. He later said it was inspired by a chapter in Carey McWilliams's Southern California Country: An Island on the Land (1946) and a West magazine article on Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles. Towne also wrote the sequel, The Two Jakes (1990); the Hal Ashby comedy-dramas The Last Detail (1973) and Shampoo (1975); and the first two Mission: Impossible films.
Towne directed the sports dramas Personal Best (1982) and Without Limits (1998), the crime thriller Tequila Sunrise (1988), and the romantic crime drama Ask the Dust (2006).
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Self
Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was undoubtedly one of the greatest names in film criticism. A Californian native, she wrote her first review in 1953 and joined ‘The New Yorker’ in 1968. Praised for her highly opinionated and feisty writing style and criticised for her subjective and sometimes ruthless reviews, Kael’s writing was refreshingly and intensely rooted in her experience of watching a film as a member of the audience. Loved and hated in equal measure – loved by other critics for whom she was immensely influential, and hated by filmmakers whose films she trashed - Kael destroyed films that have since become classics such as The Sound of Music and raved about others such as Bonnie and Clyde. She was also aware of the perennial difficulties for women working in the movies and in film criticism, and fiercely fought sexism, both in her reviews and in her media appearances.
Self - Screenwriter
An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable wall of a self-imposed seclusion: how his dramatic experiences during World War II influenced his life and work, his relationships with very young women, his obsessive writing methods, his many literary secrets.
Self
Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the century. In 1903, the brothers entered the budding motion picture business. In time, the Warner Brothers moved into film production and would open their own studio in 1923.
Self
The making-of documentary of Bonnie and Clyde.
Director
Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.
Screenplay
Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.
Professor Dates (uncredited)
A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers.
Self
A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.
Himself
A collection of interviews recorded for the making of the 1995 documentary "The Celluloid Closet," on the subject of LGBT representation in film history.
Self
About a largely unsung writer of the twentieth century: John Fante, the renegade author whose highly autobiographical novels illustrate his deep-rooted love of Los Angeles and his struggles working through poverty and prejudice.
Screenplay
休暇中のイーサンのもとに、緊急指令が下った。それはテロ集団に奪われた致死細菌“キメラ”の奪回。早速新チームが編成されるが、そこには見知らぬ女盗賊・ナイアの名があった。不審に思いながら、イーサンは彼女に接近を図る。
Writer
The film follows the life of famous 1970s runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to the University of Oregon where he worked with the legendary coach Bill Bowerman, later to Olympics in Munich and his early death at 24 in a car crash.
Director
The film follows the life of famous 1970s runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to the University of Oregon where he worked with the legendary coach Bill Bowerman, later to Olympics in Munich and his early death at 24 in a car crash.
Self
A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder
Documentary on water usage and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part miniseries
Screenplay
秘密諜報員イーサン・ハントの仲間は次々に傷つき、自らも負傷した。にもかかわらず、ハントは二重スパイの汚名を着せられる。追跡者から逃がれ、厳重な警備のCIAの金庫室に忍び込み、疾走する列車の屋根にしがみつき、ハントは独力で事件の謎を解明しようとする。やがて驚くべき真相が明らかに…。
Screenplay
Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. They become romantic on board a ship sent to take them to a larger island. They agree to meet in New York three months later to see if the attraction is real. One shows up but the other doesn't. However, a chance meeting brings them together again.
Screenplay
ハーヴァード・ロースクール卒業の苦学生ミッチ・マクディーアは、テネシー州メンフィスの税務方面を得意とする法律事務所から初年俸8万ドル+ボーナスの給料や、手厚い福利厚生などの破格の条件を提示され、大喜びで就職する。
Characters
ロサンゼルス。私立探偵のギテスは、建設会社の経営者バーマンから妻キティの浮気調査を依頼される。だが、浮気現場を押さえたバーマンが相手の男を殺害してしまう。しかもその被害者は、バーマンの会社の共同経営者であるボディーンだった。ところが、凶器はボディーンのものだったことなどからバーマンは無罪放免に。また浮気現場で盗聴していたテープには、かつての案件で出会ったイヴリンの名とその娘のことが語られていた。そしてギテスは、単純に見えた今回の依頼の背後に巧妙な策謀が存在することを嗅ぎつけ、バーマンのもとへ行き着くのだが…。
Writer
ロサンゼルス。私立探偵のギテスは、建設会社の経営者バーマンから妻キティの浮気調査を依頼される。だが、浮気現場を押さえたバーマンが相手の男を殺害してしまう。しかもその被害者は、バーマンの会社の共同経営者であるボディーンだった。ところが、凶器はボディーンのものだったことなどからバーマンは無罪放免に。また浮気現場で盗聴していたテープには、かつての案件で出会ったイヴリンの名とその娘のことが語られていた。そしてギテスは、単純に見えた今回の依頼の背後に巧妙な策謀が存在することを嗅ぎつけ、バーマンのもとへ行き着くのだが…。
Screenplay
ストック・カー・レースの最高峰、デイトナ500を目指す若きレーサーたちの栄光と挫折を描くサーキット・アクション。トム・クルーズ自らハンドルを握ったレース・シーンは臨場感満点。トニー・スコット監督作。
Screenplay
麻薬捜査官のニックと大物麻薬ディーラーのマックは高校からの親友。立場の違いを越えて変わらぬ友情で結ばれた彼らが、同じ女性を愛してしまう。二人の男と一人の女の葛藤は、果たして……。
Director
麻薬捜査官のニックと大物麻薬ディーラーのマックは高校からの親友。立場の違いを越えて変わらぬ友情で結ばれた彼らが、同じ女性を愛してしまう。二人の男と一人の女の葛藤は、果たして……。
Additional Writing
パリで開かれた学会に出席した米人医師とその妻。しかし、妻が突然何者かに誘拐されてしまったことから、医師は言葉の通じないパリを奔走し、妻の行方を追う。
Additional Writing
Writer, ex-con and 40-something bottle-baby Tim Madden, who is prone to black-outs, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a pool of blood in his car.
Stan
A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.
Executive Producer
Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window. The assailant flees and his victim is saved. But that same night another girl is found murdered.
Additional Writing
Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage.
Writer
Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage.
Writer
海難事故のためアフリカのジャングルで生まれ、両親を失ったため動物たちによって育てられた少年ジョン。彼はスコットランド貴族の血を引いていた……。数あるターザン映画のなかで、最もシリアスな作品。
Additional Writing
Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; understanding the exact nature of how 'gifts' are used to grease the wheels of a sale, a religious conversion from one of the salesman and a romance that begins to grow between two competitors.
Writer
Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement causes them to be competitors for the Olympic team.
Producer
Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement causes them to be competitors for the Olympic team.
Director
Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement causes them to be competitors for the Olympic team.
Additional Writing
ウォーレン・ベイティが製作・初監督・脚本・主演の4役を手がけたコメディー。アカデミー美術・装置賞受賞。
前途有望なプロ・フットボール選手が交通事故で即死するが、それは天使のミスによるものだった。困った天界は彼の魂を殺されたばかりの若き実業家の中に送り込む。全く新しい人物となった彼は、再びフットボールの世界に乗り出すが……。
Screenplay
高度な知能と、巨大なサメを一撃で倒す獰猛さを併せ持つシャチ“オルカ”に魅せられた海洋学者のレイチェル。漁師とともに捕獲を強行するが、誤って雌のオルカを仕留めてしまい……。マイケル・アンダーソン監督による海洋ロマン。
Party Guest (uncredited)
George Roundy is a Beverly Hills hairstylist whose uncontrolled libido stands between him and his ambitions. He wants the security of a relationship. He wants to be a hairdressing "star" and open his own salon. But the fact that he beds down with the wife, daughter and mistress of a potential backer doesn't help. It also does little for his relationship with his current girlfriend.
Writer
George Roundy is a Beverly Hills hairstylist whose uncontrolled libido stands between him and his ambitions. He wants the security of a relationship. He wants to be a hairdressing "star" and open his own salon. But the fact that he beds down with the wife, daughter and mistress of a potential backer doesn't help. It also does little for his relationship with his current girlfriend.
Screenplay
アメリカ人ハリーはある時、旧友からある助けを求められた。それは、日本滞在中にヤクザ組織の東野組に誘拐された旧友の娘の救出。東野組とビジネスを交わしていた旧友がトラブルを引き起こしたことがその原因であった。また、旧友はハリーがかつて進駐軍兵士として日本にいた頃、彼にある恩義ができたヤクザ幹部・田中健に協力させれば奪還できると判断した。こうして仕方なく日本へ向かったハリー。だが、再会した健は既にヤクザの世界から足を洗っていた。
Screenplay
1937年のロスアンゼルス。私立探偵ジェイクはモーレイ夫人からダム建設技師である夫の浮気調査を依頼される。だが、盗み取りした写真がなぜか新聞に掲載され、それを見たもうひとりのモーレイ夫人が現れる。実は彼女こそ本物で、名をイヴリンという。ジェイクはこれがダム建設をめぐる疑惑と関係ありと睨んで調査を開始するが、モーレイは溺死体で発見され、ジェイクもまた謎の男たちに暴行を受ける。探偵と依頼人という関係を越えはじめたイヴリンとジェイクだったが、なおも謎は深まるばかりだった……。
Additional Writing
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
Screenplay
軍隊という管理下に置かれた人間のやりきれない気持ちをコメディ・タッチで描いたアメリカンニューシネマの佳作。基地の募金箱から40ドルぽっちを盗もうとした罪で8年の実刑が決まったダメ水兵を下士官2人が休暇気分で護送することになる。3人はやがて奇妙な連帯感で結ばれていくが……。
Additional Writing
An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.
Additional Writing
A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.
Additional Writing
雪深い鉱山の町を舞台に、共同経営の商売を始める流れ者の賭博師と売春婦を描いた、W・ベイティ×J・クリスティ共演、鬼才R・アルトマン監督による異色の西部劇。
雪深い北西部の鉱山町にやって来た賭博師マッケイブが、坑夫相手の女郎屋の建設を始める。女たちを引き連れてきたミラー夫人と共同経営することになた宿屋は好評を博するが、この地に新たな鉱脈がある見込んだ不動産業者が店の買収に現れた……。
Additional Writing
Hector is a star basketball player for the College basketball team he plays for, the Leopards. His girlfriend, Olive, doesn't know whether to stay with him or leave him. And his friend, Gabriel, who may have dropped out from school and become a protestor, wants desperately not to get drafted for Vietnam.
Richard
Hector is a star basketball player for the College basketball team he plays for, the Leopards. His girlfriend, Olive, doesn't know whether to stay with him or leave him. And his friend, Gabriel, who may have dropped out from school and become a protestor, wants desperately not to get drafted for Vietnam.
Man in Bar #3
The San Francisco area is beset by a series of seemingly random murders without motive or pattern. The police are taunted by phone calls and letters. Could the maniac be the violent, truck driver, or the seemingly mild-mannered mailman, or even a cop?
Screenplay
メキシコの政府軍に武器を輸送するアメリカの飛行機乗りが、革命軍側に捕まった。命は救けられるが、彼は革命軍の為に働くことになる。そして次第に革命軍のリーダー、パンチョ・ビラに魅せられていくのだった......。
Additional Writing
不況時代のアメリカ30年代に実在した男女二人組の強盗、ボニーとクライドの凄絶な生きざまを描いた、アメリカン・ニューシネマの先駆け的作品。ケチな自動車泥棒だったクライドは、気の強いウェイトレスの娘ボニーと運命的に出会い、コンビを組んで強盗をやりはじめる。二人は順調に犯行を重ねていくが……。アカデミー賞2部門を受賞（助演女優賞エステル・パーソンズと撮影賞）した。
Screenplay
Verden Fell is shattered after the death of his lovely wife. But, after an unexpected encounter with Lady Rowena Trevanion, Fell soon finds himself married again. Nevertheless, his late wife's spirit seems to hang over the dilapidated abbey that Fell shares with his new bride. Lady Rowena senses that something is amiss and, when she investigates, makes a horrifying discovery -- learning that Fell's dead wife is closer than she ever imagined possible.
Sparks Moran / Agent XK150 / Narrator
A crook decides to bump off members of his inept crew and blame their deaths on a legendary sea creature. What he doesn't know is that the creature is real.
Martin Joyce
Harold Gern, a shady businessman from New York, is spending a holiday in Puerto Rico with his attractive wife Evelyn. They are joined by Martin Joyce, Harold's lawyer, who has come to discuss the latest indictment. Harold invites him along on a boat trip during which all three try out some newly bought scuba diving equipment. When they resurface, they find out that the world has changed forever.
Screenplay
Harold Gern, a shady businessman from New York, is spending a holiday in Puerto Rico with his attractive wife Evelyn. They are joined by Martin Joyce, Harold's lawyer, who has come to discuss the latest indictment. Harold invites him along on a boat trip during which all three try out some newly bought scuba diving equipment. When they resurface, they find out that the world has changed forever.
Screenplay
A story set during the famous WWII air battle between the British Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe.
