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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Robert Towne papers
Creator:
Towne, Robert
Identifier/Call Number: 2651
Physical Description:
86.07 Linear Feet
119 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1945-2008
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of American screenwriter, director, and producer Robert Towne (born 1934). Materials include
scripts, draft pages, production files, press and publicity files, photographs, personal papers, contracts, videotapes, and
audio cassette tapes. There are items for many film projects, including "Ask the Dust" (2006), "Chinatown" (1974), "Days of
Thunder" (1990), "The Firm" (1993), "Personal Best" (1982), "Tequila Sunrise" (1988), and "Without Limits" (1998).
Language of Material:
English
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Robert Towne (born 1935) is an American screenwriter and producer. He attended Pomona College and served in the United States
Army before becoming a television and film writer and script doctor. His first film as writer was The Last Woman on Earth
(1960). He received the Academy Award for original screenplay for Chinatown (1974). Among his writing credits are the films
Shampoo (1975), Personal Best (1982), Tequila Sunrise (1988), Without Limits (1998), Ask the Dust (2006) and Mission: Impossible
I-II (1996, 2000).
This collection contains the papers of American screenwriter, director, and producer Robert Towne (born 1934). Materials include
scripts, draft pages, production files, press and publicity files, photographs, personal papers, contracts, videotapes, and
audio cassette tapes. There are items for many film projects, including "Ask the Dust" (2006), "Chinatown" (1974), "Days of
Thunder" (1990), "The Firm" (1993), "Personal Best" (1982), "Tequila Sunrise" (1988), and "Without Limits" (1998).
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Robert and Luisa Towne, September 14, 2015.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Robert Towne papers, Collection no. 2651, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion picture producers and directors -- Archival resources
Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Archival resources
Screenwriters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Scripts
Towne, Robert -- Archives