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unusual facts about Robert Towne


The Fortune

When Warren Beatty was unable to stir interest in his and Robert Towne's screenplay for Shampoo, about an amoral hairdresser he had been developing since 1967, he bundled it with the more appealing The Fortune and convinced Columbia Pictures head David Begelman to finance both films.


8 Million Ways to Die

The screenplay was written by Oliver Stone and David Lee Henry, with uncredited contributions by Robert Towne.


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