Robert Towne

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Mission: Impossible III (2006); Chinatown prequel (unmade). Count them as director (1 film), writer (4 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Chinatown (1974): 1 line

unmapped (prequel) · through Chinatown prequel (unmade), which they were tied to as collaborator on unmade prequel: Chinatown ⇒ Chinatown prequel (unmade) (the host's read). Fincher's unrealized project is a prequel to Chinatown with Robert Towne.
“he also had one other unrealized project, a prequel to Chinatown, that he's been working on with Robert Town.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 0:25:55 · unknown (host) (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Writing (4) everyone in writing

writer/director, Tequila Sunrise (The Rewatchables, ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
co-writer, The Firm (The Rewatchables, ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
writer, Without Limits (The Rewatchables, ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
writer, Mission: Impossible (The Rewatchables, 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion)

Other (2) everyone in other

collaborator on unmade prequel, Chinatown prequel (unmade) (Blank Check — Patreon, The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free))
wrote a script handed to Fincher for MI3, Mission: Impossible III (Blank Check — Patreon, Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free))

Directing (1) everyone in directing

writer/director (directing half), Tequila Sunrise (The Rewatchables, ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)

What was said about them, by kind

people (1)

people (people): Robert Towne → Without Limits. Towne is the Without Limits writer/director.
“Without limits is the Robert Town one.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:06:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.