 Ask the Dust 2006  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Towne
Cast: Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, Donald Sutherland, Eileen Atkins, Idina Menzel, Justin Kirk, Dion Basco, Jeremy Crutchley, William Mapother, Tamara Craig Thomas
Aspiring writer Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell) leaves his home in Colorado and arrives in 1930s' Los Angeles with dreams of gaining fame and fortune through a writing career. Along with his fortune, he plans to have a beautiful, wealthy woman by his side. Arturo tries to make it in L.A., but after five months he is broke and hungry. That is when Camilla (Salma Hayek) enters his life. Camilla is a Mexican waitress who also wants more than she has been given in life. There is an attraction between the two, but Arturo and Camilla have much to overcome before they see the light of day.
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Drive, He Said 1971  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Nicholson
Cast: William Tepper, Karen Black, Michael Margotta, Bruce Dern, Robert Towne, Henry Jaglom, Cindy Williams, David Ogden Stiers, Charles Robinson
This is Jack Nicholson's directorial debut. The story is about the problems encountered by college basketball players as they travel to and from games in other cities.
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Last Woman on Earth 1960  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Anthony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Robert Towne
Following a nuclear disaster, three scuba divers–Evelyn (Betsy Jones-Moreland), her husband Harold (Anthony Carbone), and their friend Martin (Robert Towne)–rise to the surface off Puerto Rico and fear that they are the only survivors left on Earth. Even more problems rise to the fore when Martin takes an interest in Evelyn, and the two men try to seduce her believing that she is the "last woman on Earth."
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Personal Best 1982 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Towne
Cast: Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly, Kenny Moore, Jim Moody, George De La Pena, Larry Pennell, Luana Anders, Robert Patten, Kari G. Peyton, Jodi Anderson, Martha Watson, Maren Seidler, Emily Dole
Female athletes Chris Cahill (Mariel Hemingway) and Tory Skinner (Patrice Donnelly) train for the Olympics and fall in love with each other in the process. Tory qualifies for the team and convinces her coach, Terry Tingloff (Scott Glenn), to help Chris also. But their competitive spirits create problems, and they break up while training for the pentathlon but continue on in their athletic world.
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The Pick-Up Artist 1987 PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: James Toback
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Molly Ringwald, Dennis Hopper, Danny Aiello, Mildred Dunnock, Harvey Keitel, Vanessa Williams, Robert Towne, Lorraine Bracco, Bob Gunton
Robert Downey Jr. plays the role of a man who has no trouble finding women, and the more the merrier. That was his way of life until he meets Randy Jensen (Molly Ringwald) who has other plans for him. But, Randy just happens to be the daughter of a mobster (Dennis Hopper).
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 Tequila Sunrise 1988 R, 116 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Towne
Cast: Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell, Michelle Pfeiffer, Raul Julia, J.T. Walsh, Arliss Howard, Ann Magnuson, Arye Gross, Tom Nolan, Budd Boetticher
If you are expecting tequila, this movie will disappoint you with a "Shirley Temple" drink. Two friends (Mel Gibson and Kurt Russell) have gone separate ways–one is a cop and the other is a drug dealer. However, they have one thing in common: an attraction to a beautiful restaurant owner (Michelle Pfeiffer).
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 Without Limits 1998  PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Towne
Cast: Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter, Jeremy Sisto, Billy Burke, Dean Norris, Gabriel Olds, Judith Ivey, Matthew Lillard, Adam Setliff
This is the story of Olympics runner Steve Prefontaine and his effect on all around him. The life of this sexy, charming, popular star athlete is portrayed from prep-school days to Oregon University to the Munich Olympics. Although he died tragically at the age of 24 in a car crash, while he lived his star shone brightly.
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| 1. Ask the Dust (2006)
2. Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
3. Drive, He Said (1971)
4. Last Woman on Earth (1960)
5. Personal Best (1982)
6. The Pick-Up Artist (1987)
7. Tequila Sunrise (1988)
8. Without Limits (1998)
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