Posted: Mon., Feb. 16, 2009, 8:00pm PT

AFI honor goes to Towne

Screenwriter to receive Dallas Star Award

Robert Towne will be presented with the AFI Dallas Star Award at this year's fest, which runs March 26-April 2.

Towne will receive the award prior to a screening of "Chinatown," for which he won the 1974 original screenplay Oscar.

Following the screening, he will participate in a Q&A moderated by Time's Richard Schickel.

Fest also announced 10 more pics that will unspool, including James Toback’s documentary “Tyson” and Scott Hamilton’s Oscar-nommed docu feature ‘The Garden.”


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