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« juste une dernière chose...» les mémoires de Columbo
Peter Falk
- Editions De La Loupe
- 8 Juin 2007
- 9782848681795
Columbo : d'un côté monsieur Tout-le-monde, de l'autre, l'enquêteur le brillant de la planète ! Son imper froissé, sa Peugeot 403 cabossée, sa dégaine négligée et son basset pantouflard... mais aussi son indéfectible politesse, ses expressions devenues cultes (" Quand je dirai ça à ma femme... ") et son éternelle étourderie ont valu à son interprète deux milliards de fidèles. Dans ces pages, Peter Falk nous fait visiter les coulisses de la série mythique, partager ses souvenirs avec des stars de légende, et pour la première fois nous raconte, avec un humour savoureux, tous les secrets de sa vie.
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Peter Falk came to prominence as an actor in 1956 in the highly successful off-Broadway revival of The Iceman Cometh with Jason Robards. Although he worked continuously for the next three years, bouncing from one off-Broadway theatre to the next, a theatrical agent advised him not to expect much work in motion pictures because of his glass eye. Later, a talent scout for Columbia Pictures described Falk as a second John Garfield, but Harry Cohn, the head of Columbia Pictures, unfortunately disagreed: 'For the same price, I can get an actor with two eyes.'
But in 1958, Twentieth Century Fox came to New York to make a movie - Murder Inc - and Falk landed a juicy role for which he received rave reviews and, incredibly, was nominated for an Academy Award. He was then nominated again for his second film, Pocketful of Miracles starring Bette Davis.
Falk went on to become a favourite among filmgoers, yet it was through television that he reached his widest audience as Lt. Columbo, winning four Emmys for the role. Interestingly, Columbo's raincoat came out of Falk's bedroom closet. He bought it years before he became an actor. He's been quoted as saying, 'I wanted to wear something people would remember. Bottom line, it's the world's most famous raincoat.'
Just One More Thing is pure Peter Falk, and reads as if he were sitting next to you, chuckling as he recalls his remarkable past.
