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RIP Peter Falk

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by HC, Jun 24, 2011.

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  1. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    I guess heaven needed just one more thing.
     
    dooley_womack1, Jun 24, 2011
    #13
  2. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    slappy4428, Jun 24, 2011
    #14
  3. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Jokes about DB posts aside, I really can't think of anything I saw him in that I didn't think he was great.

    I was about to wonder what took so long to mention The In-Laws, but HC linked a scene from it.

    There were even movies I didn't like, but I enjoyed his performance, such as the grandfather in Roommates.
     
    outofplace, Jun 24, 2011
    #15
  4. HejiraHenry

    HejiraHenry Well-Known Member

    For those of you who ever watched "Wings of Desire," you'll know that he has merely returned to heaven.

    It always amused me that we had his home phone # in the big file at USA Today. I was often tempted to call, but didn't.
     
    HejiraHenry, Jun 24, 2011
    #16
  5. CarltonBanks

    CarltonBanks New Member

    "made" was awesome. And Falk was outstanding in it.
     
    CarltonBanks, Jun 24, 2011
    #17
  6. mpcincal

    mpcincal Well-Known Member

    He was also great in "Murder by Death"



     
    mpcincal, Jun 24, 2011
    #18
  7. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    da man, Jun 24, 2011
    #19
  8. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    One more clip - Peter Falk in character as Columbo at a Dean Martin Roast for Frank Sinatra. I actually remember watching this in high school (yes, I'm THAT old). :D

     
    HC, Jun 24, 2011
    #20
  9. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    I have long contended that Columbo is the best-written and acted cop/crime/mystery show in TV history. What is it about a mystery that creates suspense? Who did it, how and why. Columbo gave you those in the opening scene, and yet the show was still incredibly compelling and suspenseful because of the writing and Falk's portrayal of the character.
     
    da man, Jun 24, 2011
    #21
  10. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    I've always felt that Columbo was the prototype for Vincent D'Onofrio's Robert Goren. In fact, the original episodes of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" started with the viewer seeing the crime committed and then watching the detectives figure it out.
     
    HC, Jun 24, 2011
    #22
  11. Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously Well-Known Member

    Petrovich from Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" was the character Columbo was modeled after, and Peter Falk worked magic with it.

    RIP.
     
    Johnny Dangerously, Jun 24, 2011
    #23
  12. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    Columbo wasn't nearly the career asshole the Goren character is.

    Falk was in bad shape, for a good while. The end's probably viewed as merciful, by intimates.

    I'm a huge fan . . . for "Trials of O'Brien", if nothing else. Will miss him. He had some very interesting friends
    and companions.
     
    Ben_Hecht, Jun 24, 2011
    #24
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