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Just One More Thing : Stories from My Life by Peter Falk (2007, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGrand Central Publishing
ISBN-100786719397
ISBN-139780786719396
eBay Product ID (ePID)59025235
Product Key Features
Book TitleJust One more Thing : Stories from My Life
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFilm / General, Television / General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year2007
GenrePerforming Arts, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorPeter Falk
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight13.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal791.4302/8092 B
SynopsisIn Just One More Thing Peter Falk , award-winning actor takes us behind-the-scenes into his professional and private life. Starting in Hartford, where he worked as a management analyst for the Connecticut State Budget Bureau., Falk was no more successful than at an earlier attempt to work with the CIA. He then turned to an old college interest: acting. Falk came to prominence in 1956 in the successful Off-Broadway revival of The Iceman Cometh. Although he worked continuously for the next three years, a theatrical agent advised him not to expect much work in motion pictures because of his glass eye. Surgeons had removed his right eye, along with a malignant tumor, when he was three years old. But in 1958, Falk landed his first movie, Murder Incorporated, and was nominated for an Oscar. A Pocketful of Miracles garnered his second Oscar nomination, but it was through his collaboration with filmmaker John Cassavetes that Falk entered into his most creative period in 1970 when movies such as A Woman Under the Influence helped launch the independent film movement. Through television, however, Falk reached his widest audience -- portraying the inimitable Lieutenant Columbo throughout the 1970s and winning four Emmys., The award-winning actor takes us behind-the-scenes into his professional and private life In Just One More Thing, Peter Falk takes us on an acting journey that begins not in Hollywood but in Hartford, where he worked as a management analyst for the Connecticut State Budget Bureau. His time there was no more successful than an earlier attempt to find work with the Central Intelligence Agency. At loose ends, Falk turned to an old college interest: acting. He 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 theater to the next, a theatrical agent advised him not to expect much work in motion pictures because of his glass eye. Surgeons had removed his right eye, along with a malignant tumor, when he was three years old. But in 1958, the actor made the jump to Hollywood, where he landed his first movie, Murder Incorporated, and was nominated for an Oscar. Next came Frank Capra's A Pocketful of Miracles starring Bette Davis, which garnered Falk his second Oscar nomination. Falk was a favorite among moviegoers during the 1960s, admired for his roles in classic comedies such as It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and The Great Race. However, it was through his collaboration with filmmaker John Cassavetes that Falk entered into his most creative period in 1970. Motion pictures such as Husbands and A Woman Under the Influence helped launch the independent film movement. Nevertheless, Falk continued to act in light film comedies, including The In-Laws and Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective and Murder by Death, among others. Yet it was through television that Falk reached his widest audience. He has portrayed the beloved Lt. Columbo since the 1970s, winning four Emmys. The series was so successful that ten years after it's demise, Columbo was re-launched, bringing Falk to a new generation of viewers. Just One More Thing also chronicles the author's later work, such as movie appearances in A Shark's Tale and Paul Reiser's The Thing About My Folks, as well stories of growing up in New York, Hollywood and Broadway luminaries, and the author's accomplished passion for drawing and painting.
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- 15 Aug, 2019
Fortunately, there are more than "Just One More Thing" here!
It's one of my favorite actors just talking to readers about his life and times. Peter Falk was a craftsman of an actor. There was always a bit of him in every character he portrayed. Most popular of all...our favorite L.A. police official Lieutenant Columbo. But Mr Falk's let's us into many corners of his life and it's all a joy to read. I recommend this book most highly.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 21 Feb, 2019
Good read
Enjoyed it couldn't out it down. Lik!ed reading about the people he meet and the characters he played and how he brought them to life.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 27 Jul, 2021
Loved it!
Loved reading about his life. The stories were very funny and entertaining. What an interesting life he had.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 Nov, 2020
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- 28 Feb, 2023
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- 26 May, 2024
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