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![Actor Peter Falk poses as he arrives for the premiere of his new film "Lakeboat" September 24, 2001 in Los Angeles. [The film is an adaptation of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize winning comic play about a grad student who takes a summer job on a Great Lakes freighter and sees life through the eyes of his low-brow crew members.The film opens in limited release in Los Angeles September 28. ] (© Rose Prouser / Reuters)](https://www.salon.com/app/uploads/2011/06/peter_falk_1927_2011.jpg "The amazing legacy of Peter Falk")
