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California Split

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California Split
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R,1hr 48min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Released:
August 7, 1974
Director:
Robert Altman
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures
Starring:
George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss  ...more
Synopsis: The most narratively loose of Robert Altman's '70s films, California Split details the haphazard lives of two compulsive gamblers searching for that ever-elusive big score. Newly single and soon-to-be-unemployed Bill (George Segal) joins live-wire pal Charlie (Elliott Gould), as the pair moves from Fruit Loops with Charlie's hooker roommates Sue (Gwen Welles) and Barbara (Ann Prentiss) to bets on horses, backroom card games, boxing, and basketball. They make it to Reno, but Bill comes to realize ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
Infusing his episodic narrative with an equally laid-back attitude towards events and emotions, Altman produces in California Split a "celebration of gambling" that is in itself something of game, filled with random incidents, trivial and serious, amusing and not, that emphasize the essential rootlessness of the gambler's life. Altman's signature mosaic of sound, produced for the first time through ... Full Review
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George Segal
Bill Denny
Elliott Gould
Charlie Waters
Ann Prentiss
Barbara Miller
Gwen Welles
Susan Peters
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George Segal and Elliott Gould in "California Split"
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