Talk:California Split

Copied from imdb

These two sections were taken verbatim from imdb, the first from the trivia, the second from a thread.

(1) The original ending actually spilled outside the casino. Bill leaves Charlie and hails a cab when Charlie suddenly comes out and decides to go with him so as to prove that he too can walk away from gambling. However, a couple of people climb out of the cab and ask Charlie how the action is; he is drawn right back in and Bill leaves alone.

(2) Sony/Columbia released Altman's film on DVD in 2005 but due to music rights problems they had to remove almost three minutes of footage and make several soundtrack alterations. These include:

• A 32-second shot of Bill scat singing while Charlie informs him that "I love to play poker with those redneck fish. Y'now, who think they're Nick the Greek. Love to get 'em steamed. Easy to beat. Suckers."
• A scene showing Bill and Charlie at the racetrack that ends as Charlie says "Let's go see a man about a horse" and goes on for eight seconds longer as they walk off singing together.
• Bill singing "Happy Birthday to You" to Barbara (Prentis).
• As Bill enters the strip club where a poker game is taking place, the television shows a cartoon of Cheech and Chong's song "Basketball Jones".
• Two Phyllis Shotwell songs - "Goin' to Kansas City" and "Me and My Shadow" are played on the soundtrack during Bill and Charlie's journey to Reno and have now been replaced with an instrumental piece.
• A scene where Charlie walks away from a poker table while Phyllis Shotwell singing "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You" plays on the soundtrack. This has been replaced with her rendition of "The Lonesome Road."
• A scene that showed Phyllis Shotwell behind a piano singing "Georgia On My Mind."

Clarityfiend 08:23, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

He plays blackjack, then roulette and finally craps

There's got to be a better way to phrase this.Originalname37 (Talk?) 20:28, 24 March 2009 (UTC)