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"California Split is about two friends, one of whom is relativley normal and another who is insane. Both are immature and compulsive gamblers, allthough they would say they just gamble for fun. Actully most of their lives are about having fun, to the exclusion other interests, such as working or having meaningful retationships with other people. This sounds like the premise for a depressing social issue drama, but the film is directed by Robert Altman, so there's a lot of humor and interesting sidetrips. The director does, of course, show us the fundamentally empty lives its characters lead, but also shows us the appeal of never growing up and living in perpetual state of adolencse. And the ending is remarkable- I won't reveal what happens, but it's not what you'd expect. The relativley normal gambler is Bill (George Segal) who runs what is apparently a travel agency but often ducks out to chill with Charlie (Elliot Gould) or gamble. Charlie is apparently unemployed or possibly ... "
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