California Split Page #11

Synopsis: A down on his luck gambler links up with free spirit Elliot Gould at first to have some fun on, but then gets into debt when Gould takes an unscheduled trip to Tijuana. As a final act of desperation, he pawns most of his possessions and goes to Reno for the poker game of a lifetime. A film set mainly in casinos and races, as the two win and lose (but mainly win), get robbed, and get blind drunk.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Robert Altman
Production: Columbia Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
R
Year:
1974
108 min
1,290 Views


and you left all your chips.

But I scooped them up.

I'll tell you what we're gonna do.

We'll get a suite, a couple of outfits,

some new clothes.

Maybe we'll hit

the old Mustang Ranch, right?

We'll get a couple of little ladies.

Have a ball, right?

Then maybe we'll come down, go to Vegas...

hire a limousine, get a driver,

hit every track in the world. Right?

We haven't even started yet, Mr. Denny.

I haven't even picked up the dice.

You just showed me how to win, right?

Conviction, right?

Conviction and control.

I'm going to take a rest.

You and me are going to rest up...

then we're back to the tables

and I'll be hitting it this time, too.

First, I gotta empty my pockets.

Just chock-full, all these here chips.

I'll go to the cashier now

and pick up a little cash.

You just sit right there and take it easy.

La cucaracha, la cucaracha

Just Billy and me

I've got a fortune right here, fellows.

You'd better call for some money.

We got a lot of money here.

Keep everybody back. Everybody back.

Have a pretzel.

We have pretzels all over the place.

Rack them up.

Call Howard Hughes and tell him

we're gonna break his bank, too.

You can do me a favor.

I got a hole in my shoe.

You know where I can get this fixed?

No, I'll cash my shoe in, too.

You give me something for that?

No, we don't give nothing for old shoes.

Don't drop no chips down on the floor, now.

What do you think we got here?

How much money we got?

I think we got quite a few here.

- I just need a...

...any help with the money.

Well, I got a lot of pockets.

Now I want a very good smile.

I want a smile from you.

$82,000 on the button.

New shoes.

Cheese and crackers!

$40,000.

You see, I've been shooting crap games.

Smile, now. You ain't smiling. That's right.

Well, then you tell Mr. Hughes that we're

gonna break the rest of his things, too.

Look, how much is that now?

- That's $60,000, sir.

- $60,000, sir.

I've been shooting.

I have a knack with numbers.

I just, you know...

Craps happens to be one of my games.

Don't want to take advantage of the house

and win too much.

- $70,000.

- $70,000?

Four, six...

- It is unreal, but it's $80,000.

- $82,000.

$82,000.

Thank you very much.

We'll probably see you again.

Excuse us. Pathway, please.

No, I don't need any police.

No, ain't nobody taking this money from me.

William, $82,000. William, $41,000 apiece.

Gonna split it up right now, all right?

Two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve,

fourteen, sixteen, eighteen, for you.

Those people there, they want

autographs, they want to take pictures.

The Reno Gazette, they want

to do a whole feature story...

but I said, "No, we're going to be resting

until we come back." Right?

Okay, $40,000.

$41,000.

Make sure of this. Even split.

Eight, nine, and 10.

$41,000. You always take

a big win this hard?

Charlie, there was no special feeling in it.

I just said there was.

Yeah, I know that. Everybody knows that.

Check this out. We're heroes here, right?

This lady, Norma Walker,

works near the cashier, gave me this:

"If it takes a watermelon five minutes

to water...

"how long will it take a sweet pea to pee?

"As long as it takes a pair of dice to crap."

Don't mean a f***ing thing, does it?

Charlie, I have to go home.

Oh, yeah? Where do you live?

I'll see you.

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