CHANDLER - Having never seen (or heard) of it I was looking forward to this one as a Warren Oates performance is usually worth a watch. It was ok but nothing special. Don't get me wrong the film has it's merits but maybe I was expecting too much out of it.
It's one of them films that the studio messed around with after it was made.
From the imdb:
According to "Uprising at MGM," a Time Magazine article of Dec. 27, 1971, director Paul Magwood and producer Michael Laughlin placed a black-bordered ad in the Hollywood Reporter apologizing for the movie, claiming that MGM studio chief James T. Aubrey had severely re-cut Chandler (1971) and added previously deleted scenes, in Aubrey's judgment, to simplify the plot. Aubrey also allegedly changed the film score from 1940s-type music to something more contemporary. The producer and director also claimed that Magwood was denied entry to the editing room while Aubrey revised the film. 