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In Montreal, Canada, down-on-his luck dentist, "Oz" Oseransky (Matthew Perry), discovers that his new neighbor is Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (Bruce Willis), former mob-contract-killer-turned-police-informant upon whose head the Hungarian mob has put a steep price.
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- Comedy, Crime
- Jonathan Lynn
- 2000-02-18
The Whole Nine Yards is a 2000 American crime comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn. It was written by Mitchell Kapner and stars Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Natasha Henstridge.
The whole nine yards" or "the full nine yards" is a colloquial American English phrase meaning "everything, the whole lot" or, when used as an adjective, "all the way". [1] Its first usage was the punch line of an 1855 Indiana comedic short story titled "The Judge's Big Shirt".
The ‘yards’ doesn’t refer to anything in particular – the whole nine yards is no more open to explanation than the cat’s pyjamas or the real McCoy. Nevertheless, many people have invented a meaning. Here’s a list of the many and various suggested origins of ‘the whole nine yards’ sent in by readers of this website.
The Whole Nine Yards (2000) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
What were the yards in the phrase the whole nine yards originally measuring? A Texas seamstress speculated that it could have been fabric.
The Whole Nine Yards. Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (Bruce Willis), a mob hitman-turned-informant, ratted on the mob and put his life in jeopardy. Now he has moved to suburban Montreal, ostensibly to...
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