The Whole Nine Yards
Short description
A Montreal dentist, Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky, is stuck in a miserable marriage and deep in debt. When a new neighbour moves in next door, Oz recognises him as Jimmy Tudeski, a former hitman for a Chicago crime boss who has turned informant. Oz's wife, Sophie, sees a chance to profit and pushes him to travel to Chicago and sell Jimmy's whereabouts to the gangster he betrayed, even though Oz wants nothing to do with any of it. The scheme draws Oz into a conflict between the mob and his neighbour, with a reward of several million dollars at stake.
The Whole Nine Yards is a comedy-crime film directed by Jonathan Lynn, released in 2000 and set in Montreal and Chicago. It followed Lynn's earlier comedies, including Sgt. Bilko and My Cousin Vinny. Mitchell Kapner wrote the screenplay. Matthew Perry plays Oz and Bruce Willis plays Jimmy; Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet, Michael Clarke Duncan and Rosanna Arquette also star.
The film had a budget of around 41 million dollars and took about 106 million dollars at the worldwide box office, a substantial return. On IMDb it holds 6.7/10 from roughly 136,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.5/10 from about 2,100 votes, indicating broad but moderate viewer approval. A film critics' rating of 5.5/10 from 103 reviews places it below both audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- When Nick recognizes Tulip, several photos from newspapers appear in the frame. They feature advertising posters for Bruce Willis's films "Die Hard 2" (1990) and "The Jackal" (1997).
- Bruce Willis really wanted to star alongside Matthew Perry. However, Perry was enjoying a vacation within reach, and Willis, tired of constantly hearing his voicemail, once read him the following text: "I will cut off your legs, burn down your house, and watch you die." Later, this cannibalistic joke made it into the film.
- The three girls running between Tulip and Nick as they stand at the flower stall are Bruce Willis's three daughters.
- For the filming, the creators selected a pair of houses that they considered ideal. They paid the owners $50,000 each on the condition that they disappear from sight for a whole month.
- When Yanni and Frankie go to kill Tulip, footage from John Huston's "The Asphalt Jungle" (1948) can be seen on the TV in the background.
- Bruce Willis was convinced by the end of filming that the film had no chance of success at the box office. He even made a bet with Matthew Perry that the film would not be number one in the charts during its opening weekend. The film easily took the top spot, and Willis, according to the terms of the bet, had to appear for free in an episode of "Friends". However, he was eventually paid for that appearance on the series.
- In the original version of the script, the action took place in Florida, not Montreal.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
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