The Whole Nine Yards - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[tammy]

Matthew Perry plays the main love interest opposite to Courteney Cox on Friends (1994). At the time of the film's release, Cox was married to David Arquette, the real life brother of Rosanna Arquette, who also plays Perry's character's wife here.

[nina]

Bruce Willis tried to contact Matthew Perry to get him to take part in the film while, unbeknownst to him, Perry was on vacation. After a few weeks of trying to get hold of him, Willis left the famous line, "I will chop off your legs, set fire to your house, and watch you drag..." on Perry's answer machine. They thought it was so funny that they included it on the film.

[janice]

The whole nine yards phrase is from the 13th century, it is a bolt of fabric or 9 yards..when a monk would be walking up to purchase a monks habit, the tailor would say "Here comes the whole nine yards." As , it took 9 yards of fabric to create the monks habit, hence the term, the whole nine yards. That's one explanation. Others include the use of cloth for saris, kilts, and burial shrouds. Another uses it in the sense of cubic yards of concrete, and another from the length of a machine gun belt from a British Vickers machine gun. But no use has been traced to any time before about 1850.

[oscar]

When Oz recognizes that his neighbor is Jimmy "The Tulip", the newspaper's picture that says "His Two-Lips" are sealed is actually from Die Hard 2 (1990).

[charlie]

The owners of the two houses that were used for this movie were paid $50,000 on the condition that they left their houses for a month.

[ethel]

When the gang first comes to Kill Jimmy 'Bruce Willis' he is watching the movie "Key Largo" (1948) starring; 'Humphrey Bogart', 'Lauren Bacall', 'Edward G. Robinson', and 'Lionel Barrymore'.

[jesse]

Bruce Willis and Michael Clarke Duncan had previously co-starred in Armageddon (1998)

[amber]

The plane Janni Gogolak lands in is a 1973 GRUMMAN G-1159 Fixed wing multi engine, #N400M.

[richard]

Kathy Griffin auditioned for the role of Jill, which eventually went to Amanda Peet.

[sylvia]

Amanda Peet acted alongside another NBC sitcom star earlier in her career. She played Jerry Seinfeld's girlfriend Lynette in the episode "The Summer of George."

[sophie]

Matthew Perry and Amanda Peet would go on to work together on Studio Sixty on the Sunset Strip.

[camila]

The three kids who run between Jimmy and Oz when they are standing next to the flower cart are Bruce Willis's three daughters, Tallulah Willis, Scout Willis, and Rumer Willis.

[chad]

When Oz recognizes that his neighbor is Jimmy "The Tulip", the newspaper's picture that says "Conversation With a Contract Killer" is actually from The Jackal (1997) in which Bruce Willis plays the titular contract killer.

[jesse]

Is the first mainstream American movie to be filmed on location in Montréal, Quebec.

[terry]

Bruce Willis agreeing to guest appear on Friends (1994) for free, and because he lost a bet to Matthew Perry during filming, is actually an urban legend. In "People" Magazine, Star Spotlight 2000, 'Willis agreed to a guest stint on 'Friends' simply because he and Perry thought it would be fun.' News outlets mistakenly reported on the rumor and fans have been perpetuating it ever since. Willis was in fact paid for the role, including syndication runs, but donated the money to: The American Foundation for AIDS Research, AIDS Project Los Angeles, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, the Rape Treatment Center, and UCLA Unicamp for underprivileged children.

[leo]

At the start of the hit scene, an insert shot shows correct lock picking technique. Two tools are required: the pick for setting the locking pins to their unlocked shear line, and the torque wrench to hold the picked pins in place while turning the cylinder.