The Whole Nine Yards is a 2000 American adventure crime comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Michael Clarke Duncan and Natasha Henstridge. The title derives from a popular expression possibly dating from World War II referring to the belt length of a machine gun so giving the enemy "the whole nine yards" means all you've got. The Whole Nine Yards was followed by the 2004 film The Whole Ten Yards.