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• Director: Melody Gilbert
• Genre: Culture & Society
• Movie Type: Illnesses & Disabilities, Biography
• Themes: Obsessive Quests, Mental Illness
• Main Cast: George Boyer, Dr. Michael First, Lynn Keesecker, Ben Marlene, Beatriz Baz
• Release Year: 2003
• Country: US
• Run Time: 55 minutes

Plot

American independent filmmaker Melody Gilbert directs and produces the documentary Whole, an actual exploration of people obsessed with losing a limb. Her subjects all share the same desire to remove one of their limbs, but in many cases it's men who wish to be rid of a leg. The topic is rightfully difficult to address, as it lacks both proper scientific terminology and scholarship by medical professionals. In the U.K., Beatriz Baz is stricken with the affliction which has caused him to purposefully contract frostbite in his left leg, while George Boyer from Florida tried to shoot one of his legs with a gun and Kevin Davidson arranged to get his leg surgically removed. Subjects Kees and Dan are known as "wannabe amputees," who have their legs but remain tormented by this unstudied behavior pattern. Gilbert gains some authoritative commentary from Dr. Michael First. Whole was screened at the IFP Los Angeles Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Cast

• George Boyer
• Dr. Michael First
• Lynn Keesecker
• Ben Marlene
• Beatriz Baz

Dan Cooper; Kevin Davidson and the Voices; Dr. Robert Smith; Dr. Leif Davis; Jennie Cooper; Francie Horn

Credit

Melody Gilbert - Director, Charlie Gerszewski - Editor, CXR - Composer (Music Score), Melody Gilbert - Cinematographer, Melody Gilbert - Producer, Rita Beatty - Research, Melody Gilbert - Sound/Sound Designer, Rita Beatty - Production Coordinator

adj.

1. Containing all components; complete: a whole wardrobe for the tropics.
2. Not divided or disjoined; in one unit: a whole loaf.
3. Constituting the full amount, extent, or duration: The baby cried the whole trip home.
4. 1. Not wounded, injured, or impaired; sound or unhurt: Many escaped the fire frightened but whole.
   2. Having been restored; healed: After the treatment he felt whole.
5. Having the same parents: a whole sister.

n.

1. A number, group, set, or thing lacking no part or element; a complete thing.
2. An entity or system made up of interrelated parts: The value of the whole was greater than the sum of its parts.

adv. Informal

Entirely; wholly: a whole new idea.

idioms:

as a whole

1. All parts or aspects considered; altogether: disliked the acting but enjoyed the play as a whole.

on the whole

1. Considering everything: on the whole, a happy marriage.
2. In most instances or cases; as a rule: can expect sunny weather, on the whole.

[Middle English hole, unharmed, from Old English hāl.]

wholeness whole'ness n.

SYNONYMS   whole, all, entire, gross, total. These adjectives mean including every constituent or individual: a whole town devastated by an earthquake; all the class going on a field trip; entire shipments lost by the distributor; gross income; the total cost.
ANTONYM  partial

adjective

1. Including every constituent or individual: all, complete, entire, gross, total. See part/whole.
2. Lacking nothing essential or normal: complete, entire, full, intact, integral, perfect. See part/whole.
3. Not diffused or dispersed: concentrated, exclusive, intensive, undivided, unswerving. See collect/distribute, edge/center, part/whole.
4. Not more or less: complete, entire, full, good, perfect, round. See part/whole, precise/imprecise.
5. In excellent condition: entire, flawless, good, intact, perfect, sound², unblemished, unbroken, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unmarred. See thrive/fail/exist.
6. Having good health: fit¹, hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, right, sound², well², wholesome. Idioms: fit as a fiddle, hale and hearty, in fine fettle. See health/sickness.

noun

1. An amount or quantity from which nothing is left out or held back: aggregate, all, entirety, everything, gross, sum, total, totality. Informal work (used in plural). Idioms: everythingbutexceptthe kitchen sink, lock, stock, and barrel, the wholeball of waxkit and caboodlemegillahnine yardsshebang. See part/whole.
2. An organized array of individual elements and parts forming and working as a unit: entity, integral, sum, system, totality. See part/whole.

Idioms beginning with whole:
whole hog
whole ball of wax, the
whole kit and caboodle, the
whole megillah
whole new ballgame, a
whole nine yards, the
whole shebang

See also as a whole; go whole hog; on the whole; out of whole cloth.

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adj

Definition: entire, complete
Antonyms: fractional, incomplete, part, partial

adj

Definition: healthy
Antonyms: hurt, impaired, sick, unhealthy

adj

Definition: unbroken, perfect
Antonyms: broken, deficient, imperfect, insufficient, partial

n

Definition: total made up of parts
Antonyms: part

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IN BRIEF: Having all parts; complete.

The dog ate the whole pie.

Tutor's tip: Did you dig the "whole" (entire thing) "hole" (an opening or gap)?

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Common misspelling(s) of whole

• wohle
• hwole

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hel, rask
n. - helhed, hele
adv. - hele

idioms:

• as a whole    som helhed
• on the whole    i det store hele, i det hele taget
• whole number    heltal
• whole-life insurance    fuld livsforsikring

Nederlands (Dutch)
heel, geheel, gaaf

Français (French)
adj. - tout entier, sous tous ses aspects, bien/vraiment, intact, complet
n. - tout, ensemble
adv. - tout entier

idioms:

• as a whole    en entier, en bloc, dans l'ensemble
• in whole    en entier
• on the whole    dans l'ensemble
• whole life insurance    assurance-vie
• whole number    nombre entier

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ganzes
adj. - ganz
adv. - ganz

idioms:

• as a whole    als Ganzes
• in whole    im Großen und Ganzen, im Ganzen gesehen, alles in allem
• on the whole    in großen und ganzen
• whole life insurance    Ganzlebenversicherung
• whole number    ganze Zahl

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σύνολο, (το) όλον, ολότητα, ενότητα
adj. - ολόκληρος, ακέραιος, σύμπας, όλος, πλήρης, γερός, ακέραιος, αυτούσιος
adv. - ολόκληρο

idioms:

• as a whole    σαν σύνολο, συνολικά
• on the whole    γενικά/-ώς
• whole number    (μαθημ.) ακέραιος αριθμός
• whole-life insurance    (συνήθης) ασφάλεια ζωής (που ισχύει εφ' όρου ζωής)

Italiano (Italian)
il tutto, intero, intatto

idioms:

• as a whole    nell'insieme
• on the whole    complessivamente
• whole number    numero intero
• whole-life insurance    assicurazione per tutta la vita

Português (Portuguese)
n. - todo (m)
adj. - inteiro
adv. - de forma completa

idioms:

• as a whole    como um todo
• on the whole    no conjunto
• whole number    número inteiro (m)
• whole-life insurance    seguro de vida (m)

Русский (Russian)
целое, целый, полный, весь, невредимый, цельный, родной (в противоп. сводному), нетронутый

idioms:

• as a whole    в целом, в совокупности
• on the whole    в общем и целом, вообще
• whole number    целое число
• whole-life insurance    вид страхования, при кот. взносы выплачиваются до смерти

Español (Spanish)
adj. - todo, conjunto, completo, íntegro, sano, ileso, entero
n. - todo, total, conjunto, totalidad, suma
adv. - en total, en suma

idioms:

• as a whole    en conjunto, en su totalidad
• in whole    en conjunto, en su totalidad, en total
• on the whole    en general
• whole life insurance    seguro de vida total
• whole number    número entero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hel, helhet
adj. - hel, oskadd, frisk
adv. - helt, oskatt, friskt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
所有的, 完全的, 完整的, 全部, 整体, 全体, 完全, 整个

idioms:

• as a whole    作为一个整体, 整个看来
• on the whole    大体上, 基本上
• whole number    整数
• whole-life insurance    终身保险

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 所有的, 完全的, 完整的
n. - 全部, 整體, 全體
adv. - 完全, 整個

idioms:

• as a whole    作為一個整體, 整個看來
• on the whole    大體上, 基本上
• whole number    整數
• whole-life insurance    終身保險

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 전부의, ~중 내내, 완전한
n. - 전체, 완전한 모습
adv. - 통째로, 건강하게

idioms:

• as a whole    전체로서, 총괄하여

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 全体の, まる…, 父母を同じくする, 完全な, 手を加えてない, 整数の, 全部の
adv. - 全面的に
n. - 全部, 全体, 完全なもの

idioms:

• as a whole    全体として
• not the whole story    それだけではない
• on the whole    全体から見て
• the whole hog    徹底的にやる
• whole grain    全粒
• whole number    整数
• with a whole skin    無傷で

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جميع, كل (صفه) كامل, تام, صحيح (ظرف) جميعا, كاملا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שלם, תמים, כל, מלא‬
n. - ‮שלמות, יחידה, אחד‬
adv. - ‮במלואו‬

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