For the 2009 musical romance film "Nine," starring stars such as Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench and Nicole Kidman, what is the relevance of the title of the film?

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Fellini had entitled his film 8½ in recognition of his prior body of work, which included six full-length films, two short films, and one film that he co-directed. Yeston's title for the musical adaptation adds another half-credit to Fellini's output and refers to Guido's age in his primal hallucination. Yeston called the musical Nine, explaining that if you add music to 8½, "it's like half a number more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_(musical) Dec 26 09, 4:09 PM