Fails the Bechdel test
300
2007. Directed by Zack Snyder, written by Zack Snyder and Kurt Johnstad and Michael B. Gordon.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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No
1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 0 out of 3.
The film
In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes led a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw but left with no options he pushed forward. After 3 days of battle all the Greeks were killed. The Spartan defeat was not the one expected, as a local shepherd, named Ephialtes, defected to the Persians and informed Xerxes that the separate path through Thermopylae, which the Persians could use to outflank the Greeks, was not as heavily guarded as they thought.
- Released
- 09 Mar 2007
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 52 / 100
- Awards
- 19 wins & 57 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Leonidas 150 lines, man
- Dilios 118 lines, man
- Gorgo 63 lines, woman
- Captain 48 lines, man
- Theron 45 lines, man
- Ephialtes 38 lines, man
- We See 25 lines, man
- Xerxes 24 lines, man
- Stelios 21 lines, man
- Daxos 19 lines, man
Full cast, 83 people
- Gerard Butler as King Leonidas
- Lena Headey as Gorgo
- Dominic West as Theron
- David Wenham as Dilios/Narrator
- Vincent Regan as Captain
- Michael Fassbender as Stelios
- Tom Wisdom as Astinos
- Andrew Pleavin as Daxos
- Andrew Tiernan as Ephialtes
- Rodrigo Santoro as Xerxes
- Giovani Cimmino as Pleistarchos
- Stephen McHattie as Loyalist
- Greg Kramer as Ephor #1
- Alex Ivanovici as Ephor #2
- Kelly Craig as Oracle Girl
- Eli Snyder as Leonidas @ 7/8 yrs
- Tyler Neitzel as Leonidas @ 15 yrs
- Tim Connolly as Leonidas' Father
- Marie-Julie Rivest as Leonidas' Mother
- Sebastian St. Germain as Fighting Boy (12 years old)
- Peter Mensah as Messenger
- Arthur Holden as Partisan
- Michael Sinelnikoff as Elder Councilman
- John Dunn-Hill as Councilman
- Dennis St John as Spartan Baby Inspector
- Neil Napier as Spartan with Stick
- Dylan Smith as Sentry #1
- Maurizio Terrazzano as Sentry #2
- Robert Paradis as Spartan General
- Kwasi Songui as Persian
- Alexandra Beaton as Burned Village Child
- Frédéric Smith as Statesman
- Loucas Minchillo as Spartan Baby A
- Nicholas Minchillo as Spartan Baby B
- Tom Rack as Ephor #3
- David Francis as Ephor #4
- James Bradford as Ephor #5
- Andrew Shaver as Free Greek-Potter
- Robin Wilcock as Free Greek-Sculptor
- Kent McQuaid as Free Greek-Blacksmith
- Marcel Jeannin as Free Greek-Baker
- Jere Gillis as Spartan General #2
- Jeremy Thibodeau as Spartan Boy
- Tyrone Benskin as Persian Emissary
- Robert Maillet as Uber Immortal (Giant)
- Patrick Sabongui as Persian General
- Leon Laderach as Executioner
- Dave Lapommeray as Persian General Slaughtered
- Vervi Mauricio as Armless Concubine
- Charles Papasoff as Blacksmith
- Isabelle Champeau as Mother at Market
- Veronique-Natale Szalankiewicz as Daughter at Market (3/5 years old)
- Maéva Nadon as Girl at Market
- David Thibodeau as Boy #1 at Market
- David Schaap as Potter
- Jean Michel Paré as Other Council Guard
- Stewart Myiow as Persian General
- Andreanne Ross as Concubine
- Sara Giacalone as Concubine
- Ariadne Bourbonnière as Kissing Concubine
- Isabelle Fournel as Kissing Concubine
- Sandrine Merette-Attiow as Contortionist
- Elisabeth Etienne as Dancer
- Danielle Hubbard as Dancer
- Ruan Vibegaard as Dancer
- Geneviève Guilbault as Slave Girl
- Bonnie Mak as Slave Girl
- Amélie Sorel as Slave Girl
- Caroline Aspirot as Slave Girl
- Gina Gagnon as Slave Girl
- Tania Trudel as Slave Girl
- Stéphanie Aubry as Slave Girl
- Mercedes Leggett as Slave Girl
- Stephania Gambaroff as Slave Girl
- Chanelle Lamothe as Slave Girl
- Sabrina-Jasmine Guilbault as Slave Girl
- Manny Cortez Tuazon as Transsexual (Asian) #1
- Cindy as Transsexual (Asian) #2
- Atif Y. Siddiqi as Transsexual (Arabian) #3
- Camille Rizkallah as Giant with Arrow
- Trudi Hanley as Long Neck Woman
- Neon Cobran as Litter Bearer/Slave
- Gary A. Hecker as Ubermortal Vocals (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 7% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 59
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 to 10 | 6 | 35 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 19 |
| 13 to 14 | 5 | 11 |
| 15 to 16 | 3 | 23 |
| 17 to 18 | 8 | 25 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 9 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 23 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 12 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 10 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 39 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 6 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 41 |
| 35 to 36 | 6 | 22 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 28 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 42 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 13 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 15 |
| 45 to 46 | 9 | 18 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 51 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 17 |
| 51 to 52 | 26 | 33 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 10 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 17 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 7 |
| 59 to 59 | 0 | 14 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 10 are women's.
63 lines from women, 573 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
17 women and 44 men in the cast. 1 women and 20 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 42 of 686.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 163 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 10% of the words (902), men 90% (8,250).
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
0
Two men
49
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Zack Snyder (man)
- Written by
- Zack Snyder (man), Kurt Johnstad (man), Michael B. Gordon (man)
- From the novel by
- Frank Miller (man)
- Produced by
- Gianni Nunnari (man), Bernie Goldmann (man), Jeffrey Silver (man)
- Shot by
- Larry Fong (man)
- Edited by
- William Hoy (man)
- Music by
- Tyler Bates (man)
- Production design by
- James D. Bissell (man)
- Costumes by
- Michael Wilkinson (man)
- Cast by
- Kristy Carlson (woman), Carrie Hilton (woman), Andrea Kenyon (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Visual Effects
2 women, 11 men, 40 not listed
-
Other crew
0 women, 20 men, 20 not listed
-
Art
2 women, 12 men, 15 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
10 women, 2 men, 16 not listed
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Production
10 women, 11 men, 3 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 6 men, 16 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 15 men, 5 not listed
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Editing
3 women, 3 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 33 on average. Men: 37 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Lena Headey 33
Men
Michael Fassbender 29, Rodrigo Santoro 31, Tom Wisdom 34, Gerard Butler 37, Dominic West 37, Andrew Pleavin 38, David Wenham 41, Vincent Regan 41, Andrew Tiernan 41
Exhibit G: the money
It made 7.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $65 million
- Box office
- $456 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 59 scenes and 686 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
