Passes the Bechdel test
Audrey Rose
1977. Directed by Robert Wise, written by Frank De Felitta.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
8 women characters. 10 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 9 scenes out of 105. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
In New York City, Janice Templeton (Marsha Mason) is happily married to executive Bill Templeton (John Beck) and they live in a comfortable and fancy apartment with their eleven-year-old daughter Ivy (Susan Swift). One day, Janice is stalked by a weirdo and she tells her husband. Soon afterwards, the stranger contacts them and invites the couple to meet him in a restaurant. Elliot Hoover (Sir Anthony Hopkins) tells Janice and Bill that his daughter Audrey Rose died eleven years ago, burned in a car crash, and her soul has been reincarnated in Ivy's body. Bill and Janice believe that Elliot is nuts, and Bill tells his lawyer to get a restraining order against Elliot. However, Ivy has dreadful nightmares and only Elliot is able to calm her down. When Elliot abducts Ivy, Bill and Janice go to court to have him arrested. But Elliot wants to prove that Ivy and Audrey Rose are the same soul.
- Released
- 06 Apr 1977
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 5.8 / 10
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Bill 104 lines, man
- Janice 98 lines, woman
- Hoover 78 lines, man
- Ivy 71 lines, woman
- Mack 28 lines, man
- Dr. Lipscomb 22 lines, man
- Judge Langley 18 lines, man
- Velie 18 lines, man
- Russ 11 lines, man
- 1st Officer 10 lines
Full cast, 25 people
- Marsha Mason as Janice Templeton
- Anthony Hopkins as Elliot Hoover
- John Beck as Bill Templeton
- Susan Swift as Ivy Templeton
- Norman Lloyd as Dr. Steven Lipscomb
- John Hillerman as Scott Velle
- Robert Walden as Brice Mack
- Philip Sterling as Judge Langley
- Ivy Jones as Mary Lou Sides
- Stephen Pearlman as Russ Rothman
- Aly Wassil as Maharishi Gupta Pradesh
- Mary Jackson as Mother Veronica
- Richard Lawson as Policeman #1
- Tony Brande as Detective Fallon
- Hanns Manship as Reporter
- Elizabeth Farley as Carole Rothman
- Ruth Manning as Customer in Store
- Stanley Brock as Cashier in Store
- David Wilson as Policeman #2
- David Fresco as Dominick
- Pat Corley as Dr. Webster
- Eunice Christopher as Mrs. Carbone
- Karen Anders as Maria (waitress)
- Kathryn Janssen as Neighbor (uncredited)
- Hanns Manship as Reporter (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 105
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 9 | 3 |
| 7 to 9 | 14 | 4 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 to 15 | 3 | 9 |
| 16 to 18 | 16 | 11 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 to 24 | 5 | 11 |
| 25 to 27 | 3 | 25 |
| 28 to 30 | 6 | 14 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 12 |
| 34 to 36 | 1 | 15 |
| 37 to 39 | 1 | 5 |
| 40 to 42 | 1 | 1 |
| 43 to 45 | 12 | 23 |
| 46 to 48 | 10 | 2 |
| 49 to 51 | 6 | 1 |
| 52 to 54 | 8 | 15 |
| 55 to 57 | 11 | 10 |
| 58 to 60 | 8 | 38 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 2 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 to 69 | 4 | 1 |
| 70 to 72 | 11 | 5 |
| 73 to 75 | 1 | 20 |
| 76 to 78 | 14 | 16 |
| 79 to 81 | 10 | 14 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 5 |
| 85 to 87 | 5 | 4 |
| 88 to 90 | 15 | 10 |
| 91 to 93 | 4 | 7 |
| 94 to 96 | 6 | 8 |
| 97 to 99 | 5 | 11 |
| 100 to 102 | 6 | 4 |
| 103 to 105 | 5 | 3 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
IVY: Can I get a lemon coke? JANICE: ri Fix you one at home. JANICE: Excuse me...
IVY: Menstruate. IVY: ~~ and she's only nine. Mom, do you believe it? JANICE: Isn't Maude on tonight? JANICE: You're home early. . I'll get a glass chilling for your martini.
JANICE: Ivy. Ivy, dear... Ivy's moans escalate momentarily, then with a sudden spas- modic lurch, she escapes her nightmare and her eyes snap open. … IVY: Oh, Mom... It was awful... ‘ JANICE What was awful? IVY: I don't know. I can't remember... ’ JANICE It was only a dream. IVY: Yeah. A dream, Mom, I don't feel well. Janice presses her cheek against Ivy's face.
E JANICE: There is fear in her eyes and tension peak in hushed whispers. JANICE: ice, deeply puzzled.
JANICE: Darling, it's Mommy... IVY: «+e ddd... daddydaddy...
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 39 are women's.
200 lines from women, 313 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
8 women and 13 men in the cast. 10 women and 13 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 4 of 562.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 37 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 33% of the words (2,377), men 67% (4,833). Women have 39% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit E: 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
17
Two men
30
Exhibit F: behind the camera
1 of the 11 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 13% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Robert Wise (man)
- Written by
- Frank De Felitta (man)
- From the novel by
- Frank De Felitta (man)
- Produced by
- Joe Wizan (man), Frank De Felitta (man)
- Shot by
- Victor J. Kemper (man)
- Edited by
- Carl Kress (man)
- Music by
- Michael Small (man)
- Production design by
- Harry Horner (man)
- Costumes by
- Dorothy Jeakins (woman)
- Cast by
- Lynn Stalmaster (man)
The crew, department by department
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Production
0 women, 3 men
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Art
0 women, 2 men
-
Camera
0 women, 2 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men
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Writing
0 women, 2 men
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Other crew
0 women, 1 men
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
-
Editing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 24 on average. Men: 44 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Susan Swift 12, Marsha Mason 35
Men
Robert Walden 33, John Beck 34, Anthony Hopkins 39, Stephen Pearlman 42, John Hillerman 44, Philip Sterling 54, Norman Lloyd 62
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 105 scenes and 562 lines of dialogue. How the test works
