Passes the Bechdel test

Bachelor Party

Name: Bachelor Party
Released: 1984

1984. Directed by Neal Israel, written by Bob Israel and Neal Israel and Pat Proft.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
24 women characters. 11 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 6 scenes out of 130.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

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The film

Rick Gassko is about to marry Debbie Thompson. Her parents hate him. Her old boyfriend hates him. They all have money and he gets a cut of the crap games on the Catholic school bus that he drives. His friends decide to give him the bachelor party of all bachelor parties in an expensive hotel with booze, adult movies and hookers. As the players catch wind of the elements of the party, each adds a little monkey wrench so that one set of hookers ends up giving demos at the bride's shower, the brides friends end up dressed as hookers in a room with a number of non English speaking Japanese businessmen, and so on, as things get out of hand.

Released: 29 Jun 1984
Genres: Comedy
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.3 / 10
Metascore: 56 / 100
Awards: 1 nomination total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Rick 229 lines, man
Debbie 84 lines, woman
O'Neill 84 lines, man
Cole 62 lines, man
Gary 47 lines, man
Chulo 40 lines
Mr. Thomerson 40 lines, man
Ryko 30 lines, man
Larry 28 lines, man
Stan 24 lines, man

Full cast, 68 people

Tom Hanks as Rick Gassko
Tawny Kitaen as Debbie Thompson
Adrian Zmed as Jay O'Neill
George Grizzard as Ed Thompson
Barbara Stuart as Mrs. Thompson
Robert Prescott as Cole Whittier
William Tepper as Dr. Stan Gassko
Wendie Jo Sperber as Dr. Tina Gassko
Barry Diamond as Rudy
Gary Grossman as Gary
Michael Dudikoff as Ryko
Bradford Bancroft as Brad Mollen
Martina Finch as Phoebe
Deborah Harmon as Ilene
Tracy Smith as Bobbi
Florence Schauffler as Sister Mary Francis
Sumant as Rajah
John Bloom as Milt
Kenneth Kimmins as Parkview Hotel Manager
Gerard Prendergast as Michael
Brett Baxter Clark as Nick
Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Alley Pimp
Rosanne Katon as Bridal Shower Hooker
Dani Douthette as Bridal Shower Hooker
Katie Mitchell as Kelley
Christopher Morley as She-Tim
Toni Alessandrini as Desiree
Monique Gabrielle as Tracey
Angela Aames as Mrs. Klupner
Richard Lorenzo Hernandez as Raul
Jonathan Tyler Trevillyan as Skip
Billy Beck as Patient
Jim Hudson as Neighbor
Dean Dittman as Elkshead Executive
Ben Slack as Suitcase Man
Milt Kogan as Restaurant Customer
Greg Norberg as Restaurant Customer
Coleen Maloney as Jeans Store Customer
Arlee Reed as Jeans Store Customer
Donald Thompson as Schoolboy
Gregory Brown as Schoolboy
Marcelino Razo as Schoolboy
Pat Proft as Screaming Man
Rebecca Perle as Screaming Woman
Elizabeth Arlen as Garage Customer
Dorothy Bartlett as Candy Counter Lady
Anne Gaybis as Hooker
Peaches Johnson as Hooker
Sheri Shortt as Hooker
Michael Yama as Japanese Businessman
George Sasaki as Japanese Businessman
Tad Horino as Japanese Businessman
William Yamadera as Japanese Businessman
Michele Starck as IBM Girl
Renee Breault as IBM Girl
Kim Robinson as Party Crasher
Elizabeth Carter as Party Crasher
Cynthia Kania as Sue
Bruce A. Block as Ticket Man
Lisa Purcell as 3-D Actress
Hugh McPhillips as Father O'Donnell
Hillary Carlip as Angel and The Reruns
Lovey as Angel and The Reruns
Julia Fisher as Angel and The Reruns
Ginger Lynn Allen as Angel and The Reruns
Danielle as Hooker (uncredited)
Anthony S. Johnson as Cop (uncredited)
Helen Kelly as Party Crasher (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 10% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 130

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	7	8
4 to 6	0	0
7 to 9	0	0
10 to 12	0	0
13 to 15	3	18
16 to 18	0	46
19 to 21	23	10
22 to 24	12	21
25 to 27	10	16
28 to 30	2	19
31 to 33	9	57
34 to 36	4	10
37 to 39	6	25
40 to 42	6	15
43 to 45	14	19
46 to 48	0	40
49 to 51	9	15
52 to 54	0	20
55 to 57	2	24
58 to 60	1	41
61 to 63	0	10
64 to 66	2	35
67 to 69	11	2
70 to 72	1	25
73 to 75	4	14
76 to 78	0	4
79 to 81	2	14
82 to 84	4	6
85 to 87	1	7
88 to 90	0	4
91 to 93	0	3
94 to 96	0	1
97 to 99	0	6
100 to 102	2	29
103 to 105	0	14
106 to 108	8	10
109 to 111	4	8
112 to 114	11	18
115 to 117	0	3
118 to 120	5	6
121 to 123	0	1
124 to 126	0	0
127 to 129	4	7
130 to 130	2	13

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.

PHOEBE: ...Really? DEBBIE: Yes, it's true. PHOEBE: Ohmygod. DEBBIE: Would you get out of here.

DEBBIE: Oh, that's really sweet. I'd love that. PHOEBE: We'll invite all the girls.

MARGOT: Buck's a buck. DEBBIE: It's so heavy.

MRS. THOMERSON: I don't know about this. DEBBIE: C'mon, Mother, it'll be fun.

TINA: Let's sit over here. DEBBIE: C'mon, Mom.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 21 are women's.

169 lines from women, 644 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

24 women and 30 men in the cast. 11 women and 20 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 903. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 70 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 16% of the words (1,106), men 84% (5,649). Women have 21% 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

None of the 11 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 17% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Neal Israel (man)
Written by: Neal Israel (man), Pat Proft (man)
Story by: Bob Israel (gender not listed)
Produced by: Bob Israel (gender not listed), Ron Moler (man), Raju Patel (man)
Shot by: Hal Trussell (gender not listed)
Edited by: Tom Walls (man)
Music by: Robert Folk (man)
Cast by: Lois Planco (gender not listed)