Fails the Bechdel test
Battlefield Earth
2000. Directed by Roger Christian, written by Corey Mandell and J.D. Shapiro and L. Ron Hubbard.
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
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
In the year 3000, humanity is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the seductive and powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth of its resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has reverted to a primitive state, believing the invaders to be demons and technology to be evil. After humanity has all but given up any hope of freeing themselves from alien oppression, a young man named Tyler decides to leave his desolate home high in the Rocky Mountains to discover the truth, whereupon he is captured and enslaved. It is then that he decides to fight back, leading his fellow man in one final struggle for freedom.
- Released
- 12 May 2000
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 2.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 9 / 100
- Awards
- 19 wins & 3 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Jonnie 98 lines, man
- Terl 73 lines, man
- Carlo 36 lines, man
- Ker 36 lines, man
- Mickey 20 lines, man
- Planetsbip 16 lines
- Platform 15 lines
- Teri 11 lines
- District Manager 9 lines
- Assistantplanetsbip 8 lines
Full cast, 19 people
- John Travolta as Terl
- Barry Pepper as Jonnie Goodboy Tyler
- Forest Whitaker as Ker
- Kim Coates as Carlo
- Sabine Karsenti as Chrissy
- Christian Tessier as Mickey
- Sylvain Landry as Sammy
- Michael Byrne as Parson Staffer
- Richard Tyson as Robert the Fox
- Christopher Freeman as Processing Clerk
- Shaun Austin-Olsen as Planetship
- Tim Post as Assistant Planetship / Psychlo Guard
- Earl Pastko as Bartender
- Michel Perron as Rock
- Andy Bradshaw as Mason
- Tait Ruppert as Rodman
- Kelly Preston as Chirk
- Marie-Josée Croze as Mara
- Andrew Campbell as Leering Grin Bandit
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 35% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 206
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 to 10 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 to 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 to 20 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 to 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 to 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 to 35 | 0 | 12 |
| 36 to 40 | 0 | 3 |
| 41 to 45 | 0 | 6 |
| 46 to 50 | 0 | 17 |
| 51 to 55 | 0 | 20 |
| 56 to 60 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 to 65 | 0 | 14 |
| 66 to 70 | 0 | 3 |
| 71 to 75 | 0 | 8 |
| 76 to 80 | 0 | 7 |
| 81 to 85 | 0 | 12 |
| 86 to 90 | 0 | 23 |
| 91 to 95 | 0 | 7 |
| 96 to 100 | 0 | 28 |
| 101 to 105 | 0 | 9 |
| 106 to 110 | 0 | 5 |
| 111 to 115 | 0 | 1 |
| 116 to 120 | 0 | 8 |
| 121 to 125 | 0 | 3 |
| 126 to 130 | 0 | 7 |
| 131 to 135 | 0 | 1 |
| 136 to 140 | 0 | 3 |
| 141 to 145 | 0 | 14 |
| 146 to 150 | 0 | 23 |
| 151 to 155 | 0 | 21 |
| 156 to 160 | 3 | 14 |
| 161 to 165 | 0 | 1 |
| 166 to 170 | 0 | 4 |
| 171 to 175 | 0 | 1 |
| 176 to 180 | 0 | 3 |
| 181 to 185 | 0 | 4 |
| 186 to 190 | 1 | 3 |
| 191 to 195 | 0 | 3 |
| 196 to 200 | 0 | 5 |
| 201 to 205 | 0 | 1 |
| 206 to 206 | 1 | 8 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 2 are women's.
6 lines from women, 316 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
3 women and 13 men in the cast. 1 women and 17 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 12 of 496.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 386 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 2% of the words (158), men 98% (7,412).
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
45
Exhibit E: behind the camera
None of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 20% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Roger Christian (man)
- Written by
- J.D. Shapiro (man), Corey Mandell (man)
- From the novel by
- L. Ron Hubbard (man)
- Produced by
- Jonathan D. Krane (man), Elie Samaha (man), John Travolta (man)
- Shot by
- Giles Nuttgens (man)
- Edited by
- Robin Russell (man)
- Music by
- Elia Cmiral (man)
- Production design by
- Patrick Tatopoulos (man)
- Costumes by
- Patrick Tatopoulos (man)
- Cast by
- Lynn Stalmaster (man)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
3 women, 11 men, 2 not listed
-
Sound
2 women, 9 men, 4 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Art
2 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 3 men, 4 not listed
-
Other crew
0 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
-
Directing
1 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
-
Visual Effects
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 25 on average. Men: 39 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Sabine Karsenti 25
Men
Christian Tessier 22, Barry Pepper 30, Forest Whitaker 38, Richard Tyson 39, Kim Coates 42, John Travolta 46, Michael Byrne 56
Exhibit G: the money
It made 68% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $44 million
- Box office
- $29.7 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 206 scenes and 496 lines of dialogue. How the test works
