Fails the Bechdel test
Blood and Wine
1996. Directed by Bob Rafelson, written by Nick Villiers and Bob Rafelson and Alison Cross.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
4 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Writer and Director Bob Rafelson has stated that this is the final part of an informal trilogy he started with Five Easy Pieces (1970) and continued with The King of Marvin Gardens (1972). In the three, Nicholson has now played son, brother, and father. In this one, Nicholson is a wealthy wine dealer who has distanced himself from his wife with his philandering, and from his son with his negligence. After he steals a diamond necklace with the help of a safecracker partner, Victor, things start coming apart. His wife sets out to interrupt what she thinks is another one of his weekend dalliances, but is really his trip to pawn the jewels.
- Released
- 21 Feb 1997
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6 / 10
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Alex 205 lines, man
- Jason 169 lines, man
- Gabriella 107 lines, woman
- Victor 70 lines, man
- Suzanne 64 lines, woman
- Henry 31 lines, man
- Dina 12 lines, woman
- Frank 9 lines, man
- Mike 8 lines, man
- Jeweler 5 lines, man
Full cast, 22 people
- Jack Nicholson as Alex
- Stephen Dorff as Jason
- Jennifer Lopez as Gabriela
- Judy Davis as Suzanne
- Michael Caine as Victor
- Harold Perrineau as Henry
- Robyn Peterson as Dina
- Mike Starr as Mike
- John Seitz as Frank
- Marc Macaulay as Guard
- Dan Daily as Todd
- Marta Velasco as Gabriela's Cousin
- Thom Christopher as Jeweler #1
- Mario Ernesto Sánchez as Artie (Fishing Ace)
- John Hackett as Gas Station Attendant
- Hector Montano as Gabriela's Grandfather
- Vanessa L. Hernandez as Little Cuban Girl
- Carmen López as Head Nurse
- Antoni Corone as Caribbean Club Bartender
- Jim Torres Towers as Father of Gabriela's Cousin
- Glice Montano as Gabriela's Grandmother
- Robert Catrini as Rick (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 213
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | 7 | 10 |
| 6 to 10 | 3 | 37 |
| 11 to 15 | 7 | 13 |
| 16 to 20 | 0 | 9 |
| 21 to 25 | 2 | 15 |
| 26 to 30 | 14 | 20 |
| 31 to 35 | 3 | 40 |
| 36 to 40 | 10 | 12 |
| 41 to 45 | 12 | 14 |
| 46 to 50 | 0 | 15 |
| 51 to 55 | 10 | 16 |
| 56 to 60 | 0 | 7 |
| 61 to 65 | 6 | 26 |
| 66 to 70 | 3 | 5 |
| 71 to 75 | 11 | 8 |
| 76 to 80 | 1 | 2 |
| 81 to 85 | 3 | 4 |
| 86 to 90 | 3 | 3 |
| 91 to 95 | 5 | 15 |
| 96 to 100 | 5 | 4 |
| 101 to 105 | 4 | 2 |
| 106 to 110 | 3 | 8 |
| 111 to 115 | 3 | 31 |
| 116 to 120 | 0 | 1 |
| 121 to 125 | 6 | 3 |
| 126 to 130 | 4 | 7 |
| 131 to 135 | 0 | 11 |
| 136 to 140 | 0 | 20 |
| 141 to 145 | 2 | 3 |
| 146 to 150 | 6 | 8 |
| 151 to 155 | 1 | 8 |
| 156 to 160 | 1 | 13 |
| 161 to 165 | 0 | 0 |
| 166 to 170 | 0 | 2 |
| 171 to 175 | 22 | 20 |
| 176 to 180 | 6 | 26 |
| 181 to 185 | 9 | 14 |
| 186 to 190 | 1 | 2 |
| 191 to 195 | 7 | 7 |
| 196 to 200 | 0 | 11 |
| 201 to 205 | 3 | 6 |
| 206 to 210 | 3 | 24 |
| 211 to 213 | 2 | 19 |
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, 27 are women's.
188 lines from women, 521 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
4 women and 13 men in the cast. 4 women and 13 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 9 of 773.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 40 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 24% of the words (2,400), men 76% (7,444). Women have 27% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
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
1
Two men
60
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Bob Rafelson (man)
- Written by
- Nick Villiers (gender not listed), Alison Cross (woman)
- Story by
- Nick Villiers (gender not listed), Bob Rafelson (man)
- Produced by
- Jeremy Thomas (man)
- Shot by
- Newton Thomas Sigel (man)
- Edited by
- Steven Cohen (man)
- Music by
- Michał Lorenc (man)
- Production design by
- Richard Sylbert (man)
- Costumes by
- Lindy Hemming (woman)
- Cast by
- Dianne Crittenden (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
5 women, 7 men, 11 not listed
-
Sound
3 women, 15 men, 5 not listed
-
Other crew
4 women, 7 men, 6 not listed
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Art
1 women, 2 men, 10 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 8 men, 5 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 3 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 34 on average. Men: 46 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jennifer Lopez 27, Judy Davis 41
Men
Stephen Dorff 23, Harold Perrineau 33, Marc Macaulay 38, Mike Starr 46, John Seitz 58, Jack Nicholson 59, Michael Caine 63
Exhibit G: the money
It made 4% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $26 million
- Box office
- $1.1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 213 scenes and 773 lines of dialogue. How the test works
