Fails the Bechdel test
Clockers
1995. Directed by Spike Lee, written by Richard Price and Spike Lee.
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
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug-lord Rodney Little, who, when not playing with model trains or drinking Moo for his ulcer, just likes to chill with his brothers near the benches outside the project houses. When a night man at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike's older brother turns himself in as the killer. But Det. Rocco Klein doesn't buy the story, and he sets out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike and Rodney.
- Released
- 13 Sep 1995
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 71 / 100
- Awards
- 6 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Rocco 245 lines, man
- Strike 123 lines, man
- Victor 59 lines, man
- Rodney 38 lines, man
- Jo-Jo 19 lines, man
- Mazilli 18 lines, man
- Strid 18 lines
- Rooney 17 lines
- Thumper 15 lines, man
- Tyrone 13 lines, man
Full cast, 78 people
- Harvey Keitel as Det. Rocco Klein
- John Turturro as Det. Larry Mazilli
- Delroy Lindo as Rodney Little
- Mekhi Phifer as Ronald 'Strike' Dunham
- Isaiah Washington as Victor Dunham
- Keith David as André the Giant
- Peewee Love as Tyrone 'Shorty' Jeeter
- Regina Taylor as Iris Jeeter
- Thomas Jefferson Byrd as Errol Barnes
- Sticky Fingaz as Scientific
- Fredro Starr as Go
- Elvis Nolasco as Horace
- Lawrence B. Adisa as Stan
- Hassan Johnson as Skills
- Frances Foster as Gloria
- Michael Imperioli as Detective Jo-Jo
- Lisa Arrindell as Sharon, Victor's Wife
- Paul Calderon as Jesus at Hambones
- Brendan Kelly as Big Chief
- Mike Starr as Thumper
- Graham Brown as Mr. Herman Brown
- Steve White as Darryl Adams
- Spike Lee as Chucky
- Shawn McLean as Solo
- Arthur J. Nascarella as Bartucci
- Harry Lennix as Bill Walker
- Bray Poor as Detective #1
- Craig McNulty as Detective #2
- Christopher Wynkoop as Detective #3
- Paul Schulze as Detective #4
- Donald Stephenson as Detective #5
- John Fletcher as Medic A
- J.C. MacKenzie as Medic Frank
- David Evanson as Smart Mike
- Norman Matlock as Reverend Paul
- Isaac Flower as Charles
- Leonard L. Thomas as Onion, Bar Patron
- Maurice Sneed as Davis, Bartender
- Calvin Hart as Guard #1
- Ginny Yang as Kiki
- Michael Badalucco as Cop #1
- Rick Aiello as Cop #2
- Scot Anthony Robinson as Earl
- Richard Ziman as Moe
- David Batiste as T
- Mar'qus Sample as Ivan
- Mar'rece Sample as Mark
- Ron Brice as Dead Man Begging
- Ken Garito as Louie
- Anthony Nocerino as Teen #1
- Brian Konowal as Teen #2
- Michael McGruther as Teen #3
- Carlo Vogel as Teen #4
- Harvey Williams as 'Pick Me Up' Kid
- Michael Cullen as Narc #1
- Tim Kelleher as Narc #2
- Skipp Sudduth as Narc #3
- Larry Mullane as Narc Larry
- Patrick Ferraro as Bike Cop #1
- L.B. Williams as Bike Cop #2
- Jeff Ward as Bike Cop #3
- Ronda Fowler as Bomb Girl
- Hal Sherman as Himself - Forensics Officer
- Marc Webster as EMS Technician
- James Saxenmeyer as EMS Attendant #1
- Paul DuBois as EMS Attendant #2
- Jordan Brown as EMS Attendant #3
- Michael Marchetta as Corrections Officer #1
- Joanna Gardner as Corrections Officer #2
- Mark Howard as Baby Recruit #1
- Michael Shepherd as Baby Recruit #2
- Gerald King as Baby Recruit #3
- Ronta Davis as Baby Recruit #4
- Lord Kayson as T's Crewmember #1
- Orran Farmer as T's Crewmember #2
- Wayne Muhammed as Fruit of Islam Vendor
- Martin Jaffe as Street Vendor
- Freddie Velez as Pedro, Security Guard
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 23% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 73
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 to 4 | 2 | 28 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 37 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 to 10 | 6 | 25 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 8 |
| 19 to 20 | 2 | 16 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 47 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 9 |
| 25 to 26 | 5 | 16 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 19 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 41 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 28 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 19 |
| 35 to 36 | 4 | 7 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 7 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 27 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 7 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 3 |
| 45 to 46 | 3 | 50 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 6 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 6 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 6 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 10 |
| 55 to 56 | 1 | 4 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 15 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 5 |
| 61 to 62 | 7 | 19 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 3 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 28 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 29 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 5 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 4 |
| 73 to 73 | 0 | 1 |
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, 5 are women's.
30 lines from women, 576 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
4 women and 45 men in the cast. 4 women and 25 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 29 of 790.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 136 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 4% of the words (446), men 96% (9,602). Women have 5% 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
70
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Spike Lee (man)
- Written by
- Spike Lee (man), Richard Price (man)
- From the novel by
- Richard Price (man)
- Produced by
- Jon Kilik (man), Spike Lee (man), Martin Scorsese (man)
- Shot by
- Malik Hassan Sayeed (man)
- Edited by
- Sam Pollard (man)
- Music by
- Terence Blanchard (man)
- Production design by
- Andrew McAlpine (man)
- Costumes by
- Ruth E. Carter (woman)
- Cast by
- Robi Reed (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
2 women, 5 men
-
Sound
0 women, 5 men
-
Art
2 women, 2 men
-
Other crew
0 women, 4 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 1 men
-
Directing
1 women, 2 men
-
Writing
0 women, 3 men
-
Editing
1 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 35 on average. Men: 37 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Regina Taylor 35
Men
Mekhi Phifer 20, Sticky Fingaz 21, Isaiah Washington 32, John Turturro 38, Keith David 39, Delroy Lindo 42, Thomas Jefferson Byrd 45, Harvey Keitel 56
Exhibit G: the money
It made 52% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $13.1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 73 scenes and 790 lines of dialogue. How the test works
