Passes the Bechdel test
Color of Night
1994. Directed by Richard Rush, written by Billy Ray and Matthew Chapman.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
6 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 1. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
Psychologist gives up his practice when he unintentionally pushes a patient to commit suicide. In an effort to come to terms with this tragedy he visits an old colleague who is subsequently murdered. The quest to catch the killer centers around a group of psychologically disturbed patients, however equally as important is an affair which develops between himself and the mysterious Rose.
- Released
- 19 Aug 1994
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 36 / 100
- Awards
- 2 wins & 11 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Bill 406 lines, man
- Rose 129 lines, woman
- Sondra 118 lines, woman
- Hector 91 lines, man
- Bob 74 lines, man
- Buck 69 lines, man
- Clark 55 lines, man
- Casey 44 lines, man
- Dale 35 lines, man
- Anderson 20 lines, man
Full cast, 19 people
- Bruce Willis as Dr. Bill Capa
- Jane March as Rose
- Rubén Blades as Hector
- Lesley Ann Warren as Sondra
- Scott Bakula as Dr. Bob
- Brad Dourif as Clark
- Lance Henriksen as Buck
- Kevin J. O'Connor as Casey
- Andrew Lowery as Dale
- Eriq La Salle as Anderson
- Jeff Corey as Ashland
- Kathleen Wilhoite as Michelle
- Shirley Knight as Edith Niedelmeyer
- John Bower as Medical Examiner
- Avi Korein as Bouncer
- Steven R. Barnett as Cop #1
- Roberta Storm as Receptionist
- Erick Avari as Cabbie (uncredited)
- Rachel Wagner as Dancer (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
We couldn't read who says what in this film's script, so there's no dialogue chart for it yet.
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.
ROSE: I love this song. SONDRA: I know. SONDRA: Hi ! Hi !... SONDRA: What are you doing ?
SONDRA: Ah ! ROSE: Sondra, go !
SONDRA: Oh, I'm gonna go change the music. ROSE: Sondra, come here. Oh, come here. My God ! SONDRA: She comes near Rose. Oh, my God ! ROSE: These are your neighbors !
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 25 are women's.
275 lines from women, 824 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
6 women and 12 men in the cast. 4 women and 9 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 176 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 (3,203), men 76% (9,906). Women have 25% 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
4
Two men
58
Exhibit F: behind the camera
1 of the 11 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 18% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Richard Rush (man)
- Written by
- Matthew Chapman (man), Billy Ray (man)
- Produced by
- Buzz Feitshans (man), David Matalon (man)
- Shot by
- Dietrich Lohmann (man)
- Edited by
- Thom Noble (man), Jack Hofstra (man)
- Music by
- Dominic Frontiere (man)
- Costumes by
- Jacqueline G. Arthur (woman)
- Cast by
- Wendy Kurtzman (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
6 women, 32 men, 17 not listed
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Other crew
3 women, 20 men, 13 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 4 men, 4 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
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Production
0 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Art
1 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 3 men
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Editing
1 women, 2 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 35 on average. Men: 39 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jane March 21, Lesley Ann Warren 48
Men
Andrew Lowery 24, Kevin J. O'Connor 30, Eriq La Salle 32, Bruce Willis 39, Scott Bakula 39, Brad Dourif 44, Rubén Blades 46, Lance Henriksen 54
Exhibit H: the money
It made 49% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $40 million
- Box office
- $19.7 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 1 scenes and 1,123 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
