Fails the Bechdel test
Deep Rising
1998. Directed by Stephen Sommers, written by Stephen Sommers.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
3 women characters. 2 of them speak. -
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
John Finnegan operates a small smuggling vessel in the South China Sea with his crew, including the anxious mechanic Joey Pantucci, until their client Hanover fires a torpedo that cripples their ship and strands them at sea. The damaged vessel drifts near the luxury cruise liner Argonautica, where Finnegan encounters Trillian St. James, a thief who escaped by jet ski after stealing from the ship's owner, Simon Canton. Hanover returns with armed mercenaries led by Mulligan and Mason, forcing Finnegan at gunpoint to guide them onto the abandoned liner in search of hidden wealth. Once aboard, the group discovers signs of sudden panic and partially consumed remains, then witnesses tentacles emerging from submerged sections to snatch victims toward a digestive core, forcing a shrinking band of survivors toward a desperate escape plan involving stored explosives.
- Released
- 30 Jan 1998
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Horror
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.1 / 10
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Finnegan 198 lines, man
- Trillian 101 lines, woman
- Hanover 80 lines, man
- Pantucci 77 lines, man
- Canton 41 lines, man
- Mulligan 31 lines, man
- Captain 23 lines
- Mamooli 16 lines, man
- Vivo 15 lines, man
- Mason 9 lines, man
Full cast, 23 people
- Treat Williams as John Finnegan
- Famke Janssen as Trillian St. James
- Anthony Heald as Simon Canton
- Kevin J. O'Connor as Joey Pantucci
- Wes Studi as Hanover
- Derrick O'Connor as Captain Atherton
- Jason Flemyng as Mulligan
- Cliff Curtis as Mamooli
- Clifton Powell as Mason
- Trevor Goddard as T. Ray
- Djimon Hounsou as Vivo
- Una Damon as Leila
- Clint Curtis as Billy
- Warren Takeuchi as Radar Man
- Linden Banks as Communications Officer
- Jack Anker as Corpse
- Anne-Simone as Video Vault Woman
- Leanne Adachi as Toilet Lady
- Melanie Carr as Dealer
- Colin McCarlie as Sonar Man
- Jim May as Mystery Man
- Jana Sommers as Party Girl
- Marti Baldecchi as Party Girl
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: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 19 are women's.
110 lines from women, 474 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
3 women and 14 men in the cast. 2 women and 10 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 41 of 626.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 67 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 15% of the words (650), men 85% (3,731). Women have 19% 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
0
Two men
37
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 21% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Stephen Sommers (man)
- Written by
- Stephen Sommers (man)
- Produced by
- John Baldecchi (man), Laurence Mark (man)
- Shot by
- Howard Atherton (man)
- Edited by
- John Wright (man), Bob Ducsay (man)
- Music by
- Jerry Goldsmith (man)
- Production design by
- Holger Gross (man)
- Costumes by
- Joseph A. Porro (man), Tracey Boulton (woman)
- Cast by
- Mary Goldberg (woman), Coreen Mayrs (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
7 women, 23 men, 34 not listed
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Visual Effects
3 women, 13 men, 25 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 14 men, 19 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 23 men, 7 not listed
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Art
4 women, 6 men, 13 not listed
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Production
3 women, 6 men, 11 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 3 men, 4 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 2 men, 8 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 33 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Famke Janssen 33
Men
Cliff Curtis 29, Jason Flemyng 31, Kevin J. O'Connor 34, Trevor Goddard 35, Clifton Powell 41, Treat Williams 46, Wes Studi 50, Anthony Heald 53, Derrick O'Connor 57
Exhibit G: the money
It made 25% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $45 million
- Box office
- $11.2 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 1 scenes and 626 lines of dialogue. How the test works
