Passes the Bechdel test
DeepStar Six
1989. Directed by Sean S. Cunningham, written by Lewis Abernathy and Geof Miller.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
3 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 187. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
The crew of an experimental underwater nuclear base are forced to struggle for their lives when their explorations disturb a creature who threatens to destroy their base.
- Released
- 13 Jan 1989
- Genres
- Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 34 / 100
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Pierce 120 lines, man
- Laidlaw 69 lines, man
- Norris 50 lines, woman
- Collins 46 lines, woman
- Valdez 32 lines
- Snyder 31 lines, man
- Richardson 25 lines, man
- Jerkins 18 lines, man
- Craven 8 lines
- Abernathy 4 lines, man
Full cast, 12 people
- Taurean Blacque as Captain Phillip Laidlaw
- Nancy Everhard as Joyce Collins
- Greg Evigan as McBride
- Miguel Ferrer as Snyder
- Nia Peeples as Scarpelli
- Matt McCoy as Jim Richardson
- Cindy Pickett as Dr. Diane Norris
- Marius Weyers as John Van Gelder
- Elya Baskin as Burciaga
- Thom Bray as Hodges
- Ronn Carroll as Osborne
- Chris Walas as (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 12% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 187
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 to 8 | 10 | 15 |
| 9 to 12 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 to 20 | 1 | 43 |
| 21 to 24 | 0 | 13 |
| 25 to 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 to 32 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 to 36 | 1 | 5 |
| 37 to 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 to 44 | 6 | 34 |
| 45 to 48 | 5 | 14 |
| 49 to 52 | 7 | 21 |
| 53 to 56 | 1 | 3 |
| 57 to 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 to 64 | 1 | 3 |
| 65 to 68 | 1 | 3 |
| 69 to 72 | 0 | 1 |
| 73 to 76 | 4 | 18 |
| 77 to 80 | 1 | 1 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 3 |
| 85 to 88 | 0 | 7 |
| 89 to 92 | 1 | 5 |
| 93 to 96 | 9 | 11 |
| 97 to 100 | 18 | 14 |
| 101 to 104 | 2 | 9 |
| 105 to 108 | 0 | 2 |
| 109 to 112 | 4 | 2 |
| 113 to 116 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 to 120 | 1 | 1 |
| 121 to 124 | 0 | 2 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 0 |
| 129 to 132 | 2 | 0 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 1 |
| 137 to 140 | 2 | 0 |
| 141 to 144 | 3 | 1 |
| 145 to 148 | 1 | 0 |
| 149 to 152 | 1 | 0 |
| 153 to 156 | 1 | 1 |
| 157 to 160 | 1 | 1 |
| 161 to 164 | 0 | 1 |
| 165 to 168 | 0 | 0 |
| 169 to 172 | 0 | 0 |
| 173 to 176 | 1 | 1 |
| 177 to 180 | 0 | 0 |
| 181 to 184 | 4 | 3 |
| 185 to 187 | 1 | 1 |
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.
NORRIS: How long can we last? COLLINS: There's enough ambient air in the station for a couple of hours.
NORRIS: How much air do we have left? COLLINS: Not much ... whatever air is left in the station, enough for an hour or so, no more.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 27 are women's.
97 lines from women, 268 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
3 women and 9 men in the cast. 3 women and 4 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 5 of 415.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 49 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 (733), men 76% (2,321). Women have 27% 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
3
Two men
35
Exhibit F: behind the camera
1 of the 12 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 20% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Sean S. Cunningham (man)
- Written by
- Lewis Abernathy (man), Geof Miller (gender not listed)
- Story by
- Lewis Abernathy (man)
- Produced by
- Sean S. Cunningham (man), Patrick Markey (man)
- Shot by
- Mac Ahlberg (man)
- Edited by
- David Handman (man)
- Music by
- Harry Manfredini (man)
- Production design by
- John Krenz Reinhart Jr. (gender not listed)
- Costumes by
- Amy Endries (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Melissa Skoff (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
3 women, 7 men, 9 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 8 men, 4 not listed
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Production
4 women, 5 men, 1 not listed
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Art
1 women, 3 men, 3 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 1 men, 4 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 4 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 33 on average. Men: 37 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Nia Peeples 27, Nancy Everhard 31, Cindy Pickett 41
Men
Matt McCoy 30, Miguel Ferrer 33, Thom Bray 34, Greg Evigan 35, Elya Baskin 38, Marius Weyers 43, Taurean Blacque 47
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $8 million
- Box office
- $8.1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 187 scenes and 415 lines of dialogue. How the test works
