Passes the Bechdel test

Event Horizon

Name: Event Horizon
Released: 1997

1997. Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, written by Philip Eisner.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
5 women characters. 3 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 317.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

The film

In the year 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the long-lost starship Event Horizon. The ship mysteriously disappeared seven years ago on its maiden voyage, and with its return comes even more mystery as the crew of the Lewis and Clark discover the real truth behind its disappearance and something even more terrifying.

Released: 15 Aug 1997
Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.6 / 10
Metascore: 35 / 100
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Miller 255 lines, man
Weir 147 lines, man
Starck 115 lines, woman
Peters 91 lines, woman
Smith 68 lines, man
Cooper 59 lines, man
Dj 45 lines
Justin 37 lines, man
Lyle 13 lines
Hollis 11 lines

Full cast, 15 people

Laurence Fishburne as Miller
Sam Neill as Weir
Kathleen Quinlan as Peters
Joely Richardson as Starck
Richard T. Jones as Cooper
Jack Noseworthy as Justin
Jason Isaacs as D.J.
Sean Pertwee as Smith
Peter Marinker as Kilpack
Holley Chant as Claire
Barclay Wright as Denny
Noah Huntley as Burning Man
Robert Jezek as Rescue Technician
Teresa May as Vanessa (uncredited)
Emily Booth as Girl on Monitor (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 7 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 317

Hover, tap or tab to a bar to see those scenes: where they happen and who's talking.

Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 7	0	1
8 to 14	0	2
15 to 21	11	33
22 to 28	1	2
29 to 35	12	57
36 to 42	6	27
43 to 49	7	25
50 to 56	3	12
57 to 63	9	10
64 to 70	1	8
71 to 77	7	6
78 to 84	9	7
85 to 91	0	15
92 to 98	5	5
99 to 105	0	0
106 to 112	4	9
113 to 119	5	16
120 to 126	3	14
127 to 133	8	16
134 to 140	7	35
141 to 147	7	24
148 to 154	4	14
155 to 161	18	38
162 to 168	12	4
169 to 175	8	7
176 to 182	9	8
183 to 189	9	12
190 to 196	9	13
197 to 203	0	27
204 to 210	6	15
211 to 217	4	13
218 to 224	4	6
225 to 231	5	5
232 to 238	0	0
239 to 245	0	0
246 to 252	0	18
253 to 259	0	4
260 to 266	0	9
267 to 273	0	9
274 to 280	11	17
281 to 287	4	6
288 to 294	2	12
295 to 301	0	8
302 to 308	0	11
309 to 315	0	0
316 to 317	1	1

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

Tap an exhibit to open it.

Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

PETERS: There's no one in the corridor but us. STARCK: Not according to the computer.

PETERS: You didn't hear it? You must have heard it! STARCK: Heard what? PETERS: Oh... nothing...

PETERS: Starck! STARCK: I can't! The inner door can't open once the outer door has been triggered, it would decompress the entire ship!

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 27 are women's.

211 lines from women, 581 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

5 women and 10 men in the cast. 3 women and 8 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 37 of 872. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 45 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 22% of the words (1,529), men 78% (5,409). 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

2 of the 16 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 14% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Paul W. S. Anderson (man)
Written by: Philip Eisner (man)
Produced by: Lawrence Gordon (man), Jeremy Bolt (man), Lloyd Levin (man)
Shot by: Adrian Biddle (man)
Edited by: Martin Hunter (man)
Music by: Michael Kamen (man), Phil Hartnoll (man), Paul Hartnoll (man), Orbital (gender not listed)
Production design by: Joseph Bennett (gender not listed)
Costumes by: John Mollo (man)
Cast by: Deborah Aquila (woman), Ros Hubbard (woman), John Hubbard (man)