Passes the Bechdel test
G.I. Jane
1997. Directed by Ridley Scott, written by Danielle Alexandra and David Twohy.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
6 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 184. -
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
When a crusading chairperson of the military budget committee pressures the would be Navy secretary to begin full gender integration of the service, he offers the chance for a test case for a female trainee in the US Navy's elite SEAL/C.R.T. selection program. LT. Jordan O'Neill is given the assignment, but no one expects her to succeed in an inhumanly punishing regime that has a standard 60% dropout rate for men. However, O'Neill is determined to prove everyone wrong.
- Released
- 22 Aug 1997
- Genres
- Action, Drama, War
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 62 / 100
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Jordan 241 lines, woman
- The Chief 90 lines, man
- Royce 74 lines, man
- Dehaven 56 lines, woman
- Mccool 35 lines, man
- Slutnik 30 lines
- Wickwire 30 lines, man
- Instructor Pyro 29 lines, man
- Blondell 18 lines, woman
- Cortez 18 lines, man
Full cast, 57 people
- Demi Moore as Lt. Jordan O'Neil
- Viggo Mortensen as Master Chief John James Urgayle
- Morris Chestnut as McCool
- Josh Hopkins as Flea
- David Vadim as Cortez
- Jim Caviezel as Slovnik
- Boyd Kestner as Wickwire
- Kevin Gage as Instructor Pyro
- David Warshofsky as Instructor Johns
- Jason Beghe as Royce
- Anne Bancroft as Senator Lillian DeHaven
- Scott Wilson as C.O. Salem
- Daniel von Bargen as Theodore Hayes
- Angel David as Newberry
- Lucinda Jenney as Blondell
- John Michael Higgins as Chief of Staff
- Stephen Ramsey as Stamm
- Gregg Bello as Miller
- Ted Sutton as Flag Officer
- Gary Wheeler as Flag Officer
- Donn Swaby as Yeoman Davis
- Jack Gwaltney as Goldstein
- Neal Jones as Duty Officer
- Rhonda Overby as Civilian Secretary
- Stephen Mendillo as Admiral O'Connor
- Dan DePaola as Cook Compliments
- Susan Aston as Civilian Girl
- John Seitz as JAG
- Kent Lindsey as JAG
- Harry Humphries as Artillery Instructor
- Michael Currie as Commission Speaker
- Steve Gonzales as Press Hound
- Arthur Max as Barber
- Billy Dowd as Photographer
- Duffy Gaver as Instructor
- Scott Helvenston as Instructor
- Phil Neilson as Hostile Rat
- Dimitri Diatchenko as Trainee
- David Bruce as Trainee
- David Overton as Trainee
- Hashem Shaalan as Trainee
- Chris Soule as Trainee
- Joseph Makkar as Libyan Sentry
- Bob Moore as WNM Reporter
- Rick Cramer as Scorpion Leader (uncredited)
- Mel Mede as Scorpion Team Member (uncredited)
- Rocky Essex as Humvee Driver (uncredited)
- Jim Pearson as Instructor (uncredited)
- Wyatt Werneth as Trainee (uncredited)
- Daniel Link as Trainee (uncredited)
- Raymond H. Johnson as Senator (uncredited)
- Dani Englander as DeHaven's Aide (uncredited)
- Irene Ziegler as DeHaven's Aide (uncredited)
- Michael Wayne Thomas as C-SPAN Reporter (uncredited)
- Rodney J. Hobbs as C-SPAN Technician (uncredited)
- Diandra Newlin as Jane's Neighbor (uncredited)
- Thomas Reid as D.C. Police Officer (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 14% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 184
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 15 | 7 |
| 5 to 8 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 to 12 | 10 | 9 |
| 13 to 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 17 to 20 | 17 | 14 |
| 21 to 24 | 8 | 20 |
| 25 to 28 | 2 | 13 |
| 29 to 32 | 4 | 11 |
| 33 to 36 | 5 | 16 |
| 37 to 40 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 to 44 | 12 | 0 |
| 45 to 48 | 16 | 31 |
| 49 to 52 | 3 | 6 |
| 53 to 56 | 16 | 9 |
| 57 to 60 | 1 | 8 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 6 |
| 65 to 68 | 0 | 2 |
| 69 to 72 | 0 | 2 |
| 73 to 76 | 5 | 9 |
| 77 to 80 | 15 | 5 |
| 81 to 84 | 8 | 13 |
| 85 to 88 | 1 | 1 |
| 89 to 92 | 8 | 16 |
| 93 to 96 | 3 | 5 |
| 97 to 100 | 2 | 2 |
| 101 to 104 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 to 108 | 2 | 1 |
| 109 to 112 | 10 | 24 |
| 113 to 116 | 16 | 24 |
| 117 to 120 | 5 | 9 |
| 121 to 124 | 8 | 15 |
| 125 to 128 | 11 | 6 |
| 129 to 132 | 4 | 4 |
| 133 to 136 | 22 | 10 |
| 137 to 140 | 0 | 3 |
| 141 to 144 | 37 | 0 |
| 145 to 148 | 12 | 2 |
| 149 to 152 | 1 | 3 |
| 153 to 156 | 1 | 3 |
| 157 to 160 | 7 | 6 |
| 161 to 164 | 3 | 6 |
| 165 to 168 | 1 | 1 |
| 169 to 172 | 5 | 7 |
| 173 to 176 | 3 | 0 |
| 177 to 180 | 4 | 3 |
| 181 to 184 | 7 | 6 |
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.
BLONDELL: B.O.Q., south side. Take a starboard tack out the door. JORDAN: Thank you, ensign. BLONDELL: No problem, lieutenant.
JORDAN: Thanks for lying. But you're the class officer, Wick, and it'd just be weird if we hook up. Besides... BLONDELL: Sorry. Forgot I needed oregano and... JORDAN: Do you, uh, know...
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 49 are women's.
331 lines from women, 348 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
6 women and 46 men in the cast. 6 women and 18 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 790.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 34 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 49% of the words (4,294), men 51% (4,445).
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
6
Two men
20
Exhibit F: behind the camera
5 of the 15 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Ridley Scott (man)
- Written by
- David Twohy (man), Danielle Alexandra (woman)
- Story by
- Danielle Alexandra (woman)
- Produced by
- Ridley Scott (man), Demi Moore (woman), Suzanne Todd (woman), Roger Birnbaum (man)
- Shot by
- Hugh Johnson (man)
- Edited by
- Pietro Scalia (man)
- Music by
- Trevor Jones (man)
- Production design by
- Arthur Max (man)
- Costumes by
- Marilyn Vance (woman)
- Cast by
- Louis DiGiaimo (man), Brett Goldstein (man)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
4 women, 26 men, 16 not listed
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Production
14 women, 15 men, 7 not listed
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Sound
2 women, 18 men, 9 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 14 men, 8 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 9 men, 5 not listed
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Art
2 women, 7 men, 4 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 3 men, 6 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 6 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 34 on average. Men: 32 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Demi Moore 34
Men
David Vadim 25, Josh Hopkins 26, Morris Chestnut 28, Jim Caviezel 28, Boyd Kestner 32, David Warshofsky 36, Jason Beghe 37, Viggo Mortensen 38, Kevin Gage 38
Exhibit H: the money
It made 96% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $48.2 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 184 scenes and 790 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
