Fails the Bechdel test
Game 6
2005. Directed by Michael Hoffman, written by Don DeLillo.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
6 women characters. 6 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
Nicky Rogan's new play is opening on Broadway and many agree, he has written the best play his career. Or has he? Critic Steven Schwimmer is slated to review and he's ruined many a playwright with his scathing words. Nicky is becoming concerned, but instead chooses to obsess over his Red Sox and their chances again the Mets in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. Will the Sox and his play come crashing down on the same night?
- Released
- 01 Jan 2005
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Sport
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 56 / 100
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Nicky 272 lines, man
- Elliot 50 lines, man
- Laurel 46 lines, woman
- Paisley 37 lines, woman
- Toyota 37 lines, woman
- Steven 33 lines, man
- Michael 26 lines, man
- Lillian 20 lines, woman
- Matthew 16 lines, man
- Driver 15 lines
Full cast, 32 people
- Michael Keaton as Nicky Rogan
- Robert Downey Jr. as Steven Schwimmer
- Ari Graynor as Laurel Rogan
- Griffin Dunne as Elliott Litvak
- Bebe Neuwirth as Joanna Bourne
- Shalom Harlow as Paisley Porter
- Nadia Dajani as Renee Simons
- Harris Yulin as Peter Redmond
- Catherine O'Hara as Lillian Rogan
- Tom Aldredge as Michael Rogan
- Roger Rees as Jack Haskins
- Ken Barnett as Young Waiter
- Lillias White as Toyota Moseby
- Amir Ali Said as Matthew
- Rock Kohli as Ramaswamy Choudhry
- David Guion as Voice of Lone Eagle
- Zack Abramowitz as Bar Patron #1
- Patrick Ssenjovu as Ibrahim Moshoeshoe
- Craig Castaldo as Radio Man (uncredited)
- John Tormey as George, Georgie, Giorgio
- Frank Ciornei as Anatoli Kaganovich
- Uzi Parnes as Yehoshafat Bodenheim
- Neal Jones as Yessiree Bob
- Andrew Benator as Restaurant Worker
- Paul Woodburn as Restaurant Worker
- Arnie Burton as Actor / Waiter
- Harry Bugin as Dodgie
- Bobby Steggert as Son in Play
- Wade Mylius as Bathroom Fighter #1
- Eric Zuckerman as Bathroom Fighter #2
- David Guion as Lone Eagle (voice)
- Bern Cohen as Hasidic Rabbi (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 113
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 to 12 | 14 | 13 |
| 13 to 15 | 7 | 12 |
| 16 to 18 | 9 | 12 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 9 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 18 |
| 25 to 27 | 4 | 15 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 7 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 13 |
| 34 to 36 | 9 | 18 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 7 |
| 40 to 42 | 7 | 8 |
| 43 to 45 | 1 | 11 |
| 46 to 48 | 11 | 19 |
| 49 to 51 | 5 | 6 |
| 52 to 54 | 10 | 11 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 18 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 39 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 36 |
| 64 to 66 | 9 | 10 |
| 67 to 69 | 3 | 17 |
| 70 to 72 | 1 | 3 |
| 73 to 75 | 10 | 13 |
| 76 to 78 | 14 | 14 |
| 79 to 81 | 5 | 11 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 6 | 14 |
| 88 to 90 | 2 | 5 |
| 91 to 93 | 2 | 3 |
| 94 to 96 | 2 | 13 |
| 97 to 99 | 3 | 7 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 23 |
| 103 to 105 | 8 | 8 |
| 106 to 108 | 5 | 7 |
| 109 to 111 | 11 | 36 |
| 112 to 113 | 1 | 0 |
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, 25 are women's.
159 lines from women, 466 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
6 women and 25 men in the cast. 6 women and 13 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 15 of 665.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 101 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 (1,568), men 76% (5,015). Women have 25% 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
47
Exhibit E: behind the camera
4 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 40% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Michael Hoffman (man)
- Written by
- Don DeLillo (man)
- Produced by
- Bryan Iler (man), Leslie Urdang (woman), Christina Weiss Lurie (woman), Amy Robinson (woman), Griffin Dunne (man)
- Shot by
- David M. Dunlap (man)
- Edited by
- Camilla Toniolo (woman)
- Music by
- Ira Kaplan (man)
- Production design by
- Bill Groom (man)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
3 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
-
Sound
3 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 3 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
-
Other crew
1 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men, 3 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 1 men
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Editing
1 women, 0 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 39 on average. Men: 58 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Ari Graynor 22, Shalom Harlow 32, Nadia Dajani 40, Bebe Neuwirth 47, Catherine O'Hara 52
Men
Robert Downey Jr. 40, Griffin Dunne 50, Michael Keaton 54, Harris Yulin 68, Tom Aldredge 78
Exhibit G: the money
It made 13% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $1 million
- Box office
- $129,201
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 113 scenes and 665 lines of dialogue. How the test works
